Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 18 May 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s podcast talking with him mainly about the prospects for escalation in the Ukraine war, but also the Iran war. Regarding Ukraine, it is clear that Ukraine, with help from Europe, is ramping up its...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 17 May 2026, I was on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about a number of different subjects including the state of the war in Ukraine, the results of Trump’s trip to China, and the US obsession with settling scores with...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 12 May 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the growing realization in the American body politic that not only is the Iran war lost, but the defeat will have disastrous consequences for the US and countries...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 8 May 2026, I was on Rachel Blevins’ popular podcast talking about President Trump’s never-ending troubles in Iran and why they are going to hinder him in his upcoming visit to China. When Trump moved back into the White House in...

Reprinted from John's Substack: On 7 May 2026, Trita Parsi and I were on the podcast of the “Community Alliance 4 Peace and Justice” hosted by Mehlaqa Samdani. It provided us with an excellent opportunity to talk about President Trump’s “Project Freedom,” which he...

Reprinted from John's Substack: On 5 May 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the latest developments in the Iran war. We focused mainly on “Project Freedom,” President Trump’s plan that he announced on 3 May 2026 to effectively open the...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 4 May 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast talking with Glenn about how the US and Europe ended up in so much trouble today. We spent little time talking about the specifics of the Iran war — which is highly unusual these...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 3 May 2026, I was on “Switzerland” with host Tom Switzer and Trita Parsi. Just before we did the podcast, President Trump put out a Truth Social post in which he said that starting the morning of 4 May, the US would begin to help...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 30 April 2026, I was on “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about what President Trump is likely to do in Iran over the next few weeks and the consequences of that war on the global order. It is very difficult to...

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 28 April 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about Iran, paying special attention to how Russia is now committed to making sure Iran prevails against the US and Israel. We spoke about Iran’s latest 3-phase...