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...
Renowned geostrategist John Mearsheimer argues that there are no clear signs of a quick end to the US-Iran conflict and that the recent two-week ceasefire may be fragile at best. He highlights deep strategic disagreements, asymmetric advantages, and structural...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 3 April 2026, I was on “The Bottom Line,” Al Jazeera’s popular show hosted by Steve Clemons. We talked about the Iran war and how it relates to international politics broadly defined. Steve was especially interested in how I thought...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 31 March 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about where we are headed in Iran. I thought it was one of the best discussions he and I have had on this categorically depressing subject. Among the many topics we...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 29 March 2026, Steve Walt and I were together on “Switzerland” talking with Tom Switzer about the Iran war and its broader geopolitical consequences. We also spent considerable time discussing how President Trump, who warned about...
Reprinted from John's Substack: There is much talk about President Trump preparing to launch a ground attack against Iran. In the media discourse, much is made of the fact we have about 50,000 troops in the region. See the three articles below. One might think those...
