Reprinted from John's Substack: Steve Walt and I originally published “The Israel Lobby” in The London Review of Books in March 2006. It was published on the internet on 17 March 2006 and then came out in a paper version on 23 March 2006. As Michael Massing said in...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 11 March 2026, I was on Al Jazeera talking about: 1) why the US and Israel are doomed to lose the war in Iran as well as 2) the importance of the Israel lobby in shaping US foreign policy.
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 11 March 2026, I was interviewed on “The Chris Hedges Report.” Of course, Chris and I talked about the Iran war and what went wrong. In the process, we emphasized what history can tell us about where this war is headed.
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 10 March 2026, I appeared on Glenn Diesen’s podcast to talk with him about where the Iran war is headed. We had an excellent discussion in which we emphasized that the US and the Israelis have no strategy for winning this war and no...
Reprinted from John's Substack: The University of Chicago has a superb extension program called the Graham School. On 3 March 2026, I did a lengthy interview with Jennifer Lind, who teaches at Graham. We talked about various big issues involving the past 250 year of...
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...
