Paul Craig Roberts
Paul Craig Roberts is an economist who served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan administration and was an associate editor of the Wall Street Journal and a columnist for Business Week before becoming a long-running critic of American foreign policy. He appears on Glenn Diesen's program and Dialogue Works. He is the roster's sharpest internal dissenter on Russia: where most of the voices here read Russian restraint as strength, he reads it as the strategic error that let the war widen.
Where they stand
A short read of where Paul Craig Roberts lands on each front we follow, drawn from their recent appearances and refreshed whenever they turn up in a debrief.
Iran
A US nuclear strike would gain nothing militarily; a severe GOP defeat likely ends the war, but Iran is too passive and should have struck first
as of 2026-11-02
Ukraine & Russia
New Democrats won't keep attacking Russia through the American proxy Ukraine
as of 2026-11-02
Israel
Israel controls the US government and both parties; Trump serves Netanyahu's greater-Israel agenda at his own cost
as of 2026-11-02
East Asia
Russia and China failed to announce a mutual security pact with Iran and have no clue
as of 2026-11-02
American power
A Democratic Congress turned inward would end US foreign interventions; the republic is decaying from within
as of 2026-11-02
The global economy
Diesel shortages and prices threaten Republicans at the midterms; lifting Russia sanctions and restoring energy flows (even Nord Stream) is the sensible exit
as of 2026-10-12
Recent appearances
Paul Craig Roberts: BREAKING: GOP Braces for Once-Unthinkable Election Losses
Dialogue Works (Nima Alkhorshid) · 2026-11-02
2026-10-26 · Mario Nawfalwatch ↗
TRUMP’S IRAN WAR AND TARIFFS ARE CRUSHING AMERICAN WALLETS — w/ Paul Craig Roberts
2026-10-26 · Dialogue Works (Nima Alkhorshid)watch ↗
Paul Craig Roberts: BREAKING: Iran CONFIRMS Major Security Summit as Regional Powers Unite
2026-10-19 · Dialogue Works (Nima Alkhorshid)watch ↗
Paul Craig Roberts: BREAKING: Trump's Approval Hits Record Low as Republicans Run Away
2026-10-12 · Dialogue Workswatch ↗
RUSSIA REJECTS TRUMP'S ENERGY CEASEFIRE - DIESEL KILLING TRUMP - w/ Paul Craig Roberts
2026-10-05 · Dialogue Works (Nima Alkhorshid)watch ↗
Paul Craig Roberts: BREAKING: Oil Tanker Rates EXPLODE to $1.3 Million a Day in Strait of Hormuz