CrossTalk

Fake talks, long war
Donald Trump’s address to the nation revealed his administration has no idea how to end the war it started. Full of thunderous bluster, the president continues to claim there are on-going negotiations with Tehran. No such negotiations are...
Apr 3, 2026 05:46
CrossTalk is a TV debate experience which presents hot-topic discussions on politics, business, newsmakers, global trends, present-day conflicts, and dangers and challenges facing our world. Host Peter Lavelle poses hard, straightforward questions to his guests, and demands concrete answers in response.

Fake talks, long war
Donald Trump’s address to the nation revealed his administration has no idea how to end the war it started. Full of thunderous bluster, the president continues to claim there are on-going negotiations with Tehran. No such negotiations are...
Apr 3, 2026 05:46
Talks vs peace
The Trump administration is signaling it wants talks with Iran. But toward what end? Given the administration’s track record, talks are a deception and a tactic for further escalation. To date, there is no indication the US and Israel want...
Apr 1, 2026 06:59
CrossTalk Bullhorns: Trapped
The US-Israel war on Iran is changing the world on a scale hard to grasp. The international system is witnessing an extreme shock. The US is experiencing a strategic defeat at the hands of a regional power. The world we once knew is quickly...
Mar 30, 2026 06:37
No good options
When it comes to the war on Iran, we can clearly observe parallel universes. In the Trump universe, there is the demand that Iran accept defeat. In the other universe, the US is experiencing a massive strategic defeat. Obviously, this war is far...
Mar 27, 2026 06:05
Buyer’s remorse
Call it buyer’s remorse or the search for an off-ramp, it doesn’t matter, Trump wants out of a war he started and can’t finish. However, getting out and ending this conflict are not the same. Israel still has a say and importantly,...
Mar 25, 2026 06:08
CrossTalk Bullhorns: Weaponized economy
As the US-Israel war on Iran continues unabated, it is important to ask which side has escalation dominance. Also, the world has changed. Before the US could weaponize the global economy, now it finds the global economy weaponized against it....
Mar 23, 2026 06:10
Boxed in
The US-Israeli war against Iran is not going to plan. Donald Trump is now a prisoner to a policy of his own making. There will not be forced regime change. The forced opening of the Strait of Hormuz is unlikely. Meanwhile, the global economy is...
Mar 20, 2026 06:38
Coalition of unwilling
The US-Israel war on Iran is simply unpopular. In fact, the only country that supports it is Israel. What was supposed to be a walk in the park is now a protracted and dangerous conflict with global implications. And time is on Iran’s side....
Mar 18, 2026 06:30
CrossTalk Bullhorns: Hard limits
The US-Israel war of aggression on Iran is showing the hard limits of the American empire. It’s called imperial overreach. How does this impact the American war effort and how is Iran responding? After all, Iran wins by not losing....
Mar 16, 2026 06:04