Uprising and George Floyd: Because Nothing Has Changed
2020-05-30
Advertisements If folks are interested, I just published this piece on Medium about the protests across the country over George Floyd’s killing.Continue Reading
All About Joe
2020-05-26
Advertisements Listen to “All About Joe,” the latest episode of the ReThinking Foreign Policy podcast. https://anchor.fm/mitchell-plitnick9/episodes/All-About-Joe-eejk34Continue Reading
The Jerusalem Conundrum
2020-05-21
Advertisements On Monday, Antony Blinken, former Deputy Secretary of State and Joe Biden’s leading foreign policy advisor, affirmed Biden’s strong pro-Israel credentials at a webcast hosted by the Orwellian-named Democratic Majority for Israel. His words made two things clear. One, Biden remains vastly preferable to Trump. Two, Biden is incapableContinue Reading
Key Biden adviser offers little hope for Palestinians
2020-05-21
Advertisements On Monday, the Orwellian-named “Democratic Majority for Israel” hosted a talk by Joe Biden’s lead foreign policy advisor, Antony Blinken. In my latest piece at Responsible Statecraft I examine what Blinken had to say and, unfortunately, conclude that Biden has learned nothing form years of failure as a senator andContinue Reading
Democracy Means Equality – 2013
2020-05-18
Advertisements My old editor and long-time friend, Joel Schalit, sent this piece around today. It was published on May 18, 2013, and, despite a few things that went off in different directions and some that were simply overtaken by events as they unfolded, I think it has held up remarkably well.Continue Reading