BLOG… Post #500: No Exit in Iran 27 Mar 202627 Mar 2026 A Hopeless US Proposal Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope and a prayer. Predictably, Iran rejected it out of hand…
BLOG… Post #499: Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project 22 Mar 2026 Another Nonexistent Threat Regime change in Cuba may be the next stop for the Trump war machine. Here’s what he told CNN in an interview March 6: “Cuba is gonna…
BLOG… Post #498: Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026 I have previously commented about the strategic blunders the Trump regime has made in its war on Iran. Add this one: the gains both China and Russia have made at…
ARTICLES… ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW PUBLICATION 9 Mar 2026 China Inside and Out: Politics and Policies in a Turbulent World (Bloomsbury Academic). THIS BOOK OF FOCUSED READINGS AND DOCUMENTS COVERS BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS OVER ROUGHLY THE LAST…
BLOG… Post #497: Aggression in Iran 7 Mar 2026 Conduct that Defies Logic, Law, or Sound Purposes As the invasion of Iran grinds on and its boundaries expand, the House and Senate have rejected resolutions that would bring the…
BLOG Post #496: War on Iran 28 Feb 2026 Two days ago I did a podcast on the prospects for war with Iran. Here is what I wrote, followed by a brief update as the US and Israel…
BLOG… Post #495: Trumped on Tariffs 23 Feb 2026 Reacting to Defeat Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” just got squashed. The Supreme Court on February 20 denied, by a 6-3 decision, the Trump administration’s power to impose tariffs under the…
BLOG… Post #494: Bored of Peace 20 Feb 202622 Feb 2026 A Board Like None Other Donald Trump has turned the presidency into a vanity project, putting his name and image all over Washington (most recently, a banner of him atop…
BLOG… Post #493: Purges in the Chinese Military 15 Feb 2026 The Anti-Corruption Campaign China’s purge of Gen. Zhang Youxia, long considered a confidante of Xi Jinping and a vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), and General Liu Zhenli,…
BLOG Post #492: TACO Time or Wartime? Examining Trump’s Latest Threats 1 Feb 2026 Donald Trump is on the warpath again, threatening Greenland, Iran, Canada, and Cuba. Will he be TACO—Trump Always Chickens Out—or will he carry through on the threats—seizing Greenland, seeking to…
BLOG Post #491: The Second American Declaration 18 Jan 202618 Jan 2026 WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary to decide that a government that purports to represent the union of states has failed to do so; that the…
BLOG Post #490: The United States is an International Lawbreaker 6 Jan 2026 The illegality of US intervention in Venezuela has been amply cited with reference to its attacks on alleged drug boats, its declaration of an oil blockade, and its kidnapping of…
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