BLOG… Post #37 – War’s Other Casualties: The Situation in Gaza and the Global Refugee Crisis 28 Jul 201427 Feb 2017 I ended a recent post by asking when someone would step forward to bring about a cease-fire. Well, John Kerry eventually answered the call. But by the time he left…
BLOG… Post #36 – What Works? Person- and Planet-centered Development 22 Jul 201427 Feb 2017 The usual script for international development is the provision of aid—mostly in loans, occasionally in outright grants—by a “developed” country or international institution to an “underdeveloped” one. The money goes…
BLOG… Post #35 – Mr. Xi Goes to Seoul 17 Jul 201427 Feb 2017 China and Korea watchers jumped to attention when it was announced that Xi Jinping would visit South Korea from July 3-4, rather than visit North Korea first. Although the trip…
BLOG… Post #33 – The Nuclear Danger and the Case for Nuclear Abolition (Part Two) 8 Jul 201427 Feb 2017 So far as I know, every post-World War II US president has come to realize the awesome responsibility that accompanies presiding over a massive nuclear-weapon arsenal. And every one of…
BLOG… Post #32 – The Nuclear Danger, or Why We Should Still Worry about the Bomb (Part One) 2 Jul 201427 Feb 2017 When is the last time you gave serious thought to the dangers posed by nuclear weapons? Probably not since those awful years under Ronald Reagan, when it seemed we were…
BLOG… Post #30 – Their War, Our War 21 Jun 201427 Feb 2017 In one of his last public statements on the war in Vietnam, a televised interview on September 2, 1963, President Kennedy said that in the end the South Vietnamese government…
BLOG… Post #29 – Obstacle Course: Engaging Iran 19 Jun 201427 Feb 2017 If the ongoing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program fail to result in a comprehensive agreement by the July 20 deadline—an interim deal has been in place since January—it…
BLOG… Post #27 – The Great Sucking Sound in Iraq 13 Jun 201427 Feb 2017 Late last year ominous reports from Iraq indicated that government forces were gradually losing the initiative in the northern and western parts of the country against an al-Qaeda affiliate know…
BLOG… Post #26-What Works? Good Neighbors Find Common Ground 9 Jun 201427 Feb 2017 It’s a powerful story of grassroots organizing. “Jane Kleeb vs. Keystone” details the tenacious efforts of one person in Nebraska to reach across the usual environmentalist-conservative divide in order to…
BLOG… Post #25 – A Haircut in Yemen, and a Military That’s Everywhere 4 Jun 201427 Feb 2017 One might think that a liberal president who has tried to cultivate the image of someone devoted to diplomacy, engaging enemies, and respect for all cultures would have a strong…
BLOG… Post #24 – Obama’s Foreign Policy: Still “Indispensable” 30 May 201427 Feb 2017 “The United States is, and remains, the one indispensable nation.” From that starting point, the President launched a defense of his foreign policy at West Point on May 28. US…
BLOG… Post #23 – Trouble at Sea: China Confronts Its Neighbors Over Sovereignty and Resources 26 May 201427 Feb 2017 Trouble is again brewing in the South China Sea (SCS), where six nations compete for control over tiny atolls—the Paracel and Spratly Islands—that probably sit atop important gas and oil…
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