Rather than signify any beginning of weaponizing foreign policy and national security in politics, the 9/11 attacks simply marked the…
In my previous piece on Turkey, written as the coup attempt was underway, I noted that should the coup fail, Erdoğan…
…Is Happening Right Now & It Is This Coup This military coup is the defining moment for post-Cold War Turkey. …
After events in Baton Rouge, LA, Falcon Heights, MN, and Dallas, TX, America—in particular white America—sorely needs to take stock…
Least among the problems posed by the UK’s Brexit vote to leave the EU are the actual effects that will…
Author’s note: with a Bernie Sanders candidacy again looming over the Democratic Party and the country as a whole, here…
Violence and hate feed each other, as the violence in the Middle East shows; the West must be careful not to play…
Author’s note: as we are faced with the prospect of another Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, it is worth revisiting my…
A detailed examination of Trump’s foreign policy speech from a few weeks ago reveals how little substantive thought or ideas…
Without George W. Bush’s presidency, it’s hard to imagine Obama’s 2008 victory; without both, it’s hard to imagine Trump being…
In a year where it is hard to keep track of the stupendous volume of political insanity inflicted on and…
For the crime of terrorism to have weight, we must move globally towards a more specific definition that goes beyond…
America Doesn’t Have Same Muslim, Immigration Problems As Europe, and Must Avoid EU Mistakes As Americans view today’s ISIS terrorist…
Author’s note: when I wrote this, I was confident Clinton would win but still worried about the chance of a…
Neither candidate can be said to have chipped into the other’s core support as a result of the debate Thursday…