Glenn Diesen - Greater Eurasia Podcast John Mearsheimer: Venezuela, Greenland & the End of NATO
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Jan 7, 2026 
John J. Mearsheimer, the esteemed R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, dives deep into the implications of major geopolitical shifts. He discusses the Monroe Doctrine's relevance to US interests in Latin America, arguing that the Venezuela intervention is more imperial than protective. Mearsheimer warns that US actions may weaken NATO, especially if tensions over Ukraine escalate. He also analyzes the shifting dynamics towards East Asia and critiques the hypocrisy underlying current foreign policies.
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Venezuela As Clear Imperialism
- John Mearsheimer argues the Venezuela operation is imperialism, not Monroe Doctrine great-power defense.
- He says US aims to run Venezuelan politics and control its oil rather than counter external military threats.
History Of Hemisphere Interference
- Mearsheimer says US has a long history of intervening in Latin America to topple left-leaning regimes.
- He highlights Trump’s blunt imperial rhetoric as unusually candid compared with past US justifications.
Trump Trashes The Rules-Based System
- Mearsheimer warns Trump’s contempt for international law undermines the rules-based order the US built.
- He argues rules mattered because the US largely wrote them to suit its interests and thus upheld them selectively.