By: Judge Napolitano Published in: *Strategic Tensions* Date: September 19, 2025 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMU0Zz3V6Y *Note:* This interview is in English and the transcript is embedded in the source.
"Mearsheimer highlights how U.S. influence is weakening abroad and liberal democracy is eroding at home. He points to shifting alliances in the Middle East, controversy over Charlie Kirk’s death, misguided U.S. tariffs on India, and the entrenched power of the Israel lobby. He argues the Ukraine war will be decided on the battlefield, not through diplomacy, and warns that executive overreach and restrictions on speech undermine core democratic values." "John Joseph Mearsheimer is an American political scientist and international relations scholar. He is the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago."
