What Do They Know? Why Governments Are Telling People to Stock Up

Philip C. Johnson, October 31, 2026 Listen to the instructions. Britain’s Be Ready campaign tells every household to keep three days of food, water, cash, medicine, a flashlight, and a battery radio. France’s Normandy region posted the plain version on October 27: “Do not wait for the emergency. Prepare now.” Japan will issue its own … Continue reading What Do They Know? Why Governments Are Telling People to Stock Up

US, Israel, and Iran at War

By Philip C. JohnsonFebruary 28, 2026 Why This War Has Been Brewing Decades of pure, concentrated rage: Iran’s 1979 Revolution, its nuclear obsessions, and a constellation of terror proxies (Hezbollah, Houthis, Hamas) pointed like daggers at Israel and the “Great Satan” America. Israel has always viewed a nuclear Iran as literal doomsday. Washington flip-flopped between … Continue reading US, Israel, and Iran at War

The Truth About Iran’s Role in Syria

July 24, 2018 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. Global Next http://www.globalnext.org The war in Syria has raged for more than seven years and has brought with it the deaths of half a million people, the displacement of millions more and untold suffering and destruction. And it’s not over yet.  In 2016, when I was doing research in … Continue reading The Truth About Iran’s Role in Syria