Americans “Learning in Their Own Flesh”: Trained, But Not Educated
“The mass-man has no attention to spare for reasoning; he learns only in his own flesh.”-Jose Ortega y’ Gassett, The Revolt of the Masses...
Endgame: Time, History and Alternative World Futures
Hamm: “What time is it?”
Clov: “The same as usual.”
Samuel Beckett, Endgame
When studying history, it becomes difficult to distinguish endings from beginnings. Though it should...
America and the World: A Vital Connection
"The egocentric ideal of a future reserved for those who have managed to attain egoistically the extremity of `everyone for himself' is false and...
“Perceptions Of Credibility”: Existential Hazards Of Russian Nuclear Doctrine
Abstract: In his escalating war of aggression and genocide against Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has been recycling provocative elements of Soviet-era nuclear doctrine....
Israel, Counter-Terrorism and International Law: Challenges of Systemic Analysis
“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.”-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man...
Viva la Muerte!: Gun Violence And America’s Culture Of Death
It’s grimly ironic. Though analyzed endlessly, America’s epidemic mass shootings remain difficult to explain. To be sure, the heinous killings are the work of...
Analyzing Vladimir Putin: Is Joe Biden Dealing With A “Normal” Adversary?
Assessing an adversarial head of state is not usually a psychiatric task. For the most part, such high-value strategic appraisals need not be directed...
Fragmentation, Aggression, Genocide: Deeper Meanings of Russia’s War Against Ukraine
“But tell me, my brothers, if humanity still lacks a goal, is humanity itself not still lacking? Thus inquired Zarathustra.”-Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra
It’s hard to...
Remembering Nuremberg: Legal Obligations To Remove And Prosecute Vladimir Putin
Nullum crimen sine poena, “No crime without a punishment”
Though US President Joseph Biden was initially criticized for interfering in Russia’s “sovereign jurisdiction,” no allegation...
Managing “Friction” In Ukraine: Russia, The United States And Inadvertent Nuclear War
“Friction is the difference between war on paper and war as it actually is.”-Karl von Clausewitz, On War
The “Friction” of Nuclear Crisis
Amid multiplying perils...