Reprinted from John's Substack: On 29 January 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the ongoing peace negotiations over Ukraine, which I believe are nothing more than Kabuki theater. This war is going to be settled on the battlefield. We also...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 12 January 2026, I was on “System Update” talking with Glenn Greenwald about Trump’s foreign policy, especially as it applies to the kidnapping of Venezuela’s president and Trump’s intention to “run” Venezuela.
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 22 January 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking to the Judge about events involving Davos and Greenland. In the process, I laid out some of the key elements of my template for understanding Trump’s foreign policy.
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 22 January 2026, I was on “Breaking Points” with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti talking about what happened at Davos over the past three days. We started by discussing Canadian PM Mark Carney’s speech proclaiming a “rupture” in...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 14 January 2026, I was on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” talking and arguing with Piers about a variety of subjects: how radical Trump’s foreign policy is, the kidnapping in Venezuela and where it will lead, annexing Greenland, the...
Reprinted from John's Substack: I wrote a Substack post yesterday (20 January 2026) titled “The Tag Team Fails in Iran.” I described the Trump administration’s playbook for producing regime change in Iran. Here is my description of the first of the four key elements...
Reprinted from John's Substack: Below is an interview I recently did with the South China Morning Post, which is based in Hong Kong, and is one of the most important newspapers in East Asia. Josephine Ma conducted the “Open Questions” interview for the SCMP. We...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 15 January 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about a variety of topics, but most importantly on the evolving situation in Iran. I laid out my thinking on 1) what the US and Israel were trying to do in Iran —...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 14 January 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking mainly about the central role of Israel and the US in causing and fueling the protests in Iran. I noted that their goal is simply not regime change,...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 8 January 2025, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge mainly about Venezuela and how it fits into Trumpian foreign policy. I made the argument that this is not a case of regime change — as all the US did was remove the...
