Best Global Politics Newsletters in 2026

Intelligence and international security

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

Excellent

Playing advanced Dig Dug.

Long-form writing with a devoted readership

Glenn Diesen’s Substack

Strong

Professor of political science with research focus on geoeconomics, Russian foreign policy and Eurasian integration

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with

Iran War Dispatches with Tim Mak

Excellent

A publication to report on the war in Iran through the stories of people on the ground.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

The Debrief with Debra Shushan

Excellent

Where Israel-Palestine and Middle East politics meet US foreign policy and democracy — with clarity and conscience, from a Jewish perspective.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

Simplicius's Garden of Knowledge

Excellent

Conflict analysis, geopolitical commentary, with a side of culture & politics.

Long-form writing with a devoted readership

Christian’s Substack

Strong

My personal Substack

Deeply researched pieces with unusually loyal readers

Pat’s BEATEN WITH A SHTICK Substack

Strong

Snappy smackdowns of antisemitism and anti-Zionism from a gay, progressive left Canadian activist and writer.

Growing fast with a highly engaged audience

Cole.notcole

Strong

Let's protect Canadian Democracy together

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with

Dissent in Bloom

Excellent

Investigative journalism, reporting like our future depends on it. Because it does. I’m not here to make friends with the powerful. I’m here to make sure someone holds them liable. No ads, no corporate sponsors, just a regular gal writing on real issues.

Long-form writing with a devoted readership

Buda Péter - Idő van

Strong

Stratégiai előrejelzés múltba- és magunkba nézéssel; nemzetbiztonság, alkalmazott történelem, mentalitás és vallás.

Weekly writing with a loyal readership

The Final Man

Excellent

The Final Man is the Official Blueprint for turning male potential into a fulfilled life of adventure, romance, freedom, and greatness.

Frequent updates that readers actually engage with