Palestinian Statehood Or Setting The Stage For The Next Catastrophic War

Trump, who wants an end to the Israeli-Hamas war even before he reassumes the Presidency, must know that denying the Palestinian right to statehood and conceding further Palestinian land in the West Bank and Gaza to Israel is a recipe for the next horrific inferno that will overshadow even the present calamitous Israel-Hamas war Hamas’…

December 5, 2024 Read more

The Implications Of Trump’s Return To Power For The EU And The Balkans

The return of Trump to the United States presidency raises legitimate concerns for both the European Union and the Balkans. These concerns primarily revolve around national dynamics, economic implications, and the solidification of nationalist attitudes and inter-political combustion within the Balkan states It is presumptuous to state with absolute certainty what policy Trump might pursue…

November 22, 2024 Read more

The Democrats’ Stunning Defeat And The Way Forward

The Democrats’ stunning electoral defeat will be debated for months if not years. Recrimination and finger-pointing will abound. The Democrats must search their souls, carefully study what went wrong, and develop a compelling new domestic and foreign policy agenda while cooperating with the Republicans on any issue that advances America’s well-being and global leadership Trump…

November 11, 2024 Read more

Has The United Nations Outlived Its Usefulness?

The UN, which was established to foster global peace and stability, has now become a paralyzed institution that inadvertently contributes to raging conflicts because it is constrained by an archaic structure that no longer meets the dramatically changed world order The United Nations, established in 1945 at the end of World War II, has sadly…

November 3, 2024 Read more

Sinwar’s Death Presents A New Challenge To Israel And Hamas

The death of Sinwar, the mastermind behind the savage October 7 attack that led to the Gaza war, presents a new challenge to Netanyahu and Hamas. Neither has realized their ultimate objective and now faces a new reality they cannot wish away The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is significant only if Netanyahu and…

October 23, 2024 Read more

Abortion Is A Fundamental Human Rights Issue

Due to the critical importance of women’s rights to abortion in this election, I decided to deviate from my weekly column to promote attention to the crucial issue of abortion rights, which has far-reaching implications on core human rights that no one can violate with impunity The right to abortion is a human rights issue…

October 13, 2024 Read more

A Year Of Reckoning

The year since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s retaliation have demonstrated once again that neither has learned anything from decades of horrific violence as they continue to miscalculate each other’s intentions and resolve Israeli-Palestinian relations have reached a new nadir in the year since Hamas’ attack on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s…

October 7, 2024 Read more

Iran’s Predicaments In The Wake Of Nasrallah’s Assassination

As Iran is currently weighing whether or not to retaliate against Israel for the assassination of Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah, the US and Israel should make it possible for Tehran not to retaliate without losing face and potentially avert further escalation of the conflict if not a regional war. Following the assassination of Hezbollah’s Secretary-General…

September 30, 2024 Read more

Realities That Neither Israel Nor The Palestinians Can Wish Away

After 76 years of conflict laden with mutually disastrous mistakes, miscalculations, and missed opportunities, Israel and the Palestinians have created irrefutable political and factual realities they must now face In last week’s article entitled “The Four Psychological Dimensions Behind Hamas’ Attack and Israel’s Retaliation,” I explored how the historical, religious, ideological, and humanitarian dimensions have…

September 26, 2024 Read more
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