Trump’s National Security Statement: has China won? John Mearsheimer & Kishore Mahbubani

In the first of a two-part series of his new YouTube program, Switzerland, Tom Switzer puts questions to two leading intellectual critics of the western foreign-policy consensus: professors Kishore Mahbubani from Singapore and John Mearsheimer from Chicago. Subjects include the Sino-American strategic competition, trade wars, the Trump administration’s National Security Statement, great powers’ spheres of influence, the Russia-China “axis,” and the subject of Kishore’s important 2020 book, Has China Won? The second part, forthcoming, will concentrate on US-Europe affairs and the resurgence of antisemitism in the wake of the Bondi massacres. Join Tom's Exclusive Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/cff5e11f69a3/switzerland-with-tom-switzer  Read Tom's Substack: https://substack.com/@tomswitzer Watch the show live: https://www.youtube.com/@TomSwitzerMedia  Tom Switzer is a journalist and broadcaster who has been a prolific commentator on politics and international affairs. His writing and commentary have appeared in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Australian, and across ABC and Sky News, where he has been a regular presenter and panellist. For 30 years, since 1995, he has worked at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute, the Australian Financial Review, The Australian, the London-based Spectator magazine, and the Sydney-based Centre for Independent Studies, which he headed from 2017 to 2025. He is the host of Switzerland, a long-form interview series exploring global politics, modern history, and the ideas shaping the world.