BLOG… Post #528: Chairman Xi Goes to Washington 27 Sep 2026 The New Reality China’s President Xi Jinping’s sixth visit to the US has come and gone. Expectations were low for any kind of breakthrough on longstanding issues such as Taiwan’s…
BLOG… Post #527: The Crimes of the Trump Regime 20 Sep 202620 Sep 2026 (Note to the Reader: This is the fifth iteration of a blog originally posted after the first two weeks of the Trump administration. It is intended as a catalogue in…
APB… APB: The US Denies Visas to Palestinian UN Delegation 17 Sep 202617 Sep 2026 For a second consecutive year, the US State Department has denied visas to members of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority seeking to attend the upcoming session of…
BLOG… Post #526: Is Xi Coming, and Will AI and Human Rights be on the Agenda? 16 Sep 2026 Xi Jinping has indicated that if the US approves a second major arms shipment to Taiwan, it would cross a red line and would lead to cancellation of the September…
BLOG… Post #525: Losing Hand in the Iran War 12 Sep 202613 Sep 2026 The Good Soldier When asked by reporters at the White House on Thursday whether the intense and sustained air campaign by American forces would be over by the midterm elections,…
BLOG… Post #524: The Arsenal 7 Sep 20267 Sep 2026 Behind the rise in international conflict and the decline of peacemaking efforts discussed above lie weapons and the money that finances them. They provide the fuel for civil wars, wars…
BLOG… Post #523: Canada Rejects US “Ownership” 29 Aug 202630 Aug 2026 While Iran was being threatened by Donald Trump with economic D-Day, Canada was being threatened with a political D-Day. While a dispute over tariffs had appeared to be the cause…
BLOG… Post #522: Trump’s Threats and Alliance Realities 24 Aug 2026 As global crises descend around him, Donald Trump seems increasingly incapable of a rational response. He rants and rails, threatens and indulges in delusions—and then retreats to one or the…
BLOG… Post #521: Trump’s Bromance Dream Undermines Relations with South Korea 18 Aug 2026 A South Korean Peace Initiative Likely to Go Nowhere South Korean’s President Lee Jae Myung used the occasion of the country’s Liberation Day, which marks the end of Japan’s colonial…
BLOG… Post #520: Netanyahu at War as an Election Looms 9 Aug 2026 Netanyahu Rejects Trump's Gaza Plan The Trump-led Board of Peace claimed it had concluded an “historic” deal with Hamas and Israel under which Hamas agreed to disarm and turn over…
BLOG… Post #519: A Bad Deal with Saudi Arabia 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 A Deal Without Safeguards The Trump administration has approved a deal with Saudi Arabia under which the US will provide the material and technical capacity for that country to build…
BLOG… Post #518: Forever War 29 Jul 202629 Jul 2026 A Widening War After nearly three weeks of resumed warfare, it is safe to say not only that the cease-fire is over but so is the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).…
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