Reprinted from John's Substack: On 9 December 2025, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking mainly about the Ukrainian war. My central point to Danny is that there is virtually no reason to think that a peace agreement can be struck to end...
We Can Prevent a War Right Now
Both houses of Congress are expected to vote — compelled by privileged resolutions (H. Con. Res. 64 and S. J. Res. 98) — during the week of December 15, 2025, on whether or not to block war on Venezuela. The votes are expected to be close. This is a rare opportunity...
The Crude Imperialism of the ‘Trump Corollary’
The Trump administration released its National Security Strategy (NSS) last week. There is limited value in trying to make sense of Trump’s foreign policy by looking at strategy documents when the president largely just makes things up as he goes and often makes...
Regime Change: Rep. Adam Smith Talks One Game and Spends on Another
“[T]here is no way on earth we should be going to war or trying to do regime change in Venezuela,” US Representative Adam Smith (D-WA) told The Hill on December 4. The US, says Smith, “should be out of the regime-change business.” So, did Smith still think that on...
Israeli Raid on UNRWA Compound Slammed as ‘Dangerous Precedent’
United Nations officials and others strongly condemned Monday’s raid by Israeli authorities on a facility run by the UN’s office for Palestinian refugees in occupied East Jerusalem – an act one rights group decried as part of an ongoing effort “to undermine and...
John Mearsheimer says Europe’s Troubles Are Just Begining
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 9 December 2025, I appeared on “Judging Freedom,” where I talked with Judge Napolitano about the future of Europe and what is happening in the Ukraine war. We also talked about Prime Minister Netanyahu’s efforts to get a pardon from...
Ron Paul: Ahoy! Pirate Trump Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker ‘We’ll Keep The Oil!’
On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Just one month after US CENTCOM condemned Iran for boarding a commercial vessel in international waters, the Trump Administration boarded and seized a Venezuelan oil tanker bound for Cuba and seized the cargo. Is this another...
Conflicts of Interest: Will Zelensky Allow New Elections in Ukraine?
On COI #859, Kyle Anzalone breaks down the latest news on US foreign policy. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
Pentagon Weighed Sending Boat Strike Survivors to Salvadoran Prison To Avoid Defending Bombings in Court
Pentagon officials asked about sending survivors of US boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean to a notorious maximum security prison in El Salvador in a bid to keep them out of American courts – where the Trump administration’s high seas extrajudicial...
There They Go Again in Venezuela
Reprinted from Foreign Policy in Focus: Mark Twain allegedly quipped, “God created war so Americans would learn geography.” Whether or not he actually said that, it would be a good test – for the world’s mightiest military power to be prevented from waging war if a...


