BLOG Post #421: India, Israel, and America’s Double Standard 4 May 2024 India is hailed as the world’s biggest democracy, and Israel as the only democracy in the Middle East. Yet both are led by authoritarian rulers who are far more…
BLOG 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…
BLOG Post #391: Alarm over Kim Jong Un’s Russia Trip 3 Oct 2023 Weapons Deals and Heightening Tensions Alarm bells are ringing in Tokyo, Seoul, and Washington over Kim Jong Un’s transactions during his 6-day stay in Vladivostok. He visited a full…
BLOG Post #319: The US and Yemen: Putting a Disreputable Policy Right 29 Nov 202128 Nov 2021 An audio version of this blog is at https://www.podserve.fm/episodes/44803/27-the-us-and-yemen-putting-a-disreputable-policy-right.mp3 In Yemen, Saudi Arabian and Iranian interests collide, a civil war involving multiple parties has devastated the country, important issues of…
BLOG… Post #97: Arming Dictators: An American Tradition 29 Oct 201527 Feb 2017 Last week the Obama administration announced another military aid package for Pakistan: eight F-16 fighter jets. Once again considerations of human rights and democratic values have been sacrificed to strategic…
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