22 Jul, 2017
Progress Report, Donald Trump: Failing
“Assessments are a key tool in most fields. In some industries they are provided through do-well/do-better meetings, in others through...
28 Jun, 2017
Advise, Assist, Arm: The United States at War
“During the Cold War, the US military and the CIA were involved in a multitude of “indirect” interventions in developing...
28 Dec, 2016
The Diplomacy of Donald J. Trump
“Those of us who appreciate the unconventional have to have second thoughts after watching Donald J. Trump in action. All...
22 Nov, 2016
Torture Charges against the US Considered by International Criminal Court
“US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the International...
16 Nov, 2016
The Trump Team: Loyal and Dangerous
“Personnel appointments provide a useful glimpse into what policy will be. Senior-level appointees are the policy shapers…” Mel Gurtov Published...
4 Nov, 2016
Threats and “Strategic Patience” haven’t worked with North Korea, let’s try serious diplomacy
“Last week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper surprisingly told a House Intelligence Committee that getting North Korea to give...
24 Oct, 2016
The Tragedy in Yeme
“Imagine if the Islamic Republic of Iran, complaining that its regional rival Saudi Arabia was meddling in a neighbor’s politics...
11 Oct, 2016
Delusions of worthy wars
“Fifteen years ago, on October 19th 2001, Donald Rumsfeld addressed B-2 bomber crews at Whiteman AFB in Missouri, as they...
7 Oct, 2016
The Politics of Fear
“Well, OK, let’s think about these words of Jill Stein for a moment, as the 2016 presidential race enters, oh...
7 Oct, 2016
Why Aleppo is the symptom of what is wrong with how we deal with atrocities
““Never again!” is once again brought to our attention as we are facing killing and suffering of civilians on a...
6 Oct, 2016
Rethinking killing civilians
“When challenged about airstrikes that kill civilians—whether from drones or jets with “smart” ordnance—the excuses given…” Tom H. Hastings Published...
22 Sep, 2016
A Good Beginning
“It seems that some who have the ears of U.S. elite decision-makers are at least shifting away from wishing to...
22 Sep, 2016
Stop the Killing
“Maybe half a million dead, half a country — 10 million people — displaced from their homes, jettisoned onto the...
14 Sep, 2016
Pivot to peace
“OK, the history of the United States is one of a nation built on robbery, murder, massacre, exploitation by armed...
11 Sep, 2016
Isn’t It Time to Ban the Bomb?
“Although the mass media failed to report it, a landmark event occurred recently in connection with resolving the long-discussed problem...