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Post #500: No Exit in Iran

A Hopeless US Proposal Donald Trump thinks a 15-point plan will end the war with Iran. Seems like a hope…

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Post #499: Cuba is Trump’s Next Imperial Project

Another Nonexistent Threat Regime change in Cuba may be the next stop for the Trump war machine. Here’s what he…

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Post #498: Unexpected Gifts: Beijing and Moscow Gain from Trump’s War

I have previously commented about the strategic blunders the Trump regime has made in its war on Iran. Add this…

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Post #413: Lessons From the China Spy Balloon Incident, One Year Ago

16 Feb 202416 Feb 2024
This month is the first anniversary of the infamous Chinese spy balloon incident. It’s an incident worth recalling for several reasons beyond the fact that it set back US-China relations…
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APB: Sneak Attacks on Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden

9 Feb 2024
The special counsel's report on Pres. Biden's handling of classified information raised unwarranted, and frankly disgusting, references to his age and memory. It was a sneak attack that may have…
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Post #412: Senate Progressives Seek to Hold Israel Accountable

4 Feb 2024
Larry Kirsch is co-author of this blog. Two Bills with Limited Support     For those who are dismayed and disturbed by Israel’s disproportionate response to the Hamas atrocities on Oct. 7…
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Post #411: Ending the Israel-Hamas War–Where Things Stand

29 Jan 202429 Jan 2024
            The New York Times reported January 27 on three negotiating tracks that are being pursued simultaneously to end the Israel-Hamas war (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/27/world/middleeast/gaza-war-israel-hamas-negotiations.html). None of them seems likely to succeed…
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Post #410: Is North Korea Preparing for War?

21 Jan 2024
North Korea’s Calculations Two of America’s most prominent North Korea experts, Robert Carlin and Siegfried Hecker, begin their latest analysis with this sentence: “The situation on the Korean Peninsula is…
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Post #409: The Taiwan Elections

16 Jan 202416 Jan 2024
The Election Results In normal times, a presidential election in Taiwan is mainly about domestic issues, not relations with the People's Republic of China. But the election January 13 put…
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Post #408: The Year Ahead: Ten Issues and One Wild Card

7 Jan 2024
2024 is likely to be filled with more than the usual challenges to planetary safety and survival. Here’s a look at ten issues and a wild card that suggest what’s…
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Post #407: Global Debt is Beyond Control

2 Jan 20244 Jan 2024
The Washington Consensus             The debt of developing countries is at “crisis” levels, the World Bank has just said. Supporting that view is a New York Times story December 16…
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Post #406: Bombing Gaza–Disturbing Comparisons with Vietnam

28 Dec 202327 Dec 2023
Indiscriminate Bombing             Investigations into Israel’s use of 2000-pound bombs in its Gaza campaign have determined that you have to go back to Vietnam to compare the brutality and mindlessness…
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Post #405: Europe is Moving Farther to the Right on Energy and Immigration

22 Dec 202322 Dec 2023
Self-Preservation Over Principle             Politics in the European Union provides a good example of how the best intentions in dealing with climate change can be thwarted. A European Green Deal…
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Post #404: Myanmar’s Junta is in Trouble

17 Dec 2023
A Badly Weakened Dictatorship Myanmar’s (Burma) military dictatorship, which seized power in 2021, suddenly is vulnerable to attack from the hodgepodge resistance forces loosely aligned under a National Unity Government.…
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Post #403: COP28–Doing Less While Pretending to Do More

10 Dec 2023
Following the Script             International conferences almost always fall well short of meeting ambitious reform goals because the large number and variety of participants ensure hard bargaining over policy ideas…

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