22 May, 2023
Out of Touch: The US-China Communications Gap
Out of Touch: The US-China Communications Gap by Mel Gurtov 1308 words Among the many troubling trends in US-China relations...
22 May, 2023
20 Apr, 2023
Tell the Three Presidents to Stop the War
Tell the Three Presidents to Stop the War by Peter Bergel 279 words A coalition of dozens of peace and...
14 Apr, 2023
France’s Diplomatic Disaster in China
France’s Diplomatic Disaster in China by Mel Gurtov 844 words “Strategic Autonomy,” French Style French President Emmanuel Macron and European...
8 Apr, 2023
Rescind AUMF Now
Rescind AUMF Now by Robert Moore 781 words Recently, the US Senate voted on a bipartisan basis to rescind the...
15 Feb, 2023
Normal or crazy?
Normal or crazy? by Michael Dover 494 words On February 7, President Biden delivered a memorable State of the Union address....
13 Feb, 2023
More on the China Balloon Episode: Much Ado About Very Little
More on the China Balloon Episode: Much Ado About Very Little 697 words We have just exited Phase 2 of...
10 Feb, 2023
SOTU shows us reality and surreality
SOTU shows us reality and surreality by Tom H. Hastings 1004 words Biden speaks to working Americans (mostly) Ok, like...
5 Jan, 2023
Before the bombs come the platitudes
What is democracy but platitudes and dog whistles? The national direction is quietly predetermined — it’s not up for debate...
3 Jan, 2023
The Threat Business: Russia or China?
Dual Enemies For those in charge of US national security, the central challenge is identifying threats and determining how to counter them. The Biden administration has cast China and Russia, in that order, as the major threats to US security...
16 Dec, 2022
Leaving a cheap crook behind
What could Biden be thinking, trading a mere basketball player for the "Merchant of Death" while leaving a Marine behind?
22 Nov, 2022
The Biden-Xi summit in Bali
Some Reasons for Optimism The much-ballyhooed first in-person summit between Pres. Biden and Xi Jinping on November 14 went off pretty well.
4 Nov, 2022
Time to reset military relations with Saudi Arabia
An Uneven Balance Sheet Saudi Arabia and OPEC have decided to cut oil production by two million barrels a day.
14 Oct, 2022
Can Russia’s use of a nuclear weapon in the Ukraine war be prevented?
President Biden surprised his top advisers along with everyone else when, at a fundraising event, he referred to “Armageddon” in the Ukraine war: Russia’s possible use of a nuclear weapon.
24 Aug, 2022
Another missed opportunity in US-China relations
The Washington Post reports that Xi Jinping personally asked President Biden to find a way to put off House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan.
8 Aug, 2022
Why should war criminals operate with impunity?
The issue of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine highlights the decades-long reluctance of today’s major military powers to support the International Criminal Court.