The MoU Is Not the Final ‘Deal’

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Sunday that the U.S. and Iran had reached a “Peace Deal.” Immediately following Sharif’s post on X, President Donald Trump seconded this news: “The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete....

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John Mearsheimer on The Art of Losing Wars

Reprinted from John's Substack:  On 11 June 2026, I was on the “Deep Dive” with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis talking about Ukraine and Iran. Danny and I laid out the case that although neither the Iran war nor the Ukraine war is over, it is clear that Iran and Russia...

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Biden’s Closed Circle on Russia

Reprinted from The Realist Review:  Joe Biden’s presidency may ultimately come to be seen as a cautionary tale. Here was a president who showed little interest in entertaining arguments that might have contradicted his most deeply held assumptions.For...

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John Mearsheimer asks What Nuclear Taboo?

Reprinted from John's Substack:  We discussed his view that the West does not respect Russian red lines and feels that it can use Ukraine as a proxy to attack the Russian homeland and not have to worry about Russia striking back at the West. He believes that the time...

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The New Documentary An Ordinary Insanity

Only when such sanity becomes ordinary will we have a chance of surviving the nuclear era. This film presents a synthesis of my father’s book The Doomsday Machine. His book depicts the evil murderousness of nuclear war plans, and the particular dangers posed by ICBMS,...

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