BLOG Post #394: The Doubtful Future of the American Experiment 22 Oct 202322 Oct 2023 Signs of Decline Peter Baker, the outstanding New York Times columnist, writes: “There was a time, not that long ago, when the United States presumed to teach the world…
BLOG Post #389: Vietnam and the United States: A Transformed Relationship 18 Sep 2023 Strategic Rethinking Nearly fifty years after the Vietnam War, and over twenty-five years since the US and Vietnam established diplomatic relations, the two countries have entered into a “comprehensive strategic…
APB APB: Kissinger at 100 27 May 2023 At the ripe age of 100, Henry Kissinger remains an icon of the governing class and the foreign policy establishment. Amazingly, his advice is still sought, he writes lucidly…
BLOG Post #371: France’s Diplomatic Disaster in China 13 Apr 202312 Apr 2023 “Strategic Autonomy,” French Style French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen just visited China. You can bet Joe Biden and his national security team are…
BLOG Post #365: The Coup in Israel 28 Feb 202328 Feb 2023 Israel has always been touted as America’s most reliable friend in the Middle East, a bastion of democracy in a region dominated by autocracies. Now that picture is fraying as…
BLOG Post #364: China and Europe: Profits versus Principles 22 Feb 202320 Feb 2023 With all the attention on US-China relations, Beijing’s on-again, off-again relations with the European Union (EU) don’t receive the attention they deserve. In the short space of a few decades,…
BLOG Post #359: The Iran Protests and US Policy 13 Dec 202212 Dec 2022 "Women, Life, Freedom" Streets in dozens of Iran cities are filled with angry people in popular protests that have already gone on much longer—three months and counting—than those in 2009…
BLOG Post #357: The Biden-Xi Summit in Bali 22 Nov 202222 Nov 2022 Some Reasons for Optimism The much-ballyhooed first in-person summit between Pres. Biden and Xi on November 14 went off pretty well. Biden clearly communicated the US belief that a…
BLOG Post #344: Water, Water, No Longer Everywhere 14 Jul 202214 Jul 2022 The audio of this blog may be accessed at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/64815/53-water-water-no-longer-everywhere.mp3 Drought and Scarcity "Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is only halfway…
BLOG Post #343: China’s Surveillance State and Its Meaning for Us 5 Jul 202229 Jul 2022 The audio of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/64174/52-chinas-surveillance-state-and-ours.mp3 The Tools of Surveillance In a recent commentary, I discussed the visit to China of the UN’s chief human rights official…
BLOG Post #341: Co-opted: The UN’s Misguided Mission to Xinjiang 16 Jun 202215 Jun 2022 The audio version of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/62559/49-co-opted-the-uns-failed-mission-in-xinjiang.mp3. A Genocidal Policy The top UN human rights official recently traveled to Xinjiang province in China, hoping to persuade Beijing’s leaders…
BLOG Post #334: Take the Gloves Off 22 Apr 2022 Many of you have no doubt watched a video of Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow’s forthright response to a far-right colleague’s attempt to paint her as a “groomer” for the…
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