Substack Geopolitical Reporting for 2026-04-23

Updated on April 22, 2026 at 9:30:34 PM GMT

Today’s Substack reporting on geopolitics and conflict from our favorite Substack authors. There may be a few that rub you the wrong way, but most are people we’ve been following for years. Please restack posts that you found informative!


IRAN DIVIDED? IRGC REFUSES TALKS, HOLDS FIRM

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[Substack - The Real Politick with Mark Sleboda - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 21:14:04 GMT]

John Mearsheimer: U.S. Expands Iran War & Divorces Europe

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:47:20 GMT]

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Why Iran’s "Missile Cities" remain beyond the reach of U.S. power.

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:29:43 GMT]

Professor Seyed Marandi: Iran's Resilient Leadership

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:07:49 GMT]

Sudan after Three Years: Who Really Abandoned It?

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:04:49 GMT]

Gorilla Radio with Chris Cook, Ricardo Vaz, Randy Caravaggio April 22, 2026

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[Substack - Gorilla Radio - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:02:09 GMT]

Thankfully, Trump Blinks

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[Substack - John’s Substack - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:58:50 GMT]

How the Hungarian Election Will Affect Europe

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:34:05 GMT]

🚨 BREAKING: U.S. strategy hits a dead end as Iran gains the upper hand.

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:22:56 GMT]

The Duran's Alexander Mercouris: Iran Has the Advantage at the Moment

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:03:44 GMT]

Kiev's 2014 anti-terror operation was a bankers' war

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[Substack - Alex Krainer's Substack - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:54 GMT]

Iran Scents Victory As Trump Backs Off Extends Ceasefire; Putin Hard Line Slaviansk Defence Crumbles

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[Substack - The Duran - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:26:11 GMT]

IRAN SEIZES SHIPS + HORMUZ IN CHAOS | Laith Marouf

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[Substack - Rachel Blevins - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:25:05 GMT]

Two Iranian Women in ICE Detention Are Not, In Fact, Related to Qasem Soleimani, Documents Show

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:13:59 GMT]

Warlords: What Happens When Governments Collapse

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[Substack - Multipolar Press - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:26:40 GMT]

Russia stops oil transit to Germany. Trump extends ceasefire, IRAN SOS!!! EU Jet Fuel crisis

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[Substack - The Duran - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:22:06 GMT]

Trump Clucks

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[Substack - News Forensics - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:18:35 GMT]

Iran seizes two ships in Strait of Hormuz; Trump extends U.S.-Iran ceasefire; Israel commits 220 ceasefire violations in Lebanon in 3 days

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:29:52 GMT]

Manipulators Understand That Narrative Control Is Everything

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[Substack - Caitlin’s Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:54:00 GMT]

‘Judging Freedom’ edition of 22 April 2026: The Kremlin prepares for war with Europe

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[Substack - Armageddon Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:50:22 GMT]

Trump Blinks First, Extending Ceasefire with Iran as Hormuz Deadlock Continues

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:46:51 GMT]

Kushner's Corruption, Lebanese In Tents, MORE Aid Workers Murdered | IndieNewsNow LIVE! 04-21-26

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[Substack - Indie Media Today - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:31:07 GMT]

[Eng.] The Sanctions Architecture Is Cracking. Ukraine Knows It. / [Fr.] L'Architecture des Sanctions se Fissure. L'Ukraine le Sait.

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:04:47 GMT]

Industrial Civilization Is a War against the Wild

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[Substack - Multipolar Press - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:41:26 GMT]

News X World: Ukraine seeks Turkey hosted talks

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[Substack - Armageddon Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:34:27 GMT]

The First Move Has Begun

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[Substack - Escalation Trap - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:33:51 GMT]

The Duran Daily

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[Substack - The Duran - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:20:17 GMT]

Donbass to Odessa, Russia's Next Move After the War's Most Important Battle

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[Substack - The Duran - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:19:51 GMT]

School Boy Foreign Policy: Trump's Iran Gamble Reverts To JCPOA 2.0

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[Substack - The Duran - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:12:47 GMT]

Kellogg’s Proposed NATO Replacement Isn’t All That Realistic

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:05:55 GMT]

Tusk Doubled Down On His Conspiracy Theory That Putin Controls The Polish Opposition

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:29:32 GMT]

Estonia Of All Countries Just Publicly Chided Zelensky For Fearmongering About Russia

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:05:25 GMT]

Left With Nothing But Gimmicks, Trump Gets Bluff Called Again By Confident Iran

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[Substack - Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:01:52 GMT]

Catch me out!

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[Substack - East’s Substack - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:39:01 GMT]

Antiwar News: Trump Says He Will Extend Iran Ceasefire, Israel Continues Relentless Attacks in Gaza, and More

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[Substack - Dave DeCamp's Newsletter - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:45:30 GMT]

Trump Gives an Indefinite Cease-Fire to Iran. What Is This War?

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[Substack - Glenn Greenwald - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:56:30 GMT]

LIVESTREAM Tonight! Kushner's Corruption, Lebanese In Tents, MORE Aid Workers Murdered | IndieNewsNow LIVE! 04-21-26 on INN | Starts at 10pm ET / 7pm PT

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[Substack - Indie Media Today - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:33:27 GMT]

Brief Frontline Report – April 21st, 2026

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[Substack - Marat Khairullin Substack - Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:10:05 GMT]

🛑 BREAKING: The ceasefire is extended, but we are NOT out of the woods yet.

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:30:05 GMT]

BREAKING: Iran Ceasefire Extended /Lt Col Daniel Davis

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:00:08 GMT]

Join Us for the Weekly Media Hub: The Peptide Revolution, Psychedelics – and More!

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[Substack - The MAHA Report - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:15:27 GMT]

War Diaries, Volume 2: 2024 / E-book Announcement

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[Substack - Armageddon Newsletter - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:27:38 GMT]

Douglas Macgregor: No Peace - U.S. Prepares for 'Total War' Against Iran

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:00:58 GMT]

2026-04-22 - Telegram Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:34:00 GMT]

New Kremlin Information War initiative

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[Substack - Armageddon Newsletter - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:12:43 GMT]

2026-04-22 - Substack Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:05:27 GMT]

2026-04-22 - Alternative Media Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:03:43 GMT]

2026-04-22 - YouTube Reports Part 2 - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:01:10 GMT]

2026-04-22 - YouTube Reports Part 1 - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:00:21 GMT]

2026-04-22 - MSM Reporting - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:59:20 GMT]

2026-04-22 - Middle East & Africa Reports - A Skeptic News

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[Substack - A Skeptic - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:58:16 GMT]

Putin talks SMO goals. Trump returns to JCPOA, or just a bluff. Zelensky ready to get big EU gift

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[Substack - The Duran - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:05:08 GMT]

Iran Peace Negotiations Cancelled

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:52:19 GMT]

Michigan Dems Came Down Hard On Student Protests Against the Gaza Genocide. It Just Blew Up in Their Face.

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:45:25 GMT]

Why War On Iran War Is A Threat & Opportunity For Russia, Russia Puts NATO On Notice

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[Substack - The Real Politick with Mark Sleboda - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:34:32 GMT]

IRAN DIVIDED? IRGC REFUSES TALKS, HOLDS FIRM | Mark Sleboda

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[Substack - Rachel Blevins - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:46:05 GMT]

The Trump-Iran Standoff: A Return to War or Negotiations?

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:34:38 GMT]

Radev Wins Bulgaria Elections, Can He Challenge EU Control?

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[Substack - The Duran - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:23:42 GMT]

🚨 STRATEGIC DELUSION: Is Washington walking into an empty room?

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:19:17 GMT]

Col Doug Macgregor IRAN WILL SURVIVE NO MATTER WHAT

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[Substack - Daniel Davis Deep Dive - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:01:31 GMT]

Rare Survivors of Pacific Boat Strikes Allege U.S. Forces Kidnapped and Tortured Them

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 17:00:29 GMT]

US: Politics of Denial

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[Substack - News Forensics - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:58:49 GMT]

Iran Defies US Refuses Talk Ceasefire About To End; Russia Warns Donbass Falling Baltics Will Follow

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[Substack - The Duran - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:54:15 GMT]

“Zionism is not reformable” — Israel’s 'moral injuries' and moral breakdown

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[Substack - Conflicts Forum’s Substack - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:50:35 GMT]

Russia Updates Target List Over French Nuclear Expansion

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:30:45 GMT]

Iran war prompts biggest energy crisis in history: IEA; Israeli convoy kills West Bank teen biking to school; UK universities paid to surveil student protestors

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:02:41 GMT]

CEASEFIRE CLOCK TICKS... IRAN READY FOR WAR | Kevork Almassian

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[Substack - Rachel Blevins - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:56:13 GMT]

THE "SPIES" WHO CRIED GENOCIDE III

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[Substack - DD Geopolitics - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:05:50 GMT]

From Breakdown to Trajectory: Why the Ceasefire Is Failing—and What It Already Reveals About the Next Phase of War

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[Substack - Escalation Trap - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:05:18 GMT]

What Do Pirates Eat?

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[Substack - Karen Kwiatkowski, Without Reservation - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:56:49 GMT]

Nataliya Vlchekova, Aspen Martin, RIP Chanda Masta - Please Support Our Friends GoFundMes

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[Substack - Indie Media Today - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:31:23 GMT]

Biden Official: Biden Was Preparing To Bomb Iran If Re-Elected

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[Substack - Caitlin’s Newsletter - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:25:34 GMT]

SMERSH: Stalin's Wartime Counterintelligence

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[Substack - IS IT PROPAGANDA?® - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:02:15 GMT]

Diplomacy or Escalation? The Iran War at a Crossroads

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[Substack - Drop Site News - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:50:14 GMT]

China & Russia Backing Iran as BRICS Rebels Against US

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[Substack - Glenn Diesen’s Substack - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:52:14 GMT]

Iran’s Economic Nuclear Option and the Multipolar Shift

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[Substack - Multipolar Press - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:24:24 GMT]

The Ukrainian Ambassador Shocked Poland With His Claims About The Volhynia Genocide

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:51:48 GMT]

Analyzing Trump 2.0’s Plans For “Greater North America”

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:39:18 GMT]

How Big Of A Deal Were Bulgaria’s Latest Elections?

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[Substack - Andrew Korybko's Newsletter - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:09:04 GMT]

Power Again Rebalanced in Europe Amidst Political Shake-Ups

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[Substack - Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge - Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:03:37 GMT]