Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. Today I caught this grim summary on Twitter/X: The scary part is that the official death toll of 76,134 is an undercount. So many bodies remain under rubble or just plain obliterated by bombs. Of course, the...
Reprinted from The Realist Review: At this Saturday morning’s rambling, incoherent press conference announcing the invasion and take over of Venezuela, President Trump made a Freudian slip when, as he was about to hand the mic over to his brain-dead secretary of war,...
The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft online Zoom conversation featuring Prof. John Mearsheimer, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Curt Mills, and Miguel Tinker Salas is free but requires registration: Date & Time: Jan 6, 2026 02:00 PM On January 3, 2026, the...
I’m writing this column on the morning of Saturday, January 3, with initial news trickling in. “The facts” are still thin, and some of them will likely turn out to be either incomplete or not “facts” at all, but a few real facts are foundational and not subject to...
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the US invasion of Venezuela and the kidnapping of President Maduro.
The president starts off the new year with more threats against Iran: Donald Trump has warned Iran that the US will come to the “rescue” of protesters if Tehran responds violently to the largest nationwide demonstrations the Islamic republic has faced in several...
Headlines shout certainty, but the fine print tells a different story. We dig into three flashpoints—Gaza, Venezuela, and Ukraine—where big claims mask unresolved terms, blurred red lines, and mounting risks that rarely make the chyron. First, Gaza. The soundbite that...
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. One of my all-time favorite movies is “Witness” (1985) with Harrison Ford. It’s set within the Amish community in Pennsylvania. One quiet scene has stayed with me. A small boy, Samuel, talks to his grandfather...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 16 December 2025, I spoke with Afshin Rattansi on his podcast “Going Underground.” We discussed President Trump’s foreign policy performance over the course of 2025. I made clear that I believe there are few successes and many...
The president boasted last week about a covert attack on Venezuelan territory that took place earlier this month. The Wall Street Journal reports: Trump’s willingness to disclose the activities of the CIA without naming the agency is far different from the practices...
