The voices we follow
Analysts
The independent analysts and shows the Ruins Report draws on, the people whose work we read, watch, and recommend. Each profile is a short introduction, their recent appearances, and where to follow and support them directly.
The Debrief is built from a fixed pool of YouTube channels. The complete list, with how often each one is cited, is on the Sources page.
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Alexander Mercouris
Former UK barrister · daily solo geopolitics briefing
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Andrew Napolitano
Libertarian former judge · host of Judging Freedom
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Anthony Aguilar
Retired US Army lieutenant colonel · Gaza aid-site whistleblower
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Brandon Weichert
Senior National Security Editor, 19FortyFive · The Weichert Brief
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Chris Martenson
Co-founder, Peak Prosperity · author of The Crash Course
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Daniel Davis
Retired Army Lt. Col. · Daniel Davis Deep Dive
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Garland Nixon
Radio host, WPFW Washington · former Radio Sputnik co-host · retired police major
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Gilbert Doctorow
Brussels-based Russia analyst · writes the Armageddon Newsletter
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Glenn Diesen
Norwegian professor · Eurasian security & multipolarity
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Joe Kent
Ex-NCTC director · Green Beret veteran
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
John Mearsheimer
University of Chicago political scientist · realist IR theorist
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Laith Marouf
Media activist, Beirut · Free Palestine TV
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Larry Johnson
Former CIA/State counterterrorism official · Sonar21
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Matthew Hoh
Former Marine officer and State Department official · Eisenhower Media Network
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Max Blumenthal
Investigative journalist · founder and editor of The Grayzone
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Nate
YouTube host, Canadian Prepper · geopolitical risk & preparedness
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Nima Alkhorshid
Host of Dialogue Works · Iranian engineering professor in Brazil
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Phil Giraldi
Former CIA officer · Council for the National Interest
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Ray McGovern
Former CIA analyst · co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Robert Barnes
US constitutional and criminal-tax attorney · Barnes Law
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Robert Pape
UChicago professor · directs CPOST
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Scott Horton
Director, The Libertarian Institute · co-host of Provoked
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Scott Ritter
Former UN weapons inspector · former USMC intelligence officer
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Stanislav Krapivnik
Russian-American analyst · former US Army officer
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Aaron Maté
Journalist · host of Pushback (The Grayzone)
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Bobby Jones
Retired US Navy commander · Anchor Watch
IranIsraelEast AsiaAmerican power
Chas Freeman
Retired US ambassador · foreign-policy realist
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
John Helmer
Australian journalist, Moscow since 1989 · Writes the "Dances with Bears" blog
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Karen Kwiatkowski
Ret. USAF Lt. Col. · Without Reservation Substack
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Lawrence Wilkerson
Retired Army colonel · former Powell chief of staff
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Mark Sleboda
Moscow-based analyst · ex-US Navy, LSE-trained
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Mohammad Marandi
University of Tehran professor · Iran commentator and analyst
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Pepe Escobar
Geopolitical journalist · Asia Times, The Cradle, Strategic Culture
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Trita Parsi
Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute · Iran policy expert
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Alastair Crooke
Former MI6 · founder of Conflicts Forum, Beirut
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Jacques Baud
Former Swiss intelligence colonel · author on the Russian art of war
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Jeffrey Sachs
Economist · Columbia University, development & foreign policy
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Matt Bracken
Former Navy SEAL, novelist · Enemies Foreign and Domestic
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Patrick Henningsen
Founder and editor of 21st Century Wire · host of the Sunday Wire
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Paul Craig Roberts
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan · economist
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Rachel Blevins
Independent journalist and host · Formerly RT and Sputnik
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Sal Mercogliano
Maritime historian · What's Going on With Shipping?
IranUkraine & RussiaEast AsiaAmerican power
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
Former IDF Unit 8200 officer · anti-Zionist critic of Netanyahu
IranIsraelAmerican power
The Duran
Mercouris + Christoforou · pro-Russia, vindication-seeking
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Steve Hanke
Applied economist · Johns Hopkins, currencies & sanctions
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Alex Krainer
Former hedge fund manager · Author and commentator on finance and geopolitics
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Ted Postol
Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and International Security · MIT
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Darryl Cooper
Podcaster, Martyr Made · co-host of Provoked
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Douglas Macgregor
Retired US Army colonel · restraint hawk on American overreach
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Michael Hudson
Economist · debt, finance & monetary systems
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Patrick Cockburn
Veteran Middle East correspondent · the i Paper, formerly The Independent
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Danny Haiphong
Host and commentator · Contributing editor at Black Agenda Report
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Steve Jermy
Retired Royal Navy Commodore · Energy-sector executive
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Elijah Magnier
Veteran Middle East war correspondent and analyst
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Richard Wolff
Marxist economist · professor emeritus, Democracy at Work
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Andrei Martyanov
Former Soviet naval officer · US military-decline author
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Richard Sakwa
Emeritus Kent professor · Russian & European politics
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Ian Proud
Former British diplomat · Economic Counsellor in Moscow 2014 to 2019
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Iuliia Mendel
Former press secretary to Zelensky, 2019 to 2021 · Sanctioned by Ukraine in September 2026
Ukraine & RussiaAmerican powerThe global economy
Peter Zeihan
Geopolitical strategist and author · Zeihan on Geopolitics
IranEast AsiaAmerican powerThe global economy
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These voices are independent and largely reader-funded. If their analysis is valuable to you, the best thing you can do is follow and support them directly, on their own channels linked from each profile.