This, the second postscript to US Foreign Policy Post 2016 Election underscores how unprepared, misdirected and dangerous US foreign Policy will be following the November 2016 elections. Democrats Clinton continues to wrap herself […]
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Postscript 1, US Foreign Policy, Post 2016 Elections
This is Postscript to the earlier blog post Foreign Policy Post Elections 2016. As I wrote in that post, there will be updates with candidates added or subtracted as the quadrennial circus […]
Korean Option Repeated
The recent events in North Korea call to mind my post in November 2010 when the US, South Korea and Japan were in such a lather. Much of what I wrote then bears […]
The Case for US Isolationism
Isolationism: The policy of isolating one’s country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, international agreements, seeking to devote the entire efforts of […]
US Foreign Policy, Post 2016 Elections
Looking ahead to post 2016 US elections it would be worthwhile to game the foreign policy scenarios, a Republican win with either Cruz or Trump; a Democrat victory with Clinton or […]
Saudi Arabia and Iran, a flashpoint in the making
The ongoing clash between Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies and Iran and its Shia allies has finally and unsurprisingly developed into a full-scale diplomatic split, a potential flashpoint. This is hardly unexpected […]
Terrorism and US Foreign Policy: Wrong Priorities, again
Once again the United States terrorist and foreign policy have the wrong priorities. This time it is how to protect the US homeland against ISIS. The rhetoric and military focus is on ISIS in […]
Europe and the year 2017
The year 2017 could prove to be a politically tumultuous year of changes for Europe. In April-May 2017 we will see the French presidential elections that could herald the assumption of power […]
Endless Circle of Violence
Endless Circle of Violence Gun control in the USA is out of the question. In the UK and Australia, their people pressured the governments to take action but that commitment is lacking in […]
The World, whose world?
Interesting the way the word “world” is employed in political discourse. This is particularly true in the brash and false pronouncements by the Western leaders, above all, in the US and the […]
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