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.
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Alexander Mercouris
Former UK barrister · daily solo geopolitics briefing
IranUkraine & RussiaEast AsiaAmerican power
Chas Freeman
Retired US ambassador · foreign-policy realist
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Daniel Davis
Retired Army Lt. Col. · Daniel Davis Deep Dive
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Glenn Diesen
Norwegian professor · Eurasian security & multipolarity
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
John Mearsheimer
University of Chicago political scientist · realist IR theorist
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Larry Johnson
Former CIA/State counterterrorism official · Sonar21
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Lawrence Wilkerson
Retired Army colonel · former Powell chief of staff
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Nate — Canadian Prepper
YouTube host, Canadian Prepper · geopolitical risk & preparedness
IranUkraine & RussiaEast AsiaAmerican power
Richard Wolff
Marxist economist · professor emeritus, Democracy at Work
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
The Duran
Mercouris + Christoforou · pro-Russia, vindication-seeking
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Alastair Crooke
Former MI6 · founder of Conflicts Forum, Beirut
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Andrew Napolitano
Libertarian former judge · host of Judging Freedom
IranAmerican power
Douglas Macgregor
Retired US Army colonel · restraint hawk on American overreach
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Michael Hudson
Economist · debt, finance & monetary systems
IranUkraine & RussiaEast AsiaAmerican power
Mohammad Marandi
University of Tehran professor · Iran commentator and analyst
IranIsraelEast AsiaAmerican power
Nima Alkhorshid
Host of Dialogue Works · Iranian engineering professor in Brazil
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Patrick Henningsen
Founder and editor of 21st Century Wire · host of the Sunday Wire
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Pepe Escobar
Geopolitical journalist · Asia Times, The Cradle, Strategic Culture
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Elijah Magnier
Veteran Middle East war correspondent and analyst
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Gilbert Doctorow
Brussels-based Russia analyst · writes the Armageddon Newsletter
IranUkraine & RussiaAmerican power
Jeffrey Sachs
Economist · Columbia University, development & foreign policy
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Matt Bracken
Former Navy SEAL, novelist · Enemies Foreign and Domestic
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Phil Giraldi
Former CIA officer · Council for the National Interest
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Karen Kwiatkowski
Ret. USAF Lt. Col. · Without Reservation Substack
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Anthony Aguilar
Retired US Army lieutenant colonel · Gaza aid-site whistleblower
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Jacques Baud
Former Swiss intelligence colonel · author on the Russian art of war
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Paul Craig Roberts
Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under Reagan · economist
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelAmerican power
Richard Sakwa
Emeritus Kent professor · Russian & European politics
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Ray McGovern
Former CIA analyst · co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Robert Pape
UChicago professor · directs CPOST
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Sal Mercogliano
Maritime historian · What's Going on With Shipping?
IranUkraine & RussiaAmerican powerThe global economy
Stanislav Krapivnik
Russian-American analyst · former US Army officer
IranUkraine & RussiaAmerican powerThe global economy
Steve Hanke
Applied economist · Johns Hopkins, currencies & sanctions
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Joe Kent
Ex-NCTC director · Green Beret veteran
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Trita Parsi
Executive Vice President, Quincy Institute · Iran policy expert
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Andrei Martyanov
Former Soviet naval officer · US military-decline author
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Mark Sleboda
Moscow-based analyst · ex-US Navy, LSE-trained
IranUkraine & RussiaIsraelEast Asia
Patrick Cockburn
Veteran Middle East correspondent · the i Paper, formerly The Independent
Iran
Max Blumenthal
Investigative journalist · founder and editor of The Grayzone
IranIsraelAmerican power
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.