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Robert Pape
Professor of political science & founding director, University of Chicago
Founded and directs CPOST, and developed the Escalation Trap model of modern warfare.
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Real Alpha has cut 3 moments of Robert Pape (Professor of political science & founding director, University of Chicago) talking, from 2 interviews on The Diary Of A CEO and TRIGGERnometry, the latest published Nov 5, 2026.
What Robert Pape said
The Diary Of A CEO · Iran War Expert: "The 8 Weeks After Midterms Could Be The Most Dangerous!" | Prof Robert Pape
2 moments · 8 min
- 22:17
Trump’s crypto interests could reinforce his incentive to escalate
Pape argues that Trump’s political legacy and his family’s crypto wealth are tied to his power. That creates another reason he may resist backing down.
- 1:04:03
Pape links a US infrastructure outage to a possible cyberattack
“And the New York Times quoted directly from U.S. intelligence that said this was most likely Iran doing a cyber attack inside the United States.”
at 1:04:26
- 22:17
- 10:08
Why Robert Pape says blockades rarely force concessions
“stronger side. Courts, power in domestic politics enforce that. International politics, there's no court. There's no power.”
at 11:10
- 10:08
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