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Vacillation, Uncertainty and Danger Signs May. 28, 2025
This week, President Donald Trump announced that he was considering a 50% tariff on goods from the E... Read More
Why Biden Needs to Revive the Iran Nuclear Deal Apr. 22, 2022
Donald Trump was a fierce critic of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal negotiated under Barack Obama. Becaus... Read More
It Turns Out Killing the Iran Nuclear Deal Wasn't Such a Good Idea After All Dec. 24, 2021
Even Israel's most hawkish defense officials now concede that the Trump administration's decision to... Read More
Reviving Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal Means War, Not Peace Apr. 28, 2021
April 27 was an explosive Tuesday for the Middle East, explosive diplomatically in Vienna and Washin... Read More
Will the Biden Administration Undermine the Abraham Accords? Feb. 10, 2021
Based on words and deeds, the emergent Iran policy of President Joe Biden's administration is either... Read More
A Challenge to Former President Obama Jan. 20, 2020
Something remarkable just happened. The Houston Astros were punished in a severe way for having chea... Read More
A Challenge to Former President Obama Jan. 19, 2020
Something remarkable just happened. The Houston Astros were punished in a severe way for having chea... Read More
The Danger of a Chaos Presidency Jan. 09, 2020
What President Donald Trump said to the nation about the prospect of war with Iran impressed many li... Read More
Trump's Iran Policy Isn't the Problem; Barack Obama's Was Jan. 08, 2020
This week, President Donald Trump launched a global round of teeth gnashing when he ordered the kill... Read More
Anxiety Grips Leaderless America Jan. 07, 2020
George W. Bush and Barack Obama both had Gen. Qassem Soleimani in their gunsights. Neither ordered t... Read More
The Impeachment Pseudo-Event Nov. 22, 2019
"The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America" is the title of a 1960s book by historian and libra... Read More
The J Street Democrats Oct. 30, 2019
This week, four of the top candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination — Pete B... Read More
A Better Approach to a Worsening Iran Situation Jun. 27, 2019
President Donald Trump's freewheeling style is one of the main reasons that Americans rejected the c... Read More
We've Seen This Bad Movie Jun. 19, 2019
Of all the bad days and weeks in Donald Trump's presidency, the present moment may be the most dange... Read More
Historic Snooker Jun. 15, 2018
The headline writers adore the word "historic." It was ubiquitous in reporting on the April meeting ... Read More
The Swagger of the Deal-maker Jun. 13, 2018
As anyone who has ever negotiated a deal can tell you, there is always a deal to be had. It depends ... Read More
Are Bibi and Bolton in the Wheel House Now? May. 11, 2018
Brushing aside the anguished pleas of our NATO allies, President Trump Tuesday contemptuously trashe... Read More
Once Again, Trump Diplomacy Serves Kremlin Interests May. 09, 2018
The likelihood that Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal for principle... Read More
Time to Fix the Flaws in the Deceitful Iran Nuclear Deal Apr. 25, 2018
By May 12 the Trump administration must once again review American participation in the deceitfully ... Read More
If Trump Is 'Liar-In-Chief,' What of Obama's Lies? Jun. 15, 2017
After the congressional testimony of fired FBI Director James Comey, many Democrats, with notable ex... Read More
