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100 Days: What Trump Told TIME
30 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
On April 22, U.S. President Donald Trump did an interview with Time on his first one hundred days in office. On foreign policy he made two bold claims. The first was that he would successfully conclude diplomatic deals in the Ukrainian-Russian war and in Iran. The second was that he wouldn’t mind expanding American territory. … Continue reading "100 Days: What Trump Told TIME"
The Path to Peace: Europeanization Then Normalization
30 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
Reprinted with permission from The Realist Review. Much has been made of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky’s tête-à-tête in Saint Peter’s Basilica over the weekend. If nothing else, the optics were stunning: The US and Ukrainian president looked to be patching things up – perhaps the spirit of Pope Francis awakened the better angels of … Continue reading "The Path to Peace: Europeanization Then Normalization"
Iran and the United States: Nuclear Argy Bargy
30 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” ~ Voltaire, Enlightenment author and philosopher (1694-1778) Since the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the United States and Israel have been zealous in their efforts to disempower it. Israel has used its powerful hasbara (propaganda) machine to peddle absurdities about Tehran as a nuclear threat … Continue reading "Iran and the United States: Nuclear Argy Bargy"
50 Years On: US Elites Learned Nothing From the Vietnam Defeat
29 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the final, definitive defeat of the U.S. military crusade in Vietnam. The images of U.S. helicopters desperately flying American diplomats and Washington’s high-level South Vietnamese collaborators from the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon effectively captured not only the chaotic environment, but also the extent of … Continue reading "50 Years On: US Elites Learned Nothing From the Vietnam Defeat"
Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of Pro-Palestine Activists
29 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
“Rights are granted to those who align with power,” Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from his cell. This poignant statement came soon after a judge ruled that the government had met the legal threshold to deport the young activist on the nebulous ground of “foreign policy”. “For the poor, for people … Continue reading "Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of Pro-Palestine Activists"
Ukraine’s Worst Day: Zelensky Rejects Trump’s Peace Plan
28 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
Ukrainians may remember two days that just passed as two of the worst days in their history. It has been evident since long before Donald Trump and JD Vance were elected that the war in Ukraine would one day end with a diplomatic settlement that was based on, and looked much like, the diplomatic settlement … Continue reading "Ukraine’s Worst Day: Zelensky Rejects Trump’s Peace Plan"
How Is the Media Still Getting the Gaza Murdered Paramedics Story So Wrong?
28 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
Here is yet another example of stunningly craven journalism from the Guardian, entirely illustrative of what is going on across the British establishment media in its coverage of Israeli war crimes in Gaza for the past 18 months. We are now a month on from Israel executing 15 paramedics and hiding their bodies in a … Continue reading "How Is the Media Still Getting the Gaza Murdered Paramedics Story So Wrong?"
French Contradictions: Macron’s Palestine Play – Too Little, Too Late?
25 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s vehement opposition to a Palestinian state aligns perfectly with a long-standing Zionist ideology that has consistently viewed the establishment of a Palestinian state as a direct threat to Israel’s very foundation as a settler colonial project. Thus, the mere existence of a Palestinian state with clearly defined geographical boundaries would … Continue reading "French Contradictions: Macron’s Palestine Play – Too Little, Too Late?"
War Dust and Collateral Inhalation: Israel Breathes in Gaza’s Dust
25 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
Reprinted with permission from The Kucinich Report. Gaza is suffering the most intense bombing, per capita, of anywhere on earth, ever. Over 100,000 tons of bombs have been dropped on Gaza, an area slightly smaller than the City of Detroit, Michigan, resulting in the recorded deaths of at least 60,000 Gazans and injuries to hundreds … Continue reading "War Dust and Collateral Inhalation: Israel Breathes in Gaza’s Dust"
Seven Reasons Why It’s Absurd To Bomb Iran
24 April 2025 @ 4:00 am
“There are two ways Iran can be handled,” U.S. President Donald Trump has said, “militarily, or you make a deal.” National Security Adviser Mike Waltz advocated for the military solution; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President JD Vance advocated for diplomacy. Trump has opted for diplomacy. But all options are still on … Continue reading "Seven Reasons Why It’s Absurd To Bomb Iran"