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James Bruno

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Covers:  foreign affairs, national security, politics
Doesn't Cover: women's issues
Bestselling author, journalist, diplomat. Appeared on CNN, NPR, Fox, SiriusXM, BBC. Contribute to Washington Monthly; POLITICO. Fugitive hunter & raconteur

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James Bruno writes commentary on foreign affairs and national security, and is the author of four bestselling books. He has been interviewed by CNN, Fox News, BBC, SiriusXM Radio and other written and broadcast media. He is a contributor to Washington Monthly; Politico Magazine.

His thrillers have been Amazon Kindle Bestsellers, reaching #1 in Political Fiction and #1 in Spy Stories. THE FOREIGN CIRCUS is a Kindle bestseller in Political Humor and Diplomacy. Mr. Bruno has been a speaker at Inte…

James Bruno’s Journalist Portfolio

Why Does America Send So Many Stupid, Unqualified Hacks Overseas?

Why Does America Send So Many Stupid, Unqualified Hacks Overseas?

Recently, a colleague of mine from the Foreign Service told me about a former U.S. ambassador to Sweden who, …

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Russian Diplomats Are Eating America's Lunch

Russian Diplomats Are Eating America's Lunch

Working the Afghanistan account at the State Department in the late 1980s, I occasionally met the Russian muc…

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How Obama's Cuba Deal Is Strengthening Its Military

How Obama's Cuba Deal Is Strengthening Its Military

In the hit 1992 movie A Few Good Men, Jack Nicholson's fictional Colonel Jessup famously declares: "I eat bre…

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Good Luck Reversing Obama's Cuba Policies

Good Luck Reversing Obama's Cuba Policies

On Tuesday, the White House announced its intention to remove Cuba from the U.S. government's list of nations…

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The Foreign Circus: Why Foreign Policy Should Not Be Left in the Hands of Diplomats, Spies and Po...

The Foreign Circus: Why Foreign Policy Should Not Be Left in the Hands of Diplomats, Spies and Po...

The Foreign Circus: Why Foreign Policy Should Not Be Left in the Hands of Diplomats, Spies and Political Hack…

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Havana Queen

Havana Queen

Fidel and Raul Castro sink deeper into dementia and failing health. Cuba roils with political unrest. An arme…

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Trump's Bread & Circuses Have Taken American Vulgarity to a New Low

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By James Bruno
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In its twilight years as a great civilization, the Roman Empire increasingly relied upon “bread and circuses” — chills and thrills — to distract an increasingly restless population. Fifth century theologian and chronicler of the empire’s crumbling, Salvian of Marseille, condemned the blood sport put on by the authorities to amuse the masses: There is almost no crime or vice that does not accompany the games.
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Weekly Mind Dump: This is What Losing Looks Like

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By James Bruno
| Substack
Week of 6/7-13, 2026: When he ran for the presidency the first time, Trump was fond of declaring, “We’re going to win so much, you’re going to be so sick and tired of winning.” Yet another campaign promise not delivered. In my last essay, I stated that Americans are finally waking up to the consequences of incompetent and corrupt governance by an 80-year old convict-president whose mental and physical health appear to be in fast decline.
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The Coming Trumpapocalypse that Triggers the Anti-MAGA Counterrevolution

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By James Bruno
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“Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix Trumpapocalypse Now: the Road to Ruin Democratic elections lawyer and persistent bane of Donald Trump and MAGA, Marc Elias, is given to repeating, lest we lose sight, that “It’s only going to get worse.” His point is to expect conditions in the country to worsen much further before we reach a breaking point when a potent counterrevolution can be launched to at least check Trump’s power, if not remove him from office.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

UPI New York city desk reporter.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Many years ago...

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