He has written extensively on the issue of international human rights and US foreign policy for the CounterPunch and The Huffington Post and has lectured throughout the world on these subjects.
[3] Kovalik accused the United States of intervention in Colombia, saying it has threatened peaceful actors there so it may "make Colombian land secure for massive appropriation and exploitation".
In a 2022 column for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, he wrote that the 2014 Euromaidan was a "coup" led by the United States and the Ukrainian military, in particular the far-right elements such as the Azov Battalion, targeted civilians in the Donbas prior to the full-scale invasion.
[14] The Ukraine Crisis Media Center wrote that Kovalik's views contradicted his human rights activism, "bordering on conspiracy theories," and "correlating with the rhetoric of the Russian Federation".
[16][15] In the case of the Israel-Hamas War, Kovalik has been supportive of a humanitarian ceasefire, and at a campaign event for Sara Innamorato at Shorty's restaurant in West Homestead, Pennsylvania on October 29, 2023, he was forcibly expelled from the premises after questioning Senator John Fetterman and urging the legislator to reverse his stance against a ceasefire in the conflict until the operational capabilities of Hamas were neutralized by Israel.