BLOG global citizen interviews VIA ZOOM 23 Jul 202125 Jul 2021 This third conversation, conducted July 23, 2021, is with Prof. James N. Green, the Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Professor of Latin American History at Brown University. He's an expert on…
BLOG Post #304: Presidential Warmaking 14 Jul 202114 Jul 2021 A podcast of this blog is available at https://www.podserve.fm/dashboard/episode_player_2/35072 Presidential Prerogatives Once upon a time, American leaders only went to war when, in accordance with the Constitution, Congress declared it. …
BLOG Post #303: Intervention in Haiti? 11 Jul 202120 Jul 2021 Available on podcast: https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/35814/intervention-in-haiti.mp3 "The poorest country in Latin America.” Haiti is seemingly forever defined by that phrase. No matter who is in power, no matter how much foreign aid…
BLOG… PODCASTS for the Global Citizen 4 Jul 202120 Jul 2021 Episode #10, "Intervention in Haiti?" Foreign meddling in Haiti's latest political crisis is the last thing the Haitian people need. Nor is an immediate election for a new president a…
BLOG Post #302: Saving the US-Iran Nuclear Agreement 24 Jun 20216 Jul 2021 Note: This post is also available as a podcast at https://www.podserve.fm/dashboard/episode_player_2/34028 Despite the best efforts of the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu to disrupt the nuclear talks with Iran by…
BLOG Post #301: The Pentagon’s Untouchable Budget 11 Jun 20215 Jul 2021 This post is also available as a podcast at https://www.podserve.fm/dashboard/episode_player_2/33010 Did you really think that electing Joe Biden would mean major reductions in military spending and the shift of Pentagon…
BLOG… Post #300: Saving Democracy in America 6 Jun 20216 Jun 2021 To the Reader: It seems only right and proper that I celebrate my 300th blog on a patriotic note, with a plea to save our democracy and quash the Big…
BLOG Post #299: War Over Taiwan? Avoiding a US-China Miscalculation 2 Jun 20211 Jun 2021 This blog is available as a podcast: https://www.podserve.fm/dashboard/episode_player_2/32051 A shorter audio version can be accessed at "Today in Foreign Affairs" on the website. The Increasing US Commitment to Taiwan Taiwan…
BLOG Post #298: After the Cease-fire: Peace or War? 24 May 202123 May 2021 This blog is also available as a podcast via podserve.fm: https://www.podserve.fm/dashboard/episode_player_2/31406 U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to go “beyond the restoration of calm to start…
BLOG… Post #297: To Sanction Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Add Them to the State Department’s List 20 May 202120 May 2021 (Note to Readers: This post is co-authored with Dr. Larry Kirsch, an economist and former managing partner of IMR Health Economics. It follows on #296,”Getting Back to Basics in Policy…
BLOG Post #296: Getting Back to Basics in Policy on Israel 14 May 202115 May 2021 “The problem with the Middle East is that you can try to turn your back on it, but it won’t turn its back on you,” says Martin S. Indyk, former…
BLOG Post #295: North Korea is Back on the US Agenda 23 Apr 202119 Apr 2021 North Korea is rattling America’s cage again. It sent a reminder call when it recently fired off multiple short-range missiles after denouncing Washington for going forward with joint military exercises…
BLOG Post #294: Ending the Race to the Bottom in Corporate Taxation 12 Apr 202112 May 2021 Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has proposed that the US and other countries that host multinational corporations (MNCs) impose a “global minimum corporate tax rate” that would help pay for Biden’s…
BLOG Post #293: The US-China Dialogue of the Deaf in Alaska 30 Mar 202128 Mar 2021 Rules-Based Order? Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he knew, going into the first face-to-face meetings with China’s top two foreign affairs officials on March 17, that “we are fundamentally…
BLOG Post #292: the Navalny case and US-Russia relations 21 Mar 202121 Mar 2021 (Note to Readers: This blog is the long version of my "Global Citizen" broadcast #4, which will be available March 23.) Joe Biden has barely had time to get reacquainted…
