Looking Beyond Current Crises: American Policy, Global Chaos and Collective Will
Swiss artist
Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing
extends his finger accusingly. But where is he pointing, where exactly, in what
discernible direction and toward whom or what in...
Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Russia
The Iowa Caucus and the start of the United States’ presidential
election season is less than a week away. For Americans, this is a big...
Iran crisis test drives fundaments of Trump’s foreign policy
At the core of US president Donald J. Trump’s maximum
pressure campaign against Iran lies the belief that Iran can be forced to
negotiate terms for...
The power of symbolism: Mexico’s Foreign Policy
A few weeks ago, the president of Mexico,
Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) took the decision to grant asylum to Evo
Morales after he fled the...
Reading tea leaves: US backs off support for regime change in Iran
An Iran hawk who advocated killing general Qassim Soleimani, US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has ordered his diplomats
to limit contacts with militant Iranian exile...
Entangling between Escalation De-escalation
The US airstrike in Iraq has further fueled the
already bloody race of having regional influence between the US and Iran. The
Middle East has been...
America shoots itself in the foot
Following the U.S. President’s approval of the assassination of Iran’s
top general, head of IRGC Quds Force Qassem Soleimani, the U.S. bombed a car
carrying him...
Approaching the Brink? Nuclear Decision-Making by US President Trump in 2020
"Fools,
visionaries, sufferers from delusions, neurotics and lunatics have played great
roles at all times in the history of mankind.... Usually, they have wreaked
havoc."-Sigmund Freud
“He likes...
A Vast “Tyranny” Over Mind: Donald Trump and The Death of “High Thinking” in America
“I
have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of
tyranny over the mind of man.”-Thomas Jefferson
Once upon a time, Americans were...
The Rise of Populism: A Threat to Democratic Institutions?
Over the
recent years, one can find very few ideas that have had a sudden resurgence in
the world as populism. Charismatic leaders, upstart political parties...