Commentators

US Senator (I-VT). Democratic socialist. Has nuanced positions on both conflicts - critical of Israel while supporting its right to exist, initially pro-Ukraine but increasingly calling for diplomatic resolution.

47th President of the United States. Former real estate developer and media personality. Architect of the 'America First' foreign policy doctrine, though its application varies significantly by conflict and actor.

US Vice President. Former venture capitalist in Peter Thiel orbit. Shifted from pro-Ukraine to leading voice against Ukraine aid. Has distinct positions on Iran.

46th President of the United States (2021-2025). Five-decade career in foreign policy as Senator, Vice President, and President. Architect of the US-led coalition response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the attempted JCPOA restoration with Iran. His foreign policy represented the institutional consensus approach that both progressive and populist critics define themselves against.

US Senator (R-SC), member of Senate Armed Services and Appropriations committees. Prominent voice on US foreign policy and military intervention.

57th US Secretary of State. Former US Senator (R-FL) and member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence committees. Decade-long hawk on Venezuela and Iran, architect of Venezuela sanctions policy, and leading voice on Latin American affairs.

Former US Ambassador to the UN, former Governor of South Carolina. 2024 Republican presidential candidate. Consistently hawkish interventionist on both Iran and Ukraine.

Crown Prince of Iran (in exile), son of the last Shah. Self-styled leader of the Iranian democratic opposition. Advocates for regime change in Iran through popular uprising supported by Western pressure.

Secretary of Health and Human Services. Environmental lawyer and anti-establishment political figure. Ran as independent presidential candidate in 2024 before endorsing Trump. Known for challenging institutional consensus and opposing military interventionism from a civil liberties framework.

Director of National Intelligence. Former US Representative (D-HI) and Democratic presidential candidate who broke with the party on foreign policy, particularly opposing regime change wars. Iraq War veteran. Her political journey from progressive Democrat to Trump administration appointee is one of the most dramatic ideological shifts in recent American politics.

Host of Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC. Late-night television host who frequently comments on US politics and foreign policy.

Host of Last Week Tonight on HBO. British-American comedian and commentator known for long-form investigative segments on policy and geopolitics.

Host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. Returned to the show in 2024 after departing in 2015. Influential political satirist and commentator.

British broadcaster and host of Piers Morgan Uncensored on YouTube/Talk TV. Former CNN host and Daily Mirror editor. Known for platforming debates across the political spectrum on Israel-Palestine, Ukraine, and US foreign policy. Generally pro-Israel and pro-Ukraine while critical of both Trump's execution and the anti-war right.

Host of The Late Show on CBS. Former host of The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Frequently covers US politics and international affairs.

British-Iranian co-founder of Novara Media. Left-wing commentator and author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. Covers UK and international politics from a socialist perspective.

British-Greek geopolitical analyst and co-host of The Duran with Alex Christoforou. Former barrister (disbarred 2012). Provides daily long-form analysis of geopolitical events from a perspective consistently aligned with Russian strategic interests. One of the most-watched independent commentators on the Ukraine war.

US Representative (D-NY). One of the most prominent progressive voices on foreign policy, consistently opposing unilateral military intervention while supporting multilateral frameworks. Vocal critic of unchecked executive war powers and military spending at the expense of domestic programs.

Former co-host of The Young Turks. Departed the show and publicly broke with progressive orthodoxy on several issues. Now an independent commentator.

Conservative commentator, Daily Wire co-founder. Orthodox Jewish. One of the most-consumed pro-Israel voices in American conservative media.

Former US Marine turned Bangkok-based geopolitical analyst. Runs The New Atlas (formerly Land Destroyer Report). Previously wrote under the pen name Tony Cartalucci. Uses OSINT methodology - Western sources, Pentagon briefings, satellite imagery - to challenge Western narratives. His analysis is detailed and data-driven but filtered through a deep hostility toward US foreign policy that consistently produces conclusions favoring US adversaries. Whether the hostility drives the analysis or the analysis drives the hostility is the question his audience should ask.

Pseudonymous dissident right author and commentator. Nietzschean vitalist aesthetics. Unusual in the dissident right for being strongly pro-Israel and pro-Zionist.

Conservative commentator. Formerly at Daily Wire, fired in 2024 over increasingly anti-Israel positions. Trajectory from mainstream conservatism to heterodox positions on Israel makes her a key case study in position evolution.

Founder and host of The Young Turks, the largest online news show. Progressive commentator and former Democratic primary candidate. Co-founded Justice Democrats.

Host of The Rubin Report. Former contributor to The Young Turks. Shifted from progressive to libertarian-conservative positions. Prominent in the 'intellectual dark web' space.

Political streamer and commentator. Liberal interventionist who has become one of the most prominent pro-Israel voices in online left-of-center media.

CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and X (formerly Twitter). Former head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Controls one of the largest social media platforms and has used it to directly shape geopolitical discourse, most notably on Ukraine where his Starlink decisions had direct battlefield consequences.

Governor of California. Rising figure in Democratic national politics and frequent public critic of the Trump administration's foreign policy. Has positioned himself as the institutional Democratic counterpoint on military intervention, executive overreach, and international alliances.

Journalist, broke the Snowden NSA story. Former co-founder of The Intercept. Civil libertarian who has migrated from left-hero to right-adjacent media presence. Anti-intervention on both Iran and Ukraine. Frequent guest on Tucker Carlson.

Left-wing political streamer and commentator. Former The Young Turks contributor. Prominent critic of US foreign policy and Israeli military operations, frames conflicts through anti-imperialist lens.

Self-described 'MAGA communist' commentator. Explicitly bridges far-left anti-imperialism and far-right nationalism. Strongly pro-Russia and pro-Iran, massive social media following amplified by bot networks.

Host of The Jimmy Dore Show. Former contributor to The Young Turks. Left-populist commentator critical of both major US parties and US foreign policy interventionism.

Host of The Joe Rogan Experience, the most-listened-to podcast in the United States. Former comedian and UFC commentator. His platform has become one of the most influential spaces for political discourse across the ideological spectrum, and his personal commentary during interviews carries significant weight with his audience.

Clinical psychologist, professor emeritus at University of Toronto, and public intellectual. His platform has expanded from psychology and culture war topics into geopolitical commentary with a large international audience. Has visited Israel and engaged directly with Netanyahu, framing Middle Eastern conflicts through a civilizational lens.

Russian-British comedian, podcaster, and author. Co-host of TRIGGERnometry with Francis Foster. Born in Moscow, raised in the UK. Known for contrarian centrism - criticizes both progressive orthodoxy and populist right. His Russian background gives him a distinctive perspective on the Ukraine conflict.

Daily Wire commentator. Socially conservative. Interesting split position: strongly pro-Israel but increasingly skeptical of Ukraine aid - revealing a tension between interventionist and isolationist impulses within the conservative movement.

Far-right political commentator and America First movement figure. Known for opposition to US foreign aid and military intervention abroad, particularly regarding Israel.

Founder of the alt-right movement and former head of the National Policy Institute. Coined the term 'alt-right.' Once a prominent Trump supporter, he has dramatically reversed course - endorsed Kamala Harris in 2024, become strongly pro-Ukraine and pro-NATO, and now opposes Trump's foreign policy as destructive to American imperial interests he considers worth preserving.

British YouTuber and political commentator. Originally prominent in anti-SJW/GamerGate sphere, evolved into broader geopolitical commentary from a classical liberal / civic nationalist perspective. Former UKIP candidate. Hosts The Lotus Eaters podcast covering international affairs.

Former UN weapons inspector (UNSCOM). Initially prominent for correctly challenging Iraq WMD claims. Subsequently became outspoken defender of Russian and Iranian positions, frequent guest on Russian state media.

Former Fox News host, now independent media figure. Prominent voice for nationalist non-interventionism and skepticism of US foreign entanglements.

Retired US Army Colonel, military analyst. Prominent anti-intervention voice from within the military establishment. Frequently amplified by Russian state media.

R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. Leading proponent of offensive realism in international relations theory.

British-Iranian academic and commentator. Runs the Academic Agent YouTube channel and podcast. Focused on elite theory, political philosophy, and critiques of liberal democratic institutions.

MIT professor emeritus of linguistics. Foundational figure in left anti-imperialist critique of US foreign policy. Has published on both Middle East and NATO/Russia dynamics for decades.

Executive Vice President of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Author and analyst specializing in US-Iran relations and Middle East diplomacy.