CrossTalk

Strategic reckoning
Why do empires decline and collapse? Historians have debated this for ages. Is the reason due to external threats? Imperial over-reach? Or is it internal decay and rot? Maybe, it is a combination of all of the above. They certainly apply to the...
Oct 14, 2026 06:07
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.

Strategic reckoning
Why do empires decline and collapse? Historians have debated this for ages. Is the reason due to external threats? Imperial over-reach? Or is it internal decay and rot? Maybe, it is a combination of all of the above. They certainly apply to the...
Oct 14, 2026 06:07
CrossTalk Bullhorns: Start of endgame
With Ukraine on the ropes and its infrastructure being destroyed, the American administration makes an energy deal with Russia. Meanwhile, NATO brass gather in Kiev to access the damage they have brought about. Also, can the Mecca defense alliance...
Oct 12, 2026 06:00
Surviving empire
Everything is coming apart at the seams. Once long-held assumptions about the international order no longer apply. Today the very idea of international law has been pushed aside in favor of naked aggression. Treaty alliances don’t count for...
Oct 9, 2026 07:03
Strategic shift
The US-Israel war on Iran is unnecessary and is a security blunder. What will come out of this war of choice is unclear. However, it is certain that there is no returning to the status quo ante. This region of the world has been forever changed, and...
Oct 7, 2026 06:41
CrossTalk Bullhorns: Between war and peace
Neither war nor peace – this is where the Iran war stands at the moment. Is this a pause and prelude to the next stage of kinetic warfare? After the midterms? Also, Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad is in focus. Strangely, the West...
Oct 5, 2026 05:41
Europe’s bad bet
Well-informed observers understand that Ukraine is losing the war and will be defeated, despite the claims issued by NATO countries’ governments and media. At the same time, elites in Europe are raising the alarm of an impending war with...
Oct 2, 2026 05:53
Back to war, again?
It is a war that never should have happened. It is also a war that appears almost impossible to end. With no resolution on the horizon, the US-Israel war on Iran is a battle of wills and attrition. The question is: Can the world survive this?...
Sep 30, 2026 05:38
CrossTalk Bullhorns: Rejecting peace (again)
At this year’s United Nations General Assembly gathering Iran proposed a seven-day roadmap to end the war. Donald Trump was quick to reply. He said, “I reject their proposal.” Is this yet another missed opportunity to achieve...
Sep 28, 2026 05:07
The great unraveling
We are witnessing a great unraveling of the global order. Western, particularly American, hegemony is coming apart at the seams. Is the future greater multipolarity? We can only hope so. However, hegemony is never surrendered easily or willingly....
Sep 25, 2026 05:14