John Mearsheimer
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first heard Jul 2026
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John Mearsheimer’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This is true of the Iranians for sure.
If you look at what's going on inside the Iranian parliament,
Legislation is being
Moved forward inside the Iranian parliament in the
For Iran to abandon the NPT, the nonproliferation treaty, and to develop its own nuclear deterrent.
From Iran's point of view, I want to be clear here, not from our point of view, but from Iran's point of view, having a nuclear deterrent makes a lot of sense.
And given what we were just saying about the Saudis.
uh from their perspective having a nuclear deterrent makes a lot of sense.
Uh-huh.
And to take this a step further, you know, the Saudis have made it clear for years now that if Iran begins to go down the nuclear roads, Saudi Arabia will follow in its footsteps and get its own nuclear deterrent.
Well, as I was just saying, there's evidence that the Saudis may be, and I want to underline the words may be thinking about developing a nuclear deterrent of their own.
It certainly would make strategic sense.
Well again, if that happens, the Saudis won't be far behind.
And if the Saudis do it
You can rest assured the Turks, the Egyptians, and the Iraqis will think about doing it.
So one could make an argument that we've opened Pandora's box here.
Now you say to yourself, there is a simple solution to this, John, and that is that we work out a deal with the Iranians that includes
Uh
an arrangement where they can keep their nuclear enrichment capability but they don't develop nuclear weapons.
Okay, but the problem here is that it's not clear we can work that deal out.
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