BLOG… Post #10: Inequality: Pretense and Reality, Part 2 28 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 Let’s not forget to keep an eye on another place where inequality is being abetted. The outstanding economist Joe Stiglitz has written a powerful critique of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which…
BLOG… Post #9: Inequality: Pretense and Reality (Part 1) 28 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has recently come out against rising income inequality. Imagine, a leading figure in global finance actually acknowledged that “rising inequality…
BLOG… Post #8: We Were Warned 21 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 How ironic that during the same week that scientists confirmed the Big Bang theory of the origins of the universe, other scientists confirmed that we are close to destroying…
BLOG… Post #7: Addressing Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis 17 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 Remember Syria? The civil war there is entering its fourth year. While all eyes are on the Ukraine crisis, a far deadlier conflict goes on in Syria. Like his partner…
BLOG… Post #6 China Threat? The Military Side of US-China Relations 11 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 Looking back over the history of the US-USSR Cold War competition, two aspects stand out: first, the USSR’s inability to catch up with the US in strategic weapons capability; second,…
BLOG… Post #5 Can Ukraine Be Saved? 6 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 As the Obama administration and the rest of us ponder what might happen next in Ukraine, here are some suggested thinking points: The crisis is in Russia’s backyard. Russia has…
BLOG… Post No.4 The Return of Nuclear Power, Ready or Not 4 Mar 201427 Feb 2017 Happening Now Have you noticed how nuclear power has crept back onto the energy agenda of the US and other countries? Last month President Obama visited Georgia where, before a…
BLOG… Post #3-Ukraine: Some Words of Caution 25 Feb 201427 Feb 2017 The ever-changing drama in Ukraine makes speculation futile. Overnight, a former leader with a pro-Europe reputation has emerged from prison, and the man who put her there has fled to…
BLOG… Post #2-What to Do About North Korea? 19 Feb 201427 Feb 2017 For a number of years, I and many other specialists on North Korea have urged the United States and other governments to engage that…
BLOG… Post #1-Climate Change 18 Feb 201427 Feb 2017 Climate change should be everyone’s #1 national security issue. John Kerry evidently agrees, saying in Indonesia on February 17: “In a sense, climate change can now be considered another weapon…
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