Issues - National Security / Geopolitics Sources

Issues: National Security / Geopolitics Sources
Updated: 4 April 2026
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The following is an itemization of some of the principal sources I've come to value on geopolitics and national security issues, particular on the Ukraine/Russia and Iran/Israel issues. They have been consistently correct on these issues over time. Many of them have been accused of being either anti-Israel (that is, the radical government of Israel) or pro-Russian. I have found those assertions to be quite beside the point. The question is, who has proven to have a good grasp of geopolitical realities as they develop over time. By that criterion, these people have had a very good batting average in pushing aside the propaganda to which we are constantly being subected.

Source people:
Note: the links below to bio information (occasionally limited) for the most part avoid Wikipedia, given its tendency to act as a source of serious falsehoods about people who fail to adhere to mainstream narratives.

Larry Johnson (former CIA)
Col. Larry Wilkerson (former Pentagon official, aide to Colin Powell)
Col. Douglas Macgregor (decorated military, critic of US military, but no peacenik)
Prof. Ted Postol (retired MIT, renowned resource on missile/nuclear-weapon technology)
Lt. Col. Daniel Davis (former military, Afghanistan whistleblower)
Pepe Escobar (roving reporter in the Third World)
Ray McGovern (former CIA)
Scott Ritter (former military & nuclear weapons inspector)
Alastair Crooke (former MI6)

Their most useful interview venues (YouTube):

Dialogue Works (Nima Alkorshid *)
https://www.youtube.com/@dialogueworks01
Judging Freedom (Judge Andrew Napolitano)
https://www.youtube.com/@judgingfreedom
Glenn Diesen (Norway: prof of Russian international affairs, geoeconomics)
https://www.youtube.com/@GDiesen1
Danny Haiphong
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOxLhz6B_elvLflntSEfnzA/streams
Deep Dive (Daniel Davis)
https://www.youtube.com/@DanielDavisDeepDive
Mario Nawfal
https://www.youtube.com/@MarioNawfal
(Note: I don't trust Nawfal completely, but he does interesting interviews)

Websites (mostly substacks):

Glenn Diesen	https://glenndiesen.substack.com/ (YouTube links)
Larry Johnson	https://sonar21.com/
Douglas MacGregor	https://substack.com/@coloneldoug https://www.douglasmacgregor.com/
Alastair Crooke	https://conflictsforum.substack.com/
Pepe Escobar	https://pepeescobar.substack.com/ (paywalled) https://asiatimes.com/category/the-roving-eye/ ("The Roving Eye" column, Asia Times)
Ray McGovern	https://raymcgovern.com/
Scott Ritter	https://scottritter.substack.com/
Mario Nawfal	https://www.marionawfal.com/

* A note by Larry Johnson on Nima's name: "Nima Rostami Alkorshid is a name with meaning. Nima = Just. Rostami is the great epic hero of Persian mythology and the central warrior figure in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, Iran's national epic. He is portrayed as a legendary protector of Iran, famous for his strength, bravery, and tragic story, especially the tale in which he unknowingly kills his son Sohrab. Alkorshid means Radiant Sun. Thought you'd like to know."