News Abroad

Putin’s Not Making It Easy, but We Need to Understand How He Views NATO and the US

by Walter G. Moss

The experts call this strategic empathy. It’s essential.

Once Upon a Time Mao Was also Regarded as a Crazy Personality Cult Leader with Nukes

by Michael Sheng

There’s a lesson today in how we avoided war then.

Union Women from Around the World Keep Meeting to Press for Their Rights. Does It Do Any Good?

by Brigid O’Farrell

The first meeting was in 1919. (Yes, progress is being made.)

Why Is There So Little Popular Protest Against Today’s Threats of Nuclear War?

by Lawrence Wittner

It would be a terrible thing if it takes a disastrous nuclear war between the United States and North Korea to convince people that nuclear war is simply unacceptable.

Now Trump’s Rashly Attacking Canada?

by William Lambers

We are at peace with Canada thanks to a treaty that went into effect 200 years ago this month. Trump should be celebrating that.

Is There Rhyme or Reason in Trump’s Approach to Syria, Afghanistan and North Korea?

by Deepak Tripathi

The sobering answer is no.

The Alarming Worldwide Alliance of Parties on the Far Right

by Lawrence Wittner

Their leaders are Trump and Putin.

The Reason Russia’s such a Problem Is It’s Weak

by Jonathan Adelman

This is why it’s so weak.

Make American Humanitarianism Great Again

by Bradley J. Brewer

Accepting refugees from Syria will strengthen America – a lesson we learned after World War II when we welcomed German refugees from Europe.

How the Six-Day War became the Soviet-Israeli War

by Gideon Remez

A cautionary tale for US policy.

Bob Dole’s Reward for Endorsing Donald Trump? Trump Wants to Dump Dole’s School Lunch Program.

by William Lambers

Food for education is the backbone of generations of peace and development.

What Trump, Le Pen and Putin Are Selling

by Walter G. Moss

It’s nostalgic nationalism and it’s dangerous.

What’s Going on in Hungary Is Alarming

by Karl Pfeifer

Once again the country has been taken over by a xenophobic, anti-Semitic party that sees conspiracies everywhere.

Racism Wasn’t the Reason the English Voted for Brexit

by Philip Towle

Voters wanted England to be sovereign again.

Here’s How NAFTA and the Border Look from Mexico’s Perspective

by Aileen Teague

It’s been lost in the propaganda of the presidential campaign.

How to Ban Muslims without Mentioning Muslims

by David B. Parker

We’ve been here before. In the South they stopped blacks from voting without mentioning blacks.

A United States of Europe: Is It Possible?

by Larry Hilton

It may seem more unlikely now in light of recent events. But we may be surprised.

The Damage Intelligence Leakers Can Do

by David Foglesong

A case study from 1979 shows how leaks of misleading information can damage national security.

We’re in a Global Hunger Crisis. Solution? Take JFK’s Approach.

by William Lambers

Like JFK and other presidents, Trump should feed the hungry. It will help bring peace and stability.

The Middle East Seems to People in the West a Foreign Place. It Isn’t.

by Christopher Binetti

We should see the modern Middle East as another branch of our own Western Civilization and hope for it to reclaim its roots in freedom, law, and order.