BLOG Post #433: Project 2025: Authoritarian Rule and Foreign Policy Mayhem (Part 1) 10 Aug 20241 Nov 2024 A Far-Right Conspiracy in the Open Project 2025, the far-right’s ambitious policy planning guide published as Mandate for Leadership, is designed to dismantle the “Deep State” and install a president…
BLOG Post #432: Escalation and Miscalculation: How a Bigger War Might Happen in the Middle East 4 Aug 20241 Nov 2024 Fateful Choices Just a few weeks ago, the media were reporting that Israel and Hezbollah were edging closer to an agreement that would bring their deadly exchanges along the border…
BLOG Post #431: Two Wars With No Way Out 28 Jul 20241 Nov 2024 People involved in conflict resolution often say that every war must end. Most wars do end in some fashion, but plenty of wars—and the wars in Ukraine and Israel appear…
BLOG Post #430: Gathering of the Clan: The Trump Criminal Enterprise at the RNC 20 Jul 20241 Nov 2024 The Criminals Former FBI director James Comey once compared Donald Trump’s gang of loyalists to the Mafia. “Holy crap, they are trying to make each of us an amica…
APB… APB: The Imperial Presidency is Now Legalized 2 Jul 2024 The US Supreme Court’s July 1 decision to grant absolute immunity to a President’s official acts is indeed, as Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) wrote on X,…
BLOG Post #429: No One Wants Another Middle East War, but Everyone is Preparing for One 30 Jun 202429 Jun 2024 Can Israel Be Restrained? Reports from the Middle East these days have two things in common: All the parties wish to avoid a war, yet all the movement is toward…
BLOG Post #428: The European Parliament Elections: Crisis Averted? 16 Jun 2024 The Results and the Implications When it comes to paying attention to international news, Americans are notorious for focusing on wars, bad economic news, and not much else. That’s unfortunate,…
BLOG Post #427: Is It Time for This War to End? Evidently Not 11 Jun 2024 In a major speech May 31, Pres. Biden offered a three-phase plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war, saying “it is time for this war to end.” (I have appended…
BLOG Post #426: The Elections-Democracy Gap 5 Jun 2024 South Africa, India, and Mexico just held general elections. Britain will hold a general election July 4. The US will hold one Nov. 5. Record-setting demonstrations in Israel may yet…
BLOG Post #425: Alliance politics in East Asia: More Security or Less? 27 May 202416 Jun 2024 The Biden-Kishida Summit The best thing about diplomacy between government leaders is that it may ease tensions. The worst thing is that it doesn’t resolve the disputes between them, making…
BLOG Post #424: China Calls the Shots with Russia and Europe 21 May 202419 May 2024 Putin the Supplicant Xi Jinping’s balancing act with Russia and the West took on a new challenge with Vladimir Putin’s arrival in Beijing on May 16. It was roughly…
BLOG Post #423: A Package Deal Full of Holes 17 May 2024 The Biden administration has been working on a package deal with Saudi Arabia that would guarantee a path to a Palestinian state in return for a permanent cease-fire and establishment…
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