23 Jul, 2017
Jared Kushner and National Security
“Jared Kushner’s latest revision of his financial picture reveals a very wealthy man, and couple, who continue to profit enormously...
11 Jul, 2017
Smoking gun?
“With the revelation today (July 11) that Donald Trump, Jr. leaped at the opportunity to find some dirt on Hillary...
4 Jul, 2017
APB: The US-China-North Korea Tangle
“It’s not too early to sound alarm bells about the downward turn in US-China relations. Trump’s evident frustration with China...
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...
17 Jun, 2017
Disengaging with Cuba
“President Obama’s engagement with Cuba was one of his administration’s success stories. The policy shift was based on the entirely...
14 Jun, 2017
Keeping Trump Alive: A Strange Consensus
“The leaders of both parties are divided on numerous matters, but on one critical piece of business they seem united:...
9 Jun, 2017
Jared’s Secrets
“On May 30 President Trump tweeted that Russia is “laughing at the U.S.” If so, it is because the ordinary...
2 Jun, 2017
Anti-Science Trumps Climate Change
“True to form, President Trump has pulled the US out of the Paris accord on climate change, joining Syria and...
28 May, 2017
All Is Not Quiet on the Western Front
“Donald Trump’s visit to NATO headquarters last week was consistent with two of his foreign-policy views: the need to pursue...
17 May, 2017
Watergate II? A Scenario for Trump’s Resignation
“Every day brings bad news for Trump’s presidency. Every day is a reminder that this man is mentally, temperamentally…” Mel...
12 May, 2017
Our Imperiled Democracy
“Ambitious national political leaders invariably face a problem: how to get things done in the face of competing interests and...
3 May, 2017
Syria’s Guilt
“On April 4 chemical weapons were used in an attack on the Syrian city of Khan Sheikhoun in which about...
26 Apr, 2017
No Exit? The NY Times and North Korea
“Three opinion pieces on US policy toward North Korea have appeared in the New York Times in the past week…”...
19 Apr, 2017
The Shape-Shifter
“People in the media are having difficulty in figuring out where Donald Trump’s administration stands on foreign policy issues…” Mel...
9 Apr, 2017
Trump’s Shortsighted Intervention in Syria
“Realism and Idealism Before April 6 The reaction of the Trump administration to the Syrian government’s use of sarin against”...