Jonathan Guyer

1 week ago | rsn.org | Jonathan Guyer

Two decades of foreign policy failure have led us to the brink of another catastrophic war in the Middle East. The war on terror never ended. It simply evolved into a series of forever wars humming in the background. With never-ending conflict in the Middle East normalized, it’s all too easy to stumble into a new Middle East war.

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Jonathan Guyer

The war on terror never ended. It simply evolved into a series of forever wars humming in the background. With never-ending conflict in the Middle East normalized, it’s all too easy to stumble into a new Middle East war. Over the past week, President Donald Trump has waffled on whether America would directly join Israel’s bombing of Iran, which may soon include commando raids and even ground forces.

1 month ago | newrepublic.com | Jonathan Guyer

When Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic was accidentally added to a group chat in March with the leaders of the national security cabinet, the incompetence and sloppiness on display distracted from what the other participants in that chat were actually doing: Planning a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen. It’s fitting that the purpose of the group chat was largely overlooked: Every president since George W.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Jonathan Guyer

When Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, was accidentally added to a group chat in March with the leaders of the national security Cabinet, the incompetence and sloppiness on display distracted from what the other participants in that chat were actually doing: planning a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen. It’s fitting that the purpose of the group chat was largely overlooked: Every president since George W.

2 months ago | prospect.org | Jonathan Guyer

This article appears in the April 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. Before President Trump even took office in January, his personal envoy delivered an unlikely win. Since last spring, President Biden’s diplomats had been unable to get Israel and Hamas to agree to a cease-fire. But Trump’s man, real estate billionaire Steve Witkoff, joined the Biden team’s effort weeks before the inauguration.