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Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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1/5/19 Gareth Porter on Ending the War in Yemen

by Scott Horton | Jan 7, 2019

Gareth Porter tells Scott why he's optimistic that the war in Yemen will soon be coming to an end. For one thing, says Porter, the War Powers resolutions in both congress and the senate have created political pressure to end America's backing of the Saudis, even if...

1/4/19 Ted Galen Carpenter on America’s New Cold War with Russia

by Scott Horton | Jan 7, 2019

Cato Institute fellow Ted Galen Carpenter talks about his latest article, "NATO Partisans Started a New Cold War With Russia." He lays out the prevailing narrative about Russian aggression: Nixon and Kissinger were able to defuse the threat of global communism by...

1/4/19 Elijah Magnier on the Effects of US Withdrawal from Syria

by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2019

Journalist Elijah Magnier joins the show for his analysis of President Trump's pulling troops out of Syria. Although Trump has backed down from his original demands and acquiesced to a slower timeline for withdrawal, Magnier explains that it doesn't matter much in...

1/4/19 Matthew Hoh and Danny Sjursen on the Consequences of America’s Wars in the Middle East

by Scott Horton | Jan 5, 2019

Matthew Hoh talks about Trump's move to withdraw troops from Syria and Afghanistan, something Hoh hoped President Obama would do instead of sending even more troops into Iraq. Hoh explains the difficulties of "winning" any kind of war in Afghanistan. The main problem...

12/21/18 Neta Crawford on the Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars

by Scott Horton | Dec 28, 2018

Neta Crawford discusses her work on the Costs of War project, which tries to assess the costs, in both lives and dollars, of America's wars in the Middle East. The project has estimated the 500 thousand have been killed due to combat, which includes American soldiers,...

12/21/18 Alex Kane on U.S. Support for Human Rights Violators in Israel

by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2018

Alex Kane joins the show to talk about his latest article, which explores how the Leahy Law might be applied to U.S. assistance to the Israeli military. The Leahy Law is supposed to prevent American support to any military units that have committed human rights...