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...
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...
