Reprinted from John's Substack: On 24 March 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with Judge Napolitano about where the Iran war is headed in light of President Trump’s decision on the previous day (23 March 2026) not to bomb Iran’s energy installations. While it...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 19 March 2026, I was on “Breaking Points” with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti talking about the evolving war in Iran, which goes from bad to worse on a daily basis. The more President Trump opines on the war, the more one realizes...
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 17 March 2026, I was on “Judging Freedom” talking with the Judge about Iran and related matters. Today is the 20th anniversary — to the day — of the publication on the internet of “The Israel Lobby” in The London Review of Books....
Reprinted from John's Substack: On 15 March 2026, I was on “Switzerland” to talk about the war in Iran with Tom Switzer. It is becoming increasingly apparent that President Trump is desperate because he understands that the US and Israel have no viable strategy for...
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...
