What Should Palestinians Think of Trump’s “Deal of the Century”?
For more than two decades, most Israelis and Palestinians have accepted the “two-state solution” for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This solution…
Khalil SayeghSeptember 16, 2019
US Sanctions, and Iran Sanctions in Particular, Are Just
The US is employing just war considerations of proportionality and discrimination in the course of its employment of sanctions. That doesn’t mean there won’t be disheartening impacts on innocents. But we should be clear about who should receive the blame and insist, vigorously, that point is not lost.
Rebeccah HeinrichsSeptember 13, 2019
The Opposition to Nationalism that Wasn’t
The current discussion of “nationalism” seems to be mostly a battle of words and caricatures that bears little on the actual reality or lives of regular people.
Daniel StrandSeptember 11, 2019
Here We Go Again and Again
They came from Egypt and Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Some were trained in bomb-making, some in…
Alan DowdSeptember 10, 2019
Looking for Common Ground on the Right
There are two different conversations going on simultaneously from the right. One is an argument directed outward, toward the progressive left and “globalists.” The other is an argument directed inward, within the right, between nationalists and conservatives.
Paul D. MillerSeptember 4, 2019
Trump Should Remember How the Baltic Way Helped Topple Soviet Occupation
Last Friday marked the thirtieth anniversary of the Baltic Way, the peaceful political protest that helped put in the final…
George BarrosAugust 28, 2019
Saving Nickels and Dimes on the Backs of the World’s Most Suffering People is Poor Policy
On August 3, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent the US Agency for International Development (USAID) a letter…
Peter BurnsAugust 21, 2019
The Rhetoric of Freedom
“The Hong Kong thing is a very tough situation. Very tough,” Donald Trump said on Tuesday. “We’ll see what happens….
Paul D. MillerAugust 16, 2019
US-Brazil Relations and Concerns over Nepotism in Brasilia
President Donald Trump has stated that he supports a US-Brazil trade agreement, particularly if the Brazilian government lowers trade barriers…
W. Alejandro SanchezAugust 9, 2019
