Reprinted from John's Substack: On 4 March 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about the US-Israeli war against Iran. The central argument that Danny and I drove home is that Netanyahu and Trump have no coherent strategy for winning...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 3 March 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking about the Iran war. I told the Judge that the Trump administration was dragged into this war by Israel and its enormously powerful lobby in the US. Both Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 24 February 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the various misadventures the US is involved in around the globe. Of course, we focused mainly on Iran, where one can only hope President Trump has the good...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 22 February 2026, I was on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about the possibility of President Trump attacking Iran. We had a fascinating discussion about whether the US has a viable military option. Although we reached no...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 19 February 2026, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft hosted a debate between me and George Beebe, who is the director of grand strategy at Quincy. Emily Jashinsky of UnHerd moderated. George argued that it is possible to...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 17 February 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the negotiations to end the Ukraine war and produce a peace agreement — kabuki theater in my view — and the negotiations to end the Iran crisis short of war —...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 12 February 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking mainly about Iran, but also about Ukraine. We focused on the recent Netanyahu-Trump meeting (11 February), which did not go well from an Israeli...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 12 February 2026, I appeared on “Judging Freedom” to talk about the meeting between PM Netanyahu and President Trump at the White House the day before (11 February). Relatedly, we spoke about Israel’s various demands and the utility...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 30 January 2026, I was on “The Glenn Show” with Glenn Loury and Robert Wright talking mainly about Trump foreign policy, especially as it applies to international institutions and international law. We also talked about Gaza, Iran,...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 5 February 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about the negotiations in Oman between the Trump administration and Iran and the likelihood that the US will attack Iran. I emphasized that it is hard to believe...
