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How Washington Helps: Bloody Lessons From Ukraine to Bosnia
28 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Nearly three years after Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, Kiev’s outlook appears worse than ever. Ukrainian forces, facing manpower shortages, are losing territory at a faster pace than in the first 30 months of the conflict. Now, Kiev looks at an evolving political situation where future support is less certain. President Donald Trump has … Continue reading "How Washington Helps: Bloody Lessons From Ukraine to Bosnia"
Will There Be a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?
28 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
One of the earliest points to become apparent about Donald Trump’s second term as president is that there is a significant difference in foreign policy priorities and a vast change in style from his predecessors over the past 8 or 9 decades. Blather about the United States promoting or defending democracy around the world has … Continue reading "Will There Be a Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine?"
Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression and Deportations
28 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
In my new book, The Fall of Israel (2025), I examine the activities of all US postwar administrations regarding the Israelis and Palestinians. The first Trump administration did not just differ from its precursors. It turned upside down five decades of US policies regarding Palestinians. In the next four years, The Trump White House will … Continue reading "Trump 2.0 and Palestinians: From Reversal to Repression and Deportations"
NATO Was Never About American Security
27 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
This is the third part of a four-part article. Read part one here. Read part two here. The evidence from the Soviet archives shows that Stalin’s policy during the 1947 pivot to Cold War was largely defensive and reactive. But even that departure from the cooperative modus operandi of the wartime alliance arose from what … Continue reading "NATO Was Never About American Security"
Everyone Wants US Forces in Ukraine Except the US
27 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Russia’s now unstoppable advance across eastern Ukraine ushers in the inevitability that Ukraine has lost, and the war will end. The election of Donald Trump ushers in the inevitability that the war will end with a negotiated settlement. Two things are now clear about that settlement: Ukraine will not be in NATO, and Russia will … Continue reading "Everyone Wants US Forces in Ukraine Except the US"
Israel Against the World – With US Aid
27 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
I once represented a man charged with first-degree murder. At the preliminary hearing, the courtroom was filled with the family and friends of the victim. When my client was led out of the holding cell, the officer who brought him out leaned over and whispered to me: “Boy, it’s you against the world – you … Continue reading "Israel Against the World – With US Aid"
The Russo-Persian Partnership Pact: Significance and Implications
24 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Reprinted from the American Committee for US-Russia Accord. At the end of 1829, the social scene in St. Petersburg was abuzz about a charming young Persian prince, who had traveled from Tabriz to the Russian Imperial capital with gifts for Tsar Nicholas I and the Romanov family. The journey of Iran’s Khosrow Mirza, the seventh … Continue reading "The Russo-Persian Partnership Pact: Significance and Implications"
When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Co-Pilot Is Uncle Sam
24 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
Originally published on TomDispatch: In recent weeks, political soothsayers have speculated about a wide variety of odious new policies the incoming Trump administration and its allies in Congress may or may not pursue. No one can predict with certainty which of those measures they will inflict on us and which they’ll forget about. But we … Continue reading "When Israeli Warplanes Rain Death on Gaza, the Co-Pilot Is Uncle Sam"
Gaza: A Perception Gap
24 January 2025 @ 5:00 am
“What the eye does not see, the heart can not feel” is a proverb well known to malefactors. Today, most Americans have not seen what is truly taking place in Gaza. This is by design – Israeli design. More than a year ago a report in Foreign Policy stated that on Israeli television “you are … Continue reading "Gaza: A Perception Gap"