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...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 23 April 2026, I was on “Switzerland,” Tom Switzer’s new podcast, with the distinguished British historian and journalist, Max Hastings. It was a sobering conversation because Max is deeply concerned about President Trump’s state of...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 22 April 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast. We of course spent much time talking about Iran, but in addition we talked about how Iran fits into what is happening to inter-state relations at the global level. When one...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 20 April 2026, I was on “The Chris Hedges Report” talking about where the Iran war is headed. Chris and I mainly concentrated on trying to make sense of what President Trump is doing to end the conflict on favorable terms for the US....
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 13 April 2026, I was on “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about Iran. Although there was movement toward a genuine ceasefire after we spoke — as Israel stopped striking Lebanon and the Strait of Hormuz was opened...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 12 April 2026, I was on the “Switzerland” podcast with Josh Landis, one of the world’s leading experts on Syria, and the host Tom Switzer. In the wake of the failed negotiations in Islamabad, President Trump announced that the US...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 14 April 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with Judge Napolitano about Iran. My central point to the judge was that Trump is in no position to work out a deal with Iran that settles the ongoing war in a meaningful way. The...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 10 April 2026, I was on Breaking Points talking about why Trump cannot win against Iran if he goes up the escalation ladder and why his only exit option is to concede defeat. Now that the 11-12 April 2026 US-Iranian negotiations in...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 10 April 2026, I was on Glenn Diesen’s popular podcast, mainly talking about the disastrous war in Iran. Toward the end of our discussion, Glenn raised the issue of how one determines whether a particular policy that a state follows...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 9 April 2026, I gave the keynote address at the Arab Center’s 11th annual conference in Washington, DC. My talk was titled: “US Middle East Policy: The Growing Propensity for Genocide.” Read the transcript from The Singju...
