BLOG… Post #517: Armed Conflict is Surging, Peacemaking is Flagging 20 Jul 2026 A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the rise worldwide in and between states. Two Swedish…
BLOG… Post #516: The Retreat from Global Warming and Environmental Protection 16 Jul 202616 Jul 2026 Walking It Back We once took for granted that everyone concerned with global warming outside the Trump administration’s orbit accepted the scientists’ conclusion that 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming was…
BLOG… Post #515: Putin’s Predicament 12 Jul 202616 Jul 2026 Three Policy Directions President Vladimir Putin’s increasingly problematic position in the war with Ukraine would seem to lead Russia in three possible directions: stay the course and keep throwing soldiers…
BLOG… Post #514: Out of Control 4 Jul 2026 Mentally Unstable Ordinarily, July 4 would be a time to celebrate the virtues of America. But whatever virtues we once possessed, Donald Trump and his inner circle of family and…
BLOG… Post #513: The Missing Art of the Deal with Iran 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026 Understanding the MOU Most of the critical commentary on the Trump administration’s memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Iran centers on the specific commitments each side is supposed to have made…
BLOG… Post #512: Dissecting the US-Iran Agreement 18 Jun 2026 The US-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU) has now been revealed, and it is clear why it took days before a US official read it out to reporters in advance of…
BLOG… Post #511: Lebanon, Netanyahu’s Nightmare and Opportunity 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection hinge on carrying on the war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald…
BLOG… Post #510: Defeats in the Middle East, One Place at a Time 3 Jun 2026 President Donald Trump hates to lose, but he is on a losing streak in the Middle East—not just in Iran, where his illegal war has been a strategic and diplomatic…
BLOG… Post #508: This Reported End-of-War Agreement Shows Its Pointlessness 28 May 2026 We’ve seen this movie several times already: Trump issues threats, Iran refuses to kneel, negotiators rush to Qatar, Trump or Rubio announces an imminent deal, and then optimism evaporates as…
BLOG… Post #507: The Trump-Xi Summit and the New World Order 15 May 202616 May 2026 A Transformed Relationship A study of five decades of US-China summitry by the Asia Society finds that “these meetings rarely transform the relationship. What they can do, when handled well,…
BLOG… Post #506: China Plays It Smart in the Iran War 7 May 2026 China has played a cautious hand on Iran. It has chosen not to try to defend a country that is a major source of oil and officially a “comprehensive strategic…
BLOG… Post #505: Cuba’s Fate Should Not be in US Hands 25 Apr 2026 Another Venezuela? Negotiations are ongoing between the US and Cuba as the Trump administration decides whether or not to apply the Venezuela model to Cuba. The US embargo remains in…
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