A Proposed UNSC Ceasefire Plan For Gaza
2014-08-22
The UN Security Council is considering a resolution to resolve the Gaza fighting. It has some profound implications.Continue Reading
How to Save Ukraine: Why Russia Is Not the Real Problem
2014-04-16
Advertisements Dear readers, This is not something I do very often. The discourse, everywhere I look, surrounding Ukraine is so remarkably one-sided and shallow. I see this among supporters of current US/EU policy and critics. So, when I find an article that is reasonably sensible and useful, I feel aContinue Reading
Framing Putin
2014-03-21
Advertisements The past month has been nostalgic for me. The crisis over Ukraine and Crimea has felt and sounded, in the media and common conversation, very much like the halcyon days of my youth when the Cold War raged with all its mindless enmity. It’s a bit depressing to thinkContinue Reading
Smoke and Mirrors: The “New” Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
2013-09-08
US illusions, Israeli intransigence, Palestinian desperation, same old storyContinue Reading