12 Oct, 2022
Death by nationalism?
Death by nationalism? by Robert C. Koehler 911 words The game may be almost over. Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J.S.Davies put...
9 Oct, 2022
There is an alternative to war
The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to ravage the world.
4 Oct, 2022
Uvalde World?
Imagine the horror of the Uvalde school shooting parents waiting outside the school for the next shot. Like some grotesque experiment of Schrodinger’s Cat, they were suspended between death and life, as their children were inside, suspended between shots, in a bizarre state of uncertainty, at the whim of the shooter.
30 Sep, 2022
Predictions of a Ukraine victory are premature
Something extraordinary is happening in the course of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Putin is taking a hit from all sides. Opposition to the war is coming from home and abroad.
28 Aug, 2022
The dance of sympathy
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I recently joined a gathering of people highly concerned with a range of threats, from war to climate catastrophe and more.
25 Aug, 2022
Sanctions or bombs? Rubles or rubble?
When Hitler invaded Poland, 1 September 1939, the US...did nothing. But the UK and France declared war on Germany.
12 Aug, 2022
The great energy game in Europe
It won’t be long before winter descends on Europe. Before it does, most European countries must address the question of how long and how well they will be able to handle decoupling from Russian energy.
11 Aug, 2022
Unworthy victims?
The invasion of Ukraine and the war that it initiated led to widespread coverage of the struggles of ordinary people in a zone of conflict that’s surprisingly rare.
29 Jul, 2022
Five reasons why Nancy Pelosi should postpone a trip to Taiwan
House Leader Nancy Pelosi seems intent on visiting Taiwan. That might not seem like a big deal to Americans, but these are dangerous times in US-China relations. That makes a Taiwan trip very risky. Here’s why:
22 Jul, 2022
Deterrencelessness: Nuclear threats neither credible nor viable
Threatening to make attacks with nuclear weapons is known as “deterrence” when the United States does it, but it’s called madness, blackmail, or “terrorism” if Russia, China, or North Korea does.
15 Jul, 2022
July 12, 2022
On Tuesday July 12, as the horrors of war in Ukraine ground on, chewing up soldiers and civilians alike in its indifferent maw, the January 6 Committee held yet another hearing that tied the pathologically narcissistic Mr. Trump ever closer to a conscious conspiracy to violently
8 Jul, 2022
Mercenaries today: The Wagner Group
For many years, substantial military operations have been conducted by mercenaries, ranging from professional soldiers hired to fight wars for European potentates in the 14th century to the combat forces of Blackwater...
6 Jul, 2022
The illusion of military dominance
United States military analysts love strategies and the theories behind them. The theories provide what appear to be perfectly reasonable and rational approaches to warfighting, even offering a sense of certainty about the outcome.
20 Jun, 2022
Putin attempts to justify the unjustifiable
The Russian government’s justifications for its war in Ukraine?the largest, most destructive military operation in Europe since World War II?are not persuasive.
16 Jun, 2022
The Case for Stopping the Ukraine-Russia War
The Ukraine-Russia war has raged for more than a hundred days. Now is a critical time to reflect on the case for people of good will to urge their leaders to end the war...