This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
The greatest threat to stability in the Middle East is not Iran, but “the US working closely together with Israel”, argues United States political scientist John Mearsheimer.
Mearsheimer tells host Steve Clemons that the notion that the US and Israel are making a safer, more stable Middle East is “ludicrous”. And the idea that Iran is “the great destabiliser” in the region is “a myth that the US and Israel purvey”.
After US President Donald Trump insisted that “We have all the cards; they have none”, Mearsheimer says the exact opposite is true – “and that’s why we are in desperate straits”.
Related News
03 April 2026
French-owned container ship transits Hormuz Strait in first since Iran war
22 March 2026
Pakistan T20 cricket league to be held in empty stadiums amid oil crisis
25 March 2026
Iran calls US proposal to end war ‘maximalist, unreasonable’
31 March 2026