Political scientist, international relations scholar and 'the father of realism' John Mearsheimer joins Piers Morgan Uncensored to debate Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the war in the Middle East and more.

He uncovers the reasoning behind some of his more controversial views, telling Piers Morgan why he thinks Ukraine's already lost the war against Russia and why Hamas is not as much of a threat to Israel as some may think.

00:00 - Introduction
00:35 - How worried should we be about the world?
00:46 - The Middle East, Ukraine and East Asia
02:05 - His distinction of American intervention rooted in ideology
02:15 - Mearsheimer’s 'realist' world view
04:27 - Vladimir Putin’s motivation to invade Ukraine
08:33 - His 1993 argument on Ukraine’s possession of nuclear weapons
11:24 - Mearsheimer classifies Ukraine War as a “war of attrition”
14:00 - Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson
15:55 - The origins of WW2
17:55 - Ukraine and being a member of NATO
20:45- “A dysfunctional rump state”
21:54 - China and its fight for Taiwan
26:00 - Israel, Hamas and the war in the Middle East
28:00 - The question of genocide
30:55- ICJ ruling on Gaza
32:50 - Mearsheimer on Israeli post-victory against Hamas
34:00 - Is Hamas an existential threat to Israel? Hamas military capability
41:15 - Principles of liberalism
42:00 - Should Julian Assange be extradited to the US?
45:10 - Assange’s public service
47:00 - Trump, Biden and the future of US elections

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