Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchA new Iran deal? | John Mearsheimer
Episode 24
This week on Switzerland, Tom Switzer is joined by U.S. political scientist John Mearsheimer for a a discussion on the US-Iran negotiations to reach …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
China, Iran, Russia, Cuba | John Mearsheimer
Episode 23
This week on Switzerland, Tom Switzer is joined by U.S. political scientist John Mearsheimer for a wide-ranging discussion on the intensifying rivalr…
2 months ago
Britain in crisis | Simon Heffer
Episode 22
Westminster is once again consumed by speculation about whether the Prime Minister can survive. The turmoil surrounds Labour’s Keir Starmer, the man …
2 months ago
The Thomas Massie Primary | Dan McCarthy & James Antle
Episode 21
The war in Iran has exposed visible strains within President Trump’s MAGA coalition. Prominent voices associated with the movement -- including Joe R…
2 months, 1 week ago
Will Trump’s new ploy work? | John Mearsheimer & Trita Parsi
Episode 20
The exchange of missiles and bombs may have paused, at least temporarily, but the struggle between the United States and Iran is not over. The Strait…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
A watershed moment? Sir Max Hastings and John Mearsheimer
Episode 19
Historians reserve the term “watershed” for those rare moments when events do not merely shock the established order but upend it. Think of the fall …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Has Trump Misread Iran? | Patrick Cockburn & Sahar Razavi
Episode 18
President Trump insists the U.S. naval blockade is working -- that Washington’s pressure will force Tehran to return to the bargaining table, with co…
3 months ago
Will Trump’s Naval Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz Work? | John Mearsheimer and Joshua Landis
Episode 17
In Islamabad, U.S. and Iranian negotiators have failed to reach even the outline of a peace deal. What now? President Trump has announced a naval blo…
3 months, 1 week ago
Reopen Strait of Hormuz … or else! | Rosemary Kelanic & Trita Parsi
Episode 16
President Trump threatens to destroy all of Iran’s power plants if the country’s leaders don’t agree to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. What if Tehran d…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Israel Driving the Iran War? | John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt
Episode 15
Professors John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt examine Israel’s role in the Iran war and the wider regional crisis -- and revisit their most controvers…
3 months, 2 weeks ago