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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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Articles

"Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli."

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By James Bruno
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In case anyone had any doubts, the U.S. today is a mafia state run by a mob boss.
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What Mar-a-Lago Face Tells Us About Our Creepy Times

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By James Bruno
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“Eye of the Beholder” - The Twilight Zone Weekly Mind Dump: 8/2-8/8, 2026: Having been raised properly by upwardly mobile peasants of good taste and served my country in saner times as an officer and gentleman, I am not normally one to remark on a person’s looks, especially of women.
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The Inquisition of Dr. Anthony Fauci

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By James Bruno
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Weekly Mind Dump: 7/26-8/1, 2026; He “was led by officers of the law to Campo de’ Fiori, and there, stripped naked and tied to the stake, he was burned alive, always accompanied by our company singing the litanies, and the comforters, up to the last, urging him to abandon his obstinacy, with which he ended his miserable and unhappy life.” So goes the official church record on the burning at the stake on the morning of February 17, 1600 of Giordano Bruno in Rome.
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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...

How is social media changing news?

By leveling the playing field.