Full podcast episode: kzitem.info/news/bejne/02qtsoyEsparmI4 Lex Fridman podcast channel: kzitem.info Guest bio: John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power.
@far-middle
10 ай бұрын
He left out the Budapest Memo. Ukraine gave up all its nuclear weapons for assured security assistance from the US, Russia, and UK. Russia wont use them in Ukraine because of that document
@braedon1986
10 ай бұрын
*There's nothing more dangerous than a fool with a cause!*
@superstar455
10 ай бұрын
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@brianmaguire6814
10 ай бұрын
Tick tock Lex...
@Teslacustoms
9 ай бұрын
Nailed it!
@ufcprophet40
10 ай бұрын
This was probably the best interview of all in this podcast. Pls bring him back in the future. This man is as sharp as Japanese katana.
@БогданБеркут
10 ай бұрын
He contradicts himself in the same interview but stupid fans are too stupid.
@NikolaiPetrenkoMDPhD
10 ай бұрын
Actually katana were not sharper than any knife, probably even less sharp due to the lack of good steel in al Japan.
@fort809
12 күн бұрын
@@NikolaiPetrenkoMDPhDAnime’s influence on how westerners perceive Japanese culture has been astounding
@mohammadharisfahim6614
9 ай бұрын
Professor Mearshiemer is someone you can hear all day and never get bore
@intraaudit
9 ай бұрын
True, the gentleman is brilliant!
@omarionbayley9721
8 ай бұрын
So true the man speaks facts and he speaks it so u can understand, and I'm all here for it.
@LatinKendoll
7 ай бұрын
Agree first time watching him interview and I’m hooked. Very intellectual and knowledgeable.
@xvbd6067
7 ай бұрын
The guy that predicted the ukrane war 10 years ago, censored in his own country, accused of being a apologist
@drachenmarke
3 ай бұрын
Les and his terror complex is getting old.. if his palm sweat so bad, let Rogan do the interview MTFU.
@AlexandreGuindon-w8b
10 ай бұрын
These conversations are moot. Russian nuclear weapons doctrine is very specific in their use. There are only two scenarios in which Russia will use nuclear weapons, and this has been confirmed time and time again by Putin and the defense ministry: a) they are attacked with nukes first and will hence use them in retaliation; and b) there is a direct and imminent threat to the existence of the Russian governmental system as a whole. Russia isn't stupid. Using nukes offensively and indiscriminately will trigger a retaliation from NATO (if not with nukes then definitely full military retaliation); it will ostracize Russia within the global community, and it will kill all their global alliances, especially with China. There is absolutely no reason or benefit for Russia to use nuclear weapons outside of the two points in their doctrine. Even if they wipe out their military opposition, they will become isolated and probably invaded and probably nuked in return. I also really don't think Russia wants to pop off a nuclear war and endanger the whole planet. Russia and Putin aren't anymore evil than the west. They have their own selfish interests just like every other global power. Russia is as likely to use nukes as the USA. Israel (more specifically Netanyahu's Likud thugs) is more likely to use nukes than Russia.
@toatsmagoats72
5 ай бұрын
Saying Putin isn't anymore evil than the west is a clean way to your wipe the credibility. Yes, we are all serving our own self interests but his interests are purely internal and thus destructive to those outside. Our self interest involves the self interest of others hence why you can even point to 'the west' as a unified group in the first place.
@xusmico187
18 күн бұрын
what is a "direct and imminent threat?"
@d-slay8059
21 сағат бұрын
@@xusmico187I’m sure they left it intentionally vague. What I would assume would trigger WMD use would be for instance if NATO launches a full scale unprovoked invasion of Russia or something along those lines. Op makes a good point that even a small nuclear escalation by Russia would signal the end of Russia as a whole. China would be forced to pull their support even if they didn’t want to or be sanctioned to death by the rest of the world. Putin might be crazy but he’s not stupid. There’s no scenario where Russia uses nukes and comes out on top.
@tankerd1847
9 ай бұрын
Lex makes a great point about what would happen when that news traveled. People worldwide would panic extremely hard.
@deesse8892
8 ай бұрын
Sure, but isn't that the most obvious, basic point to make about a nuclear attack 😂
@faustinoco3933
10 ай бұрын
The professor is good at human behavior & pure simple logic.
@far-middle
10 ай бұрын
He left out the Budapest Memo. Ukraine gave up all its nuclear weapons for assured security assistance from the US, Russia, and UK. Russia wont use them in Ukraine because of that document
@8darktraveler8
10 ай бұрын
I totally disagree when it comes to nukes, no nuclear power will accept their national parks being hit with nukes...
@TheFightingSheep
10 ай бұрын
Yes, but it's logic, based on the premises of a multipolar world, and nation states being sovereign. The plannedemic has clearly demonstrated, those premises are completely false, as no nation state has challenged the one world order.
@spankminister
10 ай бұрын
He previously described Putin as "too smart" to invade Ukraine. Cold Warrior game theory thinkers seem to get no shortage of passes when they decide to apply their study of history into theories that predict the future and screw up.
@elijahFree2000
10 ай бұрын
@@spankministerMersheimer is a Putin apologist
@easygame7955
10 ай бұрын
"Will Russia use nuclear weapons?" That is a very stupid question. Yes, they will under the right circumstances. Just as the good old USA did on Japan. Isn't it funny how America is so concerned about any Nation using Nukes when they are the only Nation in the history of the world that has used Nukes?
@bernardbarry447
10 ай бұрын
The other difference is that Jason was going on a land grab through the pacific going as far south as bombing Darwin in Australia. A-holes like that Japanese emperor, Hitler and now Putin need to be stopped.
@timmy-wj2hc
10 ай бұрын
US didn't need to use nukes on Japan. They admitted it. Plus Japan didn't surrender because of the nukes but rather because the Red Army was going to invade Japan and they were terrrified.
@bernardbarry447
10 ай бұрын
@@timmy-wj2hc so 6 days after the second nuke they surrendered. Quite a coincidence.
@damndippindots560
10 ай бұрын
Obviously Lex is asking the question in the context of Ukraine and potential circumstances that may occur. What he’s doing is asking an expert to weigh those potential circumstances to determine what may tip the scales. Pretending like this is a stupid question can only hold up as a semantic strategy where others’ words are used against them in a literal and rigid manner ignores common speech and communication patterns. Or, to be brief, take the stick out yo ass.
@bernardbarry447
10 ай бұрын
@@NextGenLugnut Russia has the worlds largest nuclear arsenal. No one is going to fire at them or invade them. That’s why this isn’t about NATO, this is about him wanting puppet regimes instead of successful democracies in his area. Effectively a new USSR.
@NorthOfChickKorea
9 ай бұрын
This entire interview might be my fav YT interview of all time. Outstanding.
@mr8raves292
10 ай бұрын
PLEASE stop overlapping clips.
@ennio5763
9 ай бұрын
Even if Kissinger wouldn't have initiated a nuclear escalation in the event of a Warsaw Pact victory in Europe (itself extremely unlikely), France would have. They have their own independent nuclear arsenal, and would use it if the alternative was to be invaded by Warsaw Pact. So the world would not have escaped a nuclear escalation scenario. And that's something that Kissinger should have known and prepared for.
@andrej052
9 ай бұрын
Thats a very good point. Any country who possesses such weapons could use them if the conditions are right, naive too think otherwise.
@kylemutti2992
9 ай бұрын
I love when people like you many years removed have a better stretaegy and more insight than the people who are reacting in real time to what’s going on in the world lol its foolish
@ennio5763
9 ай бұрын
@@kylemutti2992 Kissinger never ever had to react in real-time to whatever. He's not a soldier on front line. He's not reacting to a street fight. Heck, he's not even a politician, he doesn't even have to make a statement, nor take any decision ! No, its role is to "theorize", to prepare in advance what would be the better decision *if* .... So, all the time in the world to think a problem correctly. Which is fine, the world needs people in such position. They have the means (time and information) to foresee far in advance, extrapolate from little nuance, and because their mind is somewhat tuned to this exercise, are generally unable to act decently in the face of immediate pressure. But I guess that's way too much nuance for a troll. Your urge to throw a random disparaging thought to feel superior in the moment had an imperious priority. Thinking, after all, is limited to Kissinger & Co.
@lexreinstein4244
9 ай бұрын
Lex saying "The fact we don't see aliens...". Hybrid John smiles in silence...
@what_comes_next_88
9 ай бұрын
You could be wrong. He was just sitting content for having an interesting conversation and listening to a good point. There is no evidence of aliens in the known universe as of yet. Scientifically speaking.
@lexreinstein4244
9 ай бұрын
@@what_comes_next_88 "scientifically speaking" are the words you choose to blindfold yourself. Do not confuse "science" with what the media wants to define as "science". Science means empirical evidence and transparency. When you have whistleblowers in Congress, air force pilots on JRE and army vets in prison for releasing videos you should automatically know there is an accountability issue, a transparency issue and a withholding of information issue. Saying "scientifically speaking" there is no evidence at this point is akin to saying "I don't even want to look at the evidence available as I'm not prepared to contemplate a world that is different from my acquired perception of it". "Scientifically speaking" we should have full access to all facilities mentioned by Bob Lazar, we should have all videos mentioned by Lt. Frazer, we should release all documents mentioned in Congress. "Scientifically speaking" we should not automatically dismiss any "alien mummy" popping out of South America, the shamanic oral traditions of every corner of the world and even religious accounts from India, the Middle East, Tibet, South Africa and other places. "Scientifically speaking" we should look into each claim and whenever we find someone witholding information we should ask "Why?", "Who is paying you?" and "show me your bank transactions". Only then, "scientifically speaking", you'd have a chance to understand something about the real science, not the sterile watered down version they want you to believe in as if it was a religion of minimalism, conformism and economy of thought. What you call "science" is nothing more than the modern equivalent of puritanism.
@mw9297
9 ай бұрын
We do see aliens 👽
@detoxfidelity
10 ай бұрын
I think The Rock is the best. It’s on a small mountain, but still low enough to easily provision. It’s warm enough to live in all the time. It’s got a huge maze of tunnels that only the defenders know to potentially sneak in more food. It might even be possible to survive a dragon attack by hiding deep in the mines.
@Setebosify
10 ай бұрын
STOP THE WAR
@JanLie19
10 ай бұрын
Mr Lex , there is so much valuable content in this interview, you could make a 3 day seminar of it. I had to watch several clips, videos multiple times to be able to absorb all the historie, topics and views of it. Also the energy and view difference between your obliged positive naivety and your guest surprised, doubtful (but pleased there is still hope) reaction is fantastic to see on the screen. I’m also pleased you brought a guest giving insights from a rather other side compared to your previous guests. Not easy for you to go ahead with your promise of giving platform to all sides (left, right, middle). You walk the talk, keep up with the great work. Ever tough bringing 2 opposing guest for 3 hours in an interview, you moderating? I think the outcome results in trough bromance between the opposites, or at least them getting closer.
@AFuller2020
9 ай бұрын
Why people worry so much about a country with the GDP of South Korea? Been there several times, a lot of hard working people who just want to get along with everyone.
@adamesd3699
10 ай бұрын
Didn’t Israel put nuclear bombs on planes at the start of the 1973 war when they thought they might get overrun by Egyptian and Syrian forces?
@Man-u-flex
10 ай бұрын
Prob that’s how they descalated the Egyptians
@Go-lova
10 ай бұрын
Israel behaves with the Palestinians the same way the Germans did with the Jews in 1939
@Go-lova
10 ай бұрын
All my comments about Oppenheimer was deleted. This is American Democracy and Free of Speech.
@adamesd3699
10 ай бұрын
@@Man-u-flexNot really. Egypt had a bunch of Russian ballistic missiles with unknown warheads aimed at Israel. Kissinger was wrote about the whole situation.
@SlavaBanderastan
10 ай бұрын
America has submarines equipped with nuclear weapons there right now
@ivtch51
3 ай бұрын
May I point out to you that since Finland and Sweden have joined NATO, significantly increasing Russia's frontage to NATO, Russia's response has been rather mute. This suggests that there are other factors behind Russia's invasion of Ukraine than a pure NATO treat.
@jasft9746
Ай бұрын
Pointing out the elephant in the room.
@nate_d376
10 ай бұрын
So it's better to normalize low yeald nukes in warfare than just an all out nuke war? I don't see that as a better option.
@LoL-gf5ux
10 ай бұрын
Nobody said its "better" to nornalize lol
@catalinavram3187
9 ай бұрын
It's unbelievable how people sit in a chair and talk so lightly about "manipulating" risk which can blow us into oblivion.. It's so annoying that some people have this kind of power
@dochdgs
2 күн бұрын
Watching two Russian assets talking to each other is like watching two AIs carry on a conversation.
@liquidragonfu5546
10 ай бұрын
I mean there is only one country so far that has actually used a atomic weapon on people that were mostly civilians btw not once but twice, but they seem to deflect from that and dont want you to talk about it lol
@alexandremaximov3885
10 ай бұрын
What point are you trying to make?
@liquidragonfu5546
10 ай бұрын
@alexandremaximov3885 the point is the US seems so worried about other countries using them when they are the only country that has in a war killing thousands of civilians in the process seems pretty hypocritical, no? But I know anything the US does is justified and ok, though, right? The point seemed pretty obvious to me
@alexandremaximov3885
10 ай бұрын
@@liquidragonfu5546 Oh I know the US is plenty hypocritical. Me being Russian automatically means I'm obligated to hate them :P But let's try using your argument, so you can see where I'm coming from. The so-called targets of those nukes have themselves slaughtered tens of millions of Chinese civilians. By your logic, that means the Japanese are not allowed to protest what gets done to their civilians since they've done plenty right? Do you see the flaw with this? The problem with your point is that you're insinuating that they should just be fine with everyone having and using nukes however they wish. These aren't toys, they're world-ending weapons. I believe it is good to restrict the number of countries that have access to nukes and protest their usage in war. The US does have a problem of doing BS things, and then whining about others who start doing the same. I agree with you there. They should be called out by the international community when it happens. But I think when it comes to nukes, they're right to be worried about who and how they might be used.
@liquidragonfu5546
10 ай бұрын
@OigySmoigy you seem to be grasping at Straw to try and say I'm wrong about idk something.....just seems to be proving my point lol idk you are not making alot of sense
@User-jr7vf
10 ай бұрын
I know where you are coming from, but keep in mind that people used to say something similar about Iran. Namely, that the US downed a civilian Iranian plane killing all on board, how irresponsible and evil of the US to do that. Then in 2020 Iran did the same... they shot down a civilian plane killing everyone on board. My point is... your argument will have no validity the day when Russia or other nuclear armed state uses its nukes against civilians. And that's not something very unlikely to happen.
@WillyLeclaire
10 ай бұрын
Russia NEVER used nuclear weapons against civilian... USA used it twice.... moreover, Russia doesn't want to get rid of Ukraine but to keep them into the fold. this is an absolutely ridiculous idea
@WillyLeclaire
10 ай бұрын
@OigySmoigy did you read my comment?... moreover it makes sense to use a nuclear weapon against a country far away and not your neighbour's since it will hurt your country as well ... if the previous argument didn't make sense to you.
@User-jr7vf
10 ай бұрын
@@АбдулаАльхазред-ц9пno, Putin won't use nukes because there is no justification for it. In the same way he has been reluctant until very recently, to call his military operation a 'war'. And in any case, he has not formally declared war on you. Why? Because he can't justify going to war against Ukraine over the reasons he gave to his people. As simple as that.
@logitech1928
10 ай бұрын
yeah ofc, Russia is using conventional weapons against civilians, no need for the nuclear option. And no, the 1945 bombings are not the same thing as the lunacy we are experiencing today my little Kremlin bot.
@collinmcdevitt5071
8 ай бұрын
If NATO didn't go to Russia's border the Russians would have gone to NATO's border. These countries wanted to be apart of NATO and for good reason.
@ugiswrong
10 ай бұрын
Every time lex has a thought the nuclear weapon emoji face goes off
@mimoochodom2684
9 ай бұрын
What's more terrifying...the disclosure of an alien presence or what these two are talking about?
@leonidcechmistro7351
5 ай бұрын
Russia is not afraid of NATO as it is already surrounded by NATO practically on 3 sides! What it wants is to re- conquer Ukraine! Ukraine made a mistake in giving up its nuclear arsenal for peace. A nuclear war is scary, but never forget that because of Moscow’s mishandling of nuclear energy, we already had a nuclear explosion in Ukraine - Chernobyl. The possible use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine, or just plain Jane use of fire and sword in trying to destroy Ukraine is all the same for us. As horrible as it sounds.
@GiR1854
13 күн бұрын
While escalation and mistake is very common during conflict it' s very unlikely that a Russian missile will hit location y than X, as these are guided missiles, I am talking about ballistic ones of course
@mullholand
10 ай бұрын
John is so damn sharp and just makes sense.
@jean-marcsalotti999
9 ай бұрын
The discussion on the possible use of nuclear weapons seems to me very relevant. The problem is that western media and many people in western countries do not understand the logic behind and they believe that Russia would not use nuclear weapons.
@TrueDaturaMindNz
9 ай бұрын
Putin is smart enough not to use them
@AdeleKakwandi
9 ай бұрын
It's an overblown conversation by the same people who keep telling us that while being the incompetent Russia is still about to take over Europe after Ukraine. Ukraine has less dead children in 2 years of war than Gaza had in the first month and unlike Baghdad that had it's water supply bombed in the first few days of the invasion Kyiv still has running water, it doesn't seem to me that the Russians would do these things then decide to drop nukes on their border in a country that contains many of their own people. In the 50 years they've had nukes they've never saw fit to use them, in fact the only country that has used them (on defenseless civilian populations) is that bastion of liberty and freedom the USA
@НаталіяКовальська-ю4д
9 ай бұрын
@@TrueDaturaMindNzNo
@bladeoflucatiel
9 ай бұрын
I dont they they would unless someone joins in
@Michael-z7b5s
8 ай бұрын
Not true, nukes ended the Japanese conflict and they will likely end this conflict. Western people live in a fairytale and think that the US and the EU are Gods that control what people can and can’t do in a war. Putin does not think like they do. He knows that if he nukes Ukraine then no other nation will do anything significant due to the fact that they aren't directly participating in this war, and if they did than it would be suicide. No one in the West ever thought a group of Islamic terrorist would blow up the WTC in 2001 but look what happened@@TrueDaturaMindNz
@lewisgarland1259
10 ай бұрын
Correction......Will America and NATO force Russia to use nuclear weapons.
@CCGNZ65
9 ай бұрын
I agree Lex,the use of a nuke would set a terrifying precedent,initially I thought the mere fact of sending the stingers and javellins that sent Russian soldiers home in body bags might prompt use of nukes. Surprisingly not and the lethality of weapons to Ukraine has increased gradually. There is this opinion that the US and Europe should send even more but we all know that an outright defeat of Russia would trigger the policy of "the survival of the Russian state "doctrine advocating the use of nukes. All the talk of wanting Ukraine to win is a smokescreen,stalemate is the preferred course of the West because we can't take the risk of a Russian loss scenario. Feel bad for the brave Ukranian people and the effort and lost lives,but the consequences of a Russian collapse are too horrifying to contemplate. The hidden Western strategy is to bleed Putin of conventional military power and have a negotiated settlement.
@AhmedBasha23
9 күн бұрын
Thank you both for this great discussion
@thedanielkarim
10 ай бұрын
It’s not if, but when.
@frenchfree
9 ай бұрын
thank goodness Russia does not need to use nuclear weapons because it has enough alternatives. But Russia has a trip wire automated response set up where it will not be caught with nuclear weapons on its soil. One goes they all go. This is according to Scott Ritter.
@deanmoxom1330
9 ай бұрын
Death hand
@MrWuwho
10 ай бұрын
Understanding power dynamic is so important to have civil and mature negotiations, no matter who wins or loses. So many things could go wrong and escalate uncontrollably.
@ItsEphixa
10 ай бұрын
Why would Russia use nuclear weapons on its own border lol
@far-middle
10 ай бұрын
It would look so bad considering the Budapest Memo explicitly provides protection to Ukraine in exchange for giving up its nuclear weapons in the 90's.
@sixmillionaccountssilenced6721
9 ай бұрын
@@far-middle And who actually should provide protection to Ukraine?
@mw9297
9 ай бұрын
Putin said first place getting nuked is the UK.
@keithshayle7027
29 күн бұрын
Interesting the comments from Mcnamara and Kissinger. It shows that the absolute terror of Nuclear War had sufficient deterrent value to prevent there use in even circumstances of extreme provocation. I would suggest be it Ukraine or Taiwan, that the leaders involved would rather de-escalate in such a crisis than push anyone to use Nuclear weapons.
@TaeglicheNarzisst
4 ай бұрын
It is only terrifying if you value your life. Most people do not. Now THAT is terrifying to me.
@YitroBenAvraham
10 ай бұрын
Every time I listen to Lex, I am embarrassed by how little he adds to the conversation. He just rambles like someone trying to be deep, but failing.
@lucyyl.5454
10 ай бұрын
Stop listening to him then, I Like Lex, I Like John ❤❤
@YitroBenAvraham
10 ай бұрын
@@lucyyl.5454 he has interesting guests, but he needs to get some sleep and try less hard to be cool.
@biltumahato1138
10 ай бұрын
Lex adds nothing to discussion other than his irritation. Better he shut up n let the expert speak.
@DirkVaughan
9 ай бұрын
@@lucyyl.5454shut up
@gtamyths96
5 ай бұрын
Fr hes rly ignorant
@Lord_of_The_World
8 ай бұрын
Every side has a General Jack Ripper, Mr. Mearsheimer
@mosfet9915
3 күн бұрын
One question: if man never intended to use nuclear weapons at any time during his current existence on Earth, then why would he create them in the first place? It's simple. It is because it is inescapably inevitable that global nuclear war, wherever its origin, will occur at some time in the near future within the 21st century. And, pretty much sooner than we may think, considering the ever increasing tensions generated in geopolitics, border conflicts and a host of other unresolved factors contested between man and his enemies. The often talked-about anticipated regret will of course be great but of no use in assuaging long-term pain guaranteed in the fallout after these actions have been carried out. But sometimes, like most things in this life, the inevitable is just that: inevitable.
@tazanddo
10 ай бұрын
Thanks gentlemen. One country actually used nukes against humanity, in all of history. Which country was it? Hint: it wasn't Russia. (theme from Jeopardy plays in the background). Time's up. Show us your answer, please.
@WillyLeclaire
10 ай бұрын
thank yiu very muchfor this comment. i'm fed up with the riduculous comments from the only nation that used it TWICE again civilian people
@RMJerich0
10 ай бұрын
@@WillyLeclaire Im not even remotely japanese, but dude, I cant believe to this day US get away with it. Like its insane.
@RMJerich0
10 ай бұрын
he talked about nuclear crysis which could not happen back than cuz Japan did not have nukes. and dont right now thanks to our main character and correct answer - US
@User-jr7vf
10 ай бұрын
@@RMJerich0 what is more perplexing is not even that the US got away with it... it is that the Japanese are now friends with the US and allow the US to exert a great control over their country to this day. (Actually this is not even something from present time; the emperor Hirohito visited the US in the turn of the century, the same emperor who saw his population get obliterated by US nukes and had to sign an unconditional surrender.)
@dammitdan106
10 ай бұрын
Can't judge history out of context. The two devices detonated over Japan ended an ungodly world war, saved a recalcitrant, fanatical Japan from being invaded with estimated million of casualties on both sides. Those two small fission bombs saved lives in the awful calculus of war.
@kidaz
5 ай бұрын
From the observation that aliens do not exist, I would not infer that they destroyed themselves in war, but rather that they never existed in the first place.
@hoovesandpawsanimalrescue
8 ай бұрын
Short answer….nope.
@jeffkeenan5059
10 ай бұрын
He’s not tea talking about Russia using a Nuke, he’s talking about Israel using Nukes against all the Muslim countries that don’t have any Nukes.
@frazer3191
10 ай бұрын
“Better red than dead” - Brilliant 😂
@michaelfletcher1224
9 ай бұрын
Just one little nuke in the middle of nowhere... "just a little demonstration of power"... hopefully the world wouldn't overracte that that. lol
@braedon1986
10 ай бұрын
*There's nothing more dangerous than a fool with a cause.*
@macakucizmama831
7 ай бұрын
There was no way that Soviets wouldn’t instantly respond with a nuke if nukes would fly towards USSR
@corycg9624
6 ай бұрын
That’s a great point that the Professor mentioned Russia could get away with using a nuclear weapon inside Ukraine since Ukraine doesn’t have any to retaliate with and of course we wouldn’t ever use any because that would escalate the situation into a full blown nuclear war but at the same time Russia would be hesitant about using one in Ukraine not knowing what our response would be because nobody wants a nuclear Armageddon.
@mohammedqubaiban8403
10 ай бұрын
Very nice dialogue 👍
@terror4252
10 ай бұрын
SHORT ANSWER: NO
@joerocket1977
10 ай бұрын
It never appeared as if Russia was losing.
@cellardoor9882
9 ай бұрын
russia Is losing. they wanted to conquer Kiev in 2 days
@labordayweekend
9 ай бұрын
@@cellardoor9882 Winning less quickly than initially intended is still winning.
@cellardoor9882
9 ай бұрын
@@labordayweekend right. but what doea winning mean to russia? conquering the ukraine as thes envisiones? never going to happen
@labordayweekend
9 ай бұрын
Winning to Russia is controlling the Donbas and securing access to Crimea from the north, which they've already done. The only objective that they haven't achieved is taking Odessa. They never wanted Kiev.
@rharcus
5 ай бұрын
Adult in the room says, stop the fighting, draw some lines - response: no, response: *launches nukes* - would be powerful, destructive, inhumane, but the kids would also shut up.
@jasft9746
Ай бұрын
And russia would cease to exist.
@jeffreyericson8170
5 ай бұрын
Lex Fridman, I want to meet you. How can we arrange a meeting?
@timrobertson8436
9 ай бұрын
The perfect way to end this discussion - humans versus aliens! Very convincing! No theoretical basis at all . . . but why not?
@robhaythorne4464
9 ай бұрын
Mearsheimer is so full of himself. It is important to remember that he has never held any position of real resonsibility in the military or in the diplomatic corps. Ergo, he's never even ever spoken with any actual decision makers.
@AdeleKakwandi
9 ай бұрын
It's not being full of yourself to want to use your insight to prevent your country from causing chaos and death. A few months ago I watched one of the professor's talks and thought it was recent because it described the situation the current situation going on in Ukraine to a tee but to my shock when I check the time of publishing it was a video posted 9 years ago. If the chimpanzees in Biden's current diplomatic corp had HALF his insight and intelligence a lot of dead Ukrainians, human destruction, misery, sex trafficked Ukrainian women and children and hundreds of billions in pilfered tax dollars could have been avoided.
@oldskool357
Ай бұрын
Yeah, he’s far too smart to be your leader 😂
@daggru
Ай бұрын
The global economic crisis that would take place from even the use of one nuclear device because of the risk of escalation.
@user-DongJ
10 ай бұрын
Nukes make great powers less likely to go to war? What about Gas, Germs, Rays, Rats, Cats or Bats?
@LovesGrilling
5 ай бұрын
"manipulation of risk" I love how corporate buzzwords make their way into ending the world. All these politicians and warmongers are clowns.
@mb37073
6 ай бұрын
Bear in mind that USA has used it without any hesitation in the past!! Now, you're scared!!! Are you kidding me...
@jeremydoucet8918
5 ай бұрын
If Russia went nuclear - there has to be a response. Even if they do it in a rural area - you cannot normalize the use of nuclear weapons in a modern conflict for any purpose. Its a slippery slope to catastrophe. It is important for the US to make that clear to Russia to prevent them from even trying that desperate move - to undermine the logic John explicitly refers to, believing you can treat Ukraine as a situation where the doctrine of mutually assured destruction does not apply. So to be quite frank - John is just wrong, and is defeated by his own logic. The US not responding in kind prevents a nuclear exchange - but putting a full military response on the table tells the Russians, there is no way to use nuclear weapons in a limited sense. And to some degree its worked because they have done so - saying it will be Russia triggering the great power war. I am not saying there is any happy ending - the world is basically over. But does John actually think condoning a Russian nuclear attack in that scenario is the preferred approach?
@fs3579
10 ай бұрын
Why doesn't MAD apply to Iran and North Korea????
@DaviSouza-ru3ui
10 ай бұрын
What do you mean? Elaborate it, because a question like this and it seems you´re a internet bot. Iran is not a nuclear power (yet) and North Korea only has, till now, relativelly limited nuclear capabilities to strike an enemy like the US.
@fs3579
10 ай бұрын
@@DaviSouza-ru3ui come on it is clear already. why does mutual assured destruction not apply to all? if they get the bomb why are they going to use it because they will get wiped out in response!
@jamricsloe
10 ай бұрын
How does it not? Hamas by proxy is an asset of Iran. Israel isn't attacking Iran, but they are prosecuting a proxy war vs them.
@imjustsam1745
10 ай бұрын
Means of delivery. They lack reliable means of getting warheads to North America. The furthest a North Korean ballistic missle test has been made wouldn't take one to Pearl Harbor. Iran only has regional ballistic missles. Backpack nukes may or may not be possible, I've heard arguments both ways from nuclear physists, but assuming they exist the reliability of delivery would still be a crap shoot. Summation: MAD requires two technologies. The warheads and critically ICBMs. The idea of MAD was conceived over a decade post Hiroshima when missile technologies in Russia and North America meant shooting down the bombers no longer saved civilization.
@mikeperez4819
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for being quiet when he talks.
@xusmico187
18 күн бұрын
last world map shows USA is not in North Atlantic
@donagh1954
Ай бұрын
Why is J M smiling all the time. We're talking about Armageddon.
@ChikiKaboomkaboom
9 ай бұрын
😂😅 Russia will not use nuke unless nato attack mainland Russia, thats for sure. Putin isnt that stupid enough
@mauricet2840
2 ай бұрын
Nato to remind ( on letter head, unsigned) the age old orthodoxy of a porportionate tactical nuclear response to a tactical nuclear strike by russia. Note in writing that that position is not particularly led by led by US Uk . Don't discuss this further except at UN in an attempt to gain agreement to a 90% proportionate response.
@thehypocriticalcynic9182
9 ай бұрын
Putin would have went left when the pipeline, "spontaneously combusted."
@umbertobillo42
7 ай бұрын
About use of nucleare weapons mr. Putin was very clear, he said that a world without Russia Is not worth existing, few and very clear words
@richardteo1886
10 ай бұрын
Why always Russia and not usa!!!!!????
@corycg9624
6 ай бұрын
It’s both neither side trusts each other
@gtx332
9 ай бұрын
They don’t need to. Russia is beating NATO and a coalition of 40 countries in ukraine without it
@greggore1503
10 ай бұрын
Russia? Err. What about Israel?
@samuelstahl5828
10 ай бұрын
Though this is a frightening subject to discuss, Mearsheimer is a pleasure to listen too.
@LiveeyePhoto
9 ай бұрын
Wow that was a great episode
@TheLozeszkur
10 ай бұрын
What for? Dont forget what country actually used it already...
@mitnick212
8 ай бұрын
I'll move to Australia in case of mad world
@cor2250
5 ай бұрын
Mad Max
@williammathews1357
5 ай бұрын
Al Haig 2 minute warning in the Baltic sea
@ericwalker8382
10 ай бұрын
No, they won't. There is no point in nuking land you are trying to conquer. Stupid question. If they tried to nuke anybody else, their whole country would be glass in a couple of hours.
@j.erickson8571
10 ай бұрын
Yes, they would. It is hard for you to accept this, but they are mostly isolated from the civilized world. They have nothing to lose and keep returning to their old grievances with the West. For Putin, losing it is existential. The fact that Russia has terminated the last agreements about testing nuclear weapons is a sobering reality. Anything can happen, and we need to be prepared for any scenario.
@vickaps
10 ай бұрын
If I was President, Mearsheimer would be my Chief Advisor.
@БогданБеркут
10 ай бұрын
If you had listened to his advice, you would have found yourself in the same position that Putin found himself in.
@nickthx1138
6 ай бұрын
Maybe leaders need to watch The day after and Threads again.
@amossimon3438
6 ай бұрын
They are now saying if they use hypersonic weapoms. There is no radiation. .They are more environmentally Friendly's.
@huntncover
10 ай бұрын
This guy smiles too much while discussing the subject at hand . Something's wrong with that .
@joeb2955
10 ай бұрын
This was a great interview
@garytibo
10 ай бұрын
We don't see Aliens BECAUSE they look at us and probably saying that where absolutely creasy species.
@ominousbiscuit
10 ай бұрын
Well we can't stop being creasy because the aliens won't tell us what it means
@mw9297
9 ай бұрын
They are the angels and demons. We saw the fighting thousands of years ago and we began to do the same thing. We we’re manipulated by the demons and still are. 👹👽🛸👁
@dislike7973
10 ай бұрын
Well the bright side of nuclear weapons IS that there wont be no wars after their use
@DirkVaughan
9 ай бұрын
Put us out of our misery already.
@SavingPvtBryan32
10 ай бұрын
Lex looks like a polite James bond
@Edgedable
10 ай бұрын
007.1 Goldfinger release candidate
@jackharrison1175
10 ай бұрын
Bond, Khabib Bond
@thethree60five
10 ай бұрын
Nope, just a _man in black_ .
@Sameoldfitup
5 ай бұрын
I was alone again in the unquiet darkness
@seanlander9321
10 ай бұрын
What about nuclear attack by proxy? For instance, North Korea threatens South Korea while in a security pact with Russia to surrender without a fight? It’s illogical to think that any nuclear power is going to support South Korea if Russia guarantees nuclear retaliation.
@TheDavidlloydjones
10 ай бұрын
Hunh? What is a "security pact" with anybody "to surrender without a fight"?
@seanlander9321
10 ай бұрын
@@TheDavidlloydjones A security pact with Russia that guarantees North Korean integrity. Similar to NATO, but it’s members are nut jobs armed with nukes.
@DaviSouza-ru3ui
10 ай бұрын
Your question is nonsense. Why would Russia meddle itself in a fight between North Korea (a nuclear state) and South Korea (a non-nuclear state, until now)?
@seanlander9321
10 ай бұрын
@@DaviSouza-ru3ui It’s not about meddling, it’s about the power of a nuclear arsenal being put to use by a proxy to expand Russia’s influence. We’ve always assumed that MAD prevents the use of nuclear weapons between the nuclear powers, but that comfort disappears with the threat by a proxy protected by the world’s largest nuclear arsenal.
@2kusiainen
10 ай бұрын
What are you babbling about? Your message makes zero sense
@taWay21
10 ай бұрын
Is Lex 5 years old? Because next to this intellectual juggernaut he seems so
@far-middle
10 ай бұрын
seems so gullible. Russia wont use them in Ukraine because of the Budapest Memo and it's shocking that this "professor" left it out.
@8darktraveler8
10 ай бұрын
@@far-middle It has no reason to follow anything, that we in the west have shown that our word is worth nothing.
@amineHighTube
10 ай бұрын
@@far-middleits gullible to believe that Russia or the US will respect any kind of of Memo, thats whats really gullible
@NeonRaveHuskey
10 ай бұрын
what did he say that was so intellectually impressive.
@NeonRaveHuskey
10 ай бұрын
@@8darktraveler8 and that give russia the green light to nuke ukraine?
@turf9232
10 ай бұрын
yes
@joeswampdawghenry
5 ай бұрын
For those wondering... Yes.. He said he would so yes.. He will.. Ur all welcome
@jasft9746
Ай бұрын
Meanwhile russia is being invaded and they still haven't nuked themselves.
@salarrue78
10 ай бұрын
The US would not use nuclear weapons to retaliate? yeah right!, remember what happened in Japan, the US never needed to use them but did anyway.
@estebanpardo9611
10 ай бұрын
What were nukes made for
@susiechen335
2 ай бұрын
SPAM 💜💜💜💜💜 my DAD’s favorite.😂😂😂😂😂
@paulhoughton5266
9 ай бұрын
Russians would not use them in ukraine as west would fully sanction russia plus ANY countries that still dealt with Russia.
@dosa2990
8 ай бұрын
The west doesn't have the economic heft left to do so. Their monetary policies of printing fiat money and dumping inflation on the rest of the world means that most of the world to a large extend no longer takes their diktat. And the Russians are critical in balancing western overbearing hegemony. Sanctions backfired in 2022 and would backfire quite spectacularly once again.
@thethree60five
10 ай бұрын
... asks _the man in black_ .
@Anonymous-g3h
10 ай бұрын
The Russians wouldn’t use a Nuke. The Iranians on the other hand…they might do something stupid.
@yellowwasprakija2869
9 ай бұрын
Or the Americans, they have form after all
@JoshuaLuellen-rg8xp
10 ай бұрын
Solution to the Fermi paradox right in front of our face: our radio bubbles haven't expanded long enough to detect each other. If we're 20,000 light years away and have been producing radio waves for a combined 1,000 years, they haven't reached each other yet
@valdisgerasymiak1403
10 ай бұрын
150 years, not 1000
@JoshuaLuellen-rg8xp
10 ай бұрын
@@valdisgerasymiak1403 the 1000 is a hypothetical combination of ours, which is more like 100 actually, and another 900 from the aliens
@JoshuaLuellen-rg8xp
10 ай бұрын
@@valdisgerasymiak1403 that's why I said "combined"
@Elias_Avraham
10 ай бұрын
Not just that, if you're 100 lightyears away, a species with our current technology would need an antenna roughly the same square area of New York just to discern our signals from background noise. Oh, and I mean the state, not the city.
@mw9297
9 ай бұрын
Humanity is hidden, they are always watching
@LearnAConspiracy
10 ай бұрын
Putin: ✍🏻
@ScottBrown-zz4sk
6 күн бұрын
Russia Russia Russia has rusted nuclear plants and weapons they have nothing 😂
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