Noam Chomsky
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.
Affiliations
Cross-Conflict Consistency
Premises this commentator applies across multiple conflicts - indicating a consistent analytical framework rather than ad-hoc positions.
Conflict-Specific Premises
There is fundamental hypocrisy in opposing Iranian nuclear capability while accepting Israel's undeclared nuclear arsenal
Iran-Israel War 2026
Iran's nuclear program is at least partly a rational response to legitimate security concerns
Iran-Israel War 2026
NATO expansion provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Ukraine War
A negotiated settlement is the only realistic path to ending the Ukraine conflict
Ukraine War
Positions
Iran-Israel War 2026 · 2026-01-30
The United States has no moral authority to dictate Iran's nuclear policy while maintaining the world's largest nuclear arsenal and supporting Israel's undeclared nuclear weapons. The history of US intervention in Iran - from the 1953 coup to the present - is one of continuous imperial aggression.
Ukraine War · 2022-04-15
The Russian invasion is a criminal act of aggression. But it was provoked by decades of NATO expansion that any Russian government would have responded to. The rational policy is negotiation, not escalation to the brink of nuclear war.