Recent Updates to the Website
NOTE: It appears that more and more periodicals are allowing online access to articles only to subscribers, or to people willing to pay a per-story fee. I am continuing to post those stories in case the viewer (a) already subscribes to the periodical, (b) is willing to subscribe or pay a fee for viewing, or (c) wants to find the article at the library.
Added 3/11/2020 - Part III
2020 Camden Conference - "The Media Revolution: Changing the World"
Added 3/11/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "Epidemics in the Age of Interconnection" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 9, 2020
- "How Countries Are Handling It" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 9, 2020
- "A Bad Time for an Oil-Price Feud" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 9, 2020
- "How China Handled AIDS" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 9, 2020
- "Dubai Ruler Imprisoned His Daughters and Threatened One of His Wives, U.K. Court Rules" by Vivian Yee in "The New York Times," March 5, 2020
- "Oil Bonanza Plunges Guyana Into Political Crisis" by Anatoly Kurmanaev in "The New York Times," March 5, 2020
- "What the Coronavirus Says About Globalization" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
- "[What the Coronavirus Says About Globalization] … And US-China ‘Decoupling’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
Added 3/11/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Has Liberalism Sputtered in Slovakia?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
- "Sun Sets on Golden Dawn" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
- "Will Composting Save Us All?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 5, 2020
- "How socialism became un-American through the Ad Council’s propaganda campaigns" by Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy in "The Times Record," Feb 28, 2020
- "Roubini: We’re Doomed" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "Bernie’s Scandinavian Fantasy" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "‘Disease X’ Is Here" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "Can Iran Handle It?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
- "The Case for Détente With Russia and China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 28, 2020
Added 2/27/2020
Articles:
- "India’s Terrifying Slide" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 27, 2020
- "Why Corbynism Failed" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 27, 2020
- "Is Asia Missing the Risk of a Trump Redux?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 27, 2020
- "Intel Turns Trumpian" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 27, 2020
- "A Growing Annexation Craze?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 27, 2020
- "Syria’s darkest chapter" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Feb 27, 2020
- "Global faith in government shaken" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Feb 27, 2020
- "Netanyahu enters election with momentum" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Feb 27, 2020
- "India: New Delhi burns" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Feb 27, 2020
- "Latin America news roundup" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Feb 27, 2020
- "The virus and the Olympics" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Feb 27, 2020
Added 2/26/2020
Articles:
- February 23, 2020 post by Heather Cox Richardson on the "Letters from an American" blog
- "The US Trade Deficit Is Soaring, and That’s Fine" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 21, 2020
- "Germany Faces Down a Right-Wing Threat" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 21, 2020
- "Does Immigration Lead to Right-Wing Terrorism?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 21, 2020
- "Do Iran’s Elections Matter?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 21, 2020
- "Can Journalism Survive the Internet?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 21, 2020
- "Methane Emissions Crisis and Rapid Global Heating: It is all Fossil Fuel Drilling and Fracking" by Juan Cole ob "Informed Comment," Feb 20, 2020
- "This Is How Scandinavia Got Great: The power of educating the whole person." by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 13, 2020
Added 2/13/2020
Articles:
- "Education Department opens investigation into foreign ties at Harvard and Yale" by Deirdre Fernandes in "The Boston Globe," Feb 12, 2020
- "We Once Fought Jihadists. Now We Battle White Supremacists." by Max Rose and Ali H. Soufan in "The New York Times," Feb 11, 2020
Added 2/11/2020
Articles:
- "The Far Right Shakes Up Germany’s Future" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 11, 2020
- "A Troubling Result in Ireland?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 11, 2020
- "The Most Significant Event for China Since Tiananmen Square?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 11, 2020
- "The Myth of the Swing Voter" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 11, 2020
- "Europe’s center isn’t holding" by Ishaan Tharoor with Ruby Mellen in "The Washington Post," Feb 11, 2020
Added 2/8/2020
Articles:
- "Zionist Narrative Distorts History" by Walter L. Hixson in "Washington Report on Middle East Affairs," March-April, 2020
- "Trusting China to Handle the Wuhan Virus" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "Don’t Be Fooled by Brexit?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "How Will Europe Fare in a World of Power Politics?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "What Iowa Says About Trump 2020" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "What the Soleimani Strike Has Gotten Trump Into" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
Added 2/3/2020 - Part II
Articles:
-- "The economic impact"
-- "State of the outbreak"
-- "This virus is not Chinese"
- "The Wuhan Virus May Tell Us Something About China’s Economic Importance" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "… But It May Not Hurt Xi" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "If Acquitted, Will Trump Be Unconstrained?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "A No-Deal Brexit, After All?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "Get Together and Agree" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 4, 2020
- "China's system faces virus test" on David Lawler's "Axios," Feb 3, 2020
-- "The economic impact"
-- "State of the outbreak"
-- "This virus is not Chinese"
- "No trust for MBS" on David Lawler's "Axios," Feb 3, 2020
- "OPEC considers production cuts as coronavirus impacts China's oil demand" by Ben German on "Axios," Feb 3, 2020
Added 2/3/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Pompeo says denying credentials to NPR sends 'perfect message about press freedoms'" by Jacob Knutson on "Axios," Feb 2, 2020
- "John le Carré on Brexit: ‘It’s breaking my heart’" by John le Carré in "The Guardian," Feb 1, 2020
- "Pro-Netanyahu media turns on Jared Kushner" by Barak Ravid on "Axios," Feb 1, 2020
- "Arab League foreign ministers reject Trump peace plan" by Barak Ravid on "Axios," Feb 1, 2020
- "Australia fires: 'Widespread devastation across the ecosystem'" by Rebecca Falconer on "Axios," Feb 1, 2020
- "Trump administration restricts immigration on 6 additional countries" by Stef W. Kight on "Axios," Jan 31, 2020
- "Bolton says in new book that Trump asked him to assist Ukraine pressure" by Fadel Allassan on "Axios," Jan 31, 2020
Added 1/31/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "Impeachment Has Put Polarization on Display" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 31, 2020
- "After Brexit, Big Questions Will Linger" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 31, 2020
- "The Wuhan Virus Is a Test of Trust" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 31, 2020
- "The Far Right Can’t Agree on Big Tech" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 31, 2020
- "How China's Belt And Road Became A 'Global Trail Of Trouble'" by Wade Shepard in "Forbes," Jan 29, 2020
- "What the Wuhan Virus Could Mean for the World Economy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
Added 1/31/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Is Trump’s Peace Plan Really a Giveaway?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Is the Middle East Facing a Decade of Protest?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Brexit’s Unpleasant Legacy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Was the Trade Deal Overhyped?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 29, 2020
- "Revolt, Populism, and Reaction" by Martin Gurri in "The Bridge," Jan 28, 2020
- "The Last Time Democracy Almost Died: Learning from the upheaval of the nineteen-thirties." by Jill Lepore in "The New Yorker," Jan 27, 2020 (titled "In Every Dark Hour: Political issues of the nineteen-thirties" in the Feb 3, 2020 print issue)
Added 1/24/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "Across the World, Trumpism Has Been Normalized" by Fareen Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- "Is the World Ready for a Major Outbreak?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- "Putin’s WWII Revisionism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- "How Long Will the Dollar Stay on Top?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- "100 Seconds to Midnight" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 24, 2020
- "Clean or green?" by Valerie Pavilonis & Mary Chen in "Yale Daily News," Nov, 22, 2019
Added 1/24/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Trump Invites Netanyahu to White House to Discuss Middle East Peace Plan" by David M. Halbfinger, Isabel Kershner and Katie Rogers in "The New York Times," Jan 24, 2020
- "The Saudi Connection: Inside the 9/11 Case That Divided the F.B.I." by Tim Golden and Sebastian Rotella in "The New York Times," Jan 23, 2020
- "The Middle East Isn’t Worth It Anymore" by Martin Indyk in "The Wall Street Journal," Jan 17, 2020
Added 1/21/2020
Articles:
- "The Cybersecurity 2020: 'Here’s the inside story of Cyber Command's campaign to hack ISIS'" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," Jan 21, 2020
- "How Will US Foreign Policy Change If Trump Loses?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
- "China’s Brain-Drain Reversal" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
- " ‘Global Britain’ Faces a Delicate Balancing Act" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
- "For Developing Countries, Is Oil No Longer a Path to Success?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 20, 2020
Added 1/19/2020 - Part IV
Articles:
- "On Today's Show" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 19, 2020
- "‘Phase One’ Reveals China’s Power" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 17, 2020
- "For the US, Is the Middle East No Longer ‘Worth It’?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 17, 2020
- "Taiwan as a Test Case for Handling Chinese Pressure" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 17, 2020
- "The Real Geopolitical Implications of Iran’s Retaliation" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 17, 2020
Added 1/19/2020 - Part III
Articles:
- "Impeachment Starts. Where Will It End?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 16, 2020
- "After Putin’s Shakeup, What’s in Store for Russia and Its Neighbors?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 16, 2020
- "The Soleimani Strike and Trump’s Celebrity Obsession" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 16, 2020
- "Brexit’s ‘Wakeup Call’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 16, 2020
- "Can Outside Powers Help the Sahel?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 16, 2020
- "Russian government resigns as Vladimir Putin plans future" on "BBC News," Jan 15, 2020
Added 1/19/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "Days before Europeans warned Iran of nuclear deal violations, Trump secretly threatened to impose 25% tariff on European autos if they didn't" by John Hudson & Souad Mekhennet in "The Washington Post," Jan 15, 2020
- "Iran Loses What Momentum It Had" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "What the Soleimani Strike Means for ISIS, China, and Everyone Else" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "A Bad Time to Be a Dictator?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "No Such Thing as Secure 5G?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
- "The Death of Republican Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 14, 2020
Added 1/19/2020 - Part I
Books:
- Blumenthal, Max, The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump, 2019
- Ismail, Ismail Fahd, The Old Woman and the River, 2019
- Kamrava, Mehran, A Concise History of Revolution, 2019
- Murad, Nora Lester & Danna Masad, Rest in My Shade: A Poem About Roots, 2019
- Shami, Wafa, Olive Harvest in Palestine: A Story of Childhood Memories, 2019
- Smith, Grant, The Israel Lobby Enters State Government: Rise of the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, 2019
Added 1/13/2020 - Part VI
Books:
- Bacevich, Andrew J., The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory, 2020
- Mattis, James & Bing West, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, 2019
- "12 days, two flights and two crucial mistakes" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "Africa: Hoping for a big dam deal" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "Middle East: A new sultan after 50 years" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "Europe: Salvini's moment could be coming" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "Israel's elections: Netanyahu's bad day" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
- "FBI spied on Chinese students and scientists"on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 13, 2020
Added 1/13/2020 - Part V
Articles:
- "Trump’s 'WMD' Scandal? Was the Charge of 'Imminent' Soleimani Attack Just Made Up?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 13, 2020
- "The Emperor’s Clothes: The Absurdity of the US-Iran Conflict" by Bahman Fozouni on "Informed Comment," Jan 13, 2020
- "The European Union must Stop Mimicking Trump on Iran: DiEM25 should call on Brussels to live up to its own Responsibilities" by Arturo Desimone on "Informed Comment," Jan 13, 2020
- "How the President Became a Drone Bomber: From Obama to Trump, from Afghanistani to Soleimani" by Allegra Harpootlian on "TomDispatch," Jan 12, 2020
- "Trump Admin. declares US an Occupying Power in Iraq, Puts US Troops in Jeopardy by Refusing to Leave" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 12, 2020
- "All the Ways Trump’s Attack on Gen. Soleimani Violated International and Iraqi Law" by David Mednicoff on"Informed Comment," Jan 12, 2020
- "All the Times the US allied with Gen. Soleimani against Common Enemies, giving him Air Support at Tikrit" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 11, 2020
- "Trump’s Killing of Gen. Soleimani evokes Dark Themes of Martyrdom in Shiite Islam" by Deina Abdelkader on "Informed Comment," Jan 11, 2020
Added 1/13/2020 - Part IV
Articles:
- "Americans re: Iran: A Reckless Trump has made us Less Safe, and Congress Should Rein him in" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 10, 2020
- "Yemen’s Shock Therapy: How the Peace Process Has Been Jump-started by Transformative Acts of Aggression" by Elan Katz on "Informed Comment," Jan 10, 2020
- "Trump Doesn’t Have a Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "War in the Disinformation Era" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "MBZ’s Wealth of Ambition" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "How to Judge the Soleimani Strike" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "Shale 2.0?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 10, 2020
- "Trump Backs Down, But Iran Conflict is Still a Landmine" by Reese Erlich on "48hills," Jan 10, 2020
Added 1/13/2020 - Part III
- "10 Ways Trump's Actions Against Iran Hurt the US, the Region, and the World" by Medea Benjamin & Nicolas J S Davies on "Common Dreams," Jan 10, 2020
- "Russia and Syrian independence" by Radwan Zyada on "Middle East Monitor," Jan 10, 2020
- "We Can Do it: In 10 Years, even Tory Britain Dumped Coal and went to 21% Wind" by Grant Wilson, Iain Staffell and Noah Godfrey on "Informed Comment," Jan 10, 2020
- "The Global War of Error. No, That’s Not a Typo." by Tom Engelhardt on "TomDispatch," Jan 9, 2020
- "'Don’t Close your Eyes, American Troops in Iraq' – Provoked by Trump’s Crazed attack, Shiite Militias Threaten US Military" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 9, 2020
- "War Criminal in the White House" by Dan Dinello on "Informed Comment," Jan 9, 2020
- "Who Killed the Knapp Family?" By Nicholas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn in "The New York Times," Jan 9, 2020
- "Congress: War Profiteering Is Real. We Need to End It." by Sarah Anderson on "OtherWords," Jan 7, 2020
Added 1/13/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "A Report Card on the American Project: The 'Revolution of ’89' Reassessed" Andrew Bacevich on "TomDispatch," Jan 7, 2020
- "America’s First Test After the Soleimani Strike" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "How to Prevent a War With Iran" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "Is the Middle East Safer Without America?" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "Meanwhile, Things Are Going Well in Ukraine" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "Australia and the ‘Pyrocene Era’" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 7, 2020
- "Ripples of the Soleimani strike" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
- "How the Iran crisis turns to war" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
Added 1/13/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Pompeo not (interested) in Kansas anymore" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
- "Latin America: Locking out Guaidó" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
- "China news roundup: Taiwan, Hong Kong, King Kong" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 6, 2020
- "The Soleimani Strike Was Trump’s Michael Corleone Moment" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 6, 2020
- "The Backlash: Nukes, War, and a New Drone Precedent?" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 6, 2020
- "Opportunities Squandered, and the End of America in Iraq?" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 6, 2020
- "What Soleimani’s Death Changes for Iran" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 6, 2020
- "What the Strike Says About Trump" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 6, 2020
Added 1/10/2020 (post-meeting)
Articles:
- "Australia: Bushfire crisis triggers mass protests" on "DW (Deutsche Welle)," Jan 10, 2020
- "Project for the New American Century" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
Added 1/10/2020 (pre-meeting)
Articles:
- "Iran plane crash: Western powers suggest missile downed jet" on "BBC News," Jan 10, 2020
- "Video appears to show moment Ukraine plane hit over Iran" on "Al Jazeera," Jan 9, 2020
- "Iranian Blood Is on Our Hands, Too" by Geraldine Brooks in "The New York Times," Jan 8, 2020
Added 1/9/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "Soleimani and the strategic impact of US sanctions on Iran" by Ben Piven on "Al Jazeera" Jan 9, 2020
- "More than bricks: How international law protects cultural sites" by Mia Swart on "Al Jazeera" Jan 9, 2020
- "The Miseries of being a Hyper-Power: How America Squandered its Cold War Victory" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "Informed Comment," Jan 8, 2020
- "Trump has Conducted a War on Iran for 19 Months; Iran finally Hit Back" by Juan Cole on "Informd Comment," Jan 8, 2020
- "Crisis Averted?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 8, 2020
- "A Nuclear Red Line" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 8, 2020
- "Helping the Hardliners" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 8, 2020
- "Should the US Just Leave?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 8, 2020
- "America’s New Feudalism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 8, 2020
Added 1/9/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Iraqi Parliament Resolves to Kick Out US Troops, and Trump Threatens Mother of All Sanctions" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 6, 2020
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. should brace for Iran to cross red lines in cyberspace, experts warn" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," Jan 6, 2020
- "Trump threatens to strike Iranian cultural sites and impose ‘very big’ sanctions on Iraq as tensions rise" by Seung Min Kim and Philip Rucker in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
- "Elevating Guns to an Even Higher Authority" cartoon by Tom Toles in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
- "Why Lying About an Imminent Attack Would Matter" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
- "Pompeo's Arrogant Dismissal of Unintended Consequences" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
- "The Pompeo Flop" by James Downie in "The Washington Post," Jan 5, 2020
Added 1/5/2020
Articles:
- "Making America Hated Again: Tens of Thousands of Iraqis Chant 'Death to America' at Soleimani Funeral in Baghdad" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 5, 2020
- "Trump’s Soleimani Assassination: It’s All about the Oil" by Reese Erlich on "Informed Comment," Jan 5, 2020
- "Australia’s Climate Apocalypse: Wildfires Kill half a Billion Animals, produce Smoke Cloud as Big as United States" by By Teo Blašković on "Informed Comment," Jan 5, 2020
- "When Jews and Christians Believed in the Qur’an" by Emran El-Badawi on "Informed Comment," Jan 5, 2020
Added 1/4/2020 - Part III
Articles:
- "Trump Unites Iran and Iraq...against the United States" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 4, 2020
- "Letters from an American: January 2, 2020" by Heather Cox Richardson, Jan 3, 2020
- "The Killing of Qassem Suleimani Is Tantamount to an Act of War" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Jan 3, 2020
- "Killing Iran’s Qassem Soleimani changes the game in the Middle East" by Daniel Byman on "Vox," Jan 2, 2020
- "Turkish troops in Libya's proxy war" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "U.S. ready to use force against Iran: Esper" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "Australia’s fires intensify" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
Added 1/4/2020 - Part II
Articles:
- "Netanyahu wants immunity" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "Africa news roundup: Cash, troops and corruption" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "Red notice for fugitive car boss" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "A tire titan in West Africa" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Jan 2, 2020
- "The Decade We Changed Our Minds" by Charles M. Blow in "The New York Times," Dec 29, 2019
- "Cybersecurity Experts Are Leaving the Federal Government. That’s a Problem." by Josephine Wolffin "The New York Times," Dec 19, 2019
- "The Rest of the World Does Impeachment Better" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Dec 18, 2019
- "The Populists Aren’t Done Yet" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Dec 18, 2019
Added 1/4/2020 - Part I
Articles:
- "Is a Financial War Next?" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Dec 18, 2019
- "The World Made Huge Strides in the 2010s" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Dec 18, 2019
- "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War" by Craig Whitlock in "The Washington Post, Dec 9, 2019
- "See How the World’s Most Polluted Air Compares With Your City’s" by Nadja Popovich, Blacki Migliozzi, Karthik Patanjali, Anjali Singhvi and Jon Huang in "The New York Times," Dec 2, 2019
- "Could Politics Be Fairer? Two New Books Say Yes" by Ari Berman, in "The New York Times," Dec 11, 2010, a review of They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy by Lawrence Lessig and The Great Democracy: How to Fix Our Politics, Unrig the Economy, and Unite America by Ganesh Sitaraman
- Lessig, Lawrence, They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy, 2019
- Sitaraman, Ganesh, The Great Democracy: How to Fix Our Politics, Unrig the Economy, and Unite America, 2019
Added 12/13/19
Articles:
- "The Politics of Exhaustion" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Dec 12, 2019
- "British Politics, Remade?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "Maybe US Education Isn’t So Terrible" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "For Capitalism to Survive, Does Taxation Need to Change?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "Why Trade Wars Are Bad News for Asia’s Emerging Economies" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "Does the Saudi IPO Mask a Lack of Reform?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 12, 2019
- "U.K. Elections Explained: What to Know as Britain Votes" by Megan Specia on "The New York Times," Dec 11, 2019
- Chayes, Sarah, Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security, 2015
- "Election results 2019: Boris Johnson holds Uxbridge seat" on "BBC News," Dec 12, 2019 - Spoiler alert: He trounced Lord Buckethead & Count Binface
Added 12/11/19
Articles:
- "Algeria’s election is a vote few actually want" by Ishaan Tharoor with Ruby Mellen in "The Washington Post," Dec 11, 2019
- "Lessons Not Learned in Afghanistan" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "Should Trump Just Ignore the Impeachment Articles?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "How Will the UK Plan Its Post-Brexit Economy?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "Have the Tax Cuts and Trade War Jolted the US Economy, or Slowed It Down?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "Forced to Choose Between China and the US, Will Asian Countries Pick Japan?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 11, 2019
- "Greenland’s ice losses have septupled and are now in line with its highest sea-level scenario, scientists say" by Chris Mooney in "The Washington Post," Dec 10, 2019
- "Was Pensacola Shooter part of a terrorist Cell inside Saudi Officer Corps?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Dec 8, 2019
- "Why Americans are staying put" by Thomas Cooke in "The Press Herald," Dec 8, 2019
- "Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise" by Anu Partanen & Trevor Corson in "The New York Times," Dec 7, 2019
- "Saying No to Trump’s Troops" by Jorge Ramos in "The New York Times," Dec 6, 2019
Added 12/6/19 -Part III
Articles:
- "The GOP Is Now the Party of State Planning and Crony Capitalism" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 6, 2019
- "The New China Scare" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 6, 2019
- "Britain’s ‘Nightmare’ Election" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 6, 2019
- "Why Trump’s NATO Visit Stings" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 5, 2019
- "Saudi Arabia Pulls It Off" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 5, 2019
- "Could Iran’s Regime Fall?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 5, 2019
- "Is America About to Kill the WTO?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 5, 2019
- "French President Macron Is Right, NATO Is Brain Dead Without U.S. Leadership" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
Added 12/6/19 -Part II
Articles:
- "Background And Consequences Of Protests In Iran: A Look From Within" by Amir Delshad on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Netanyahu And Trump, Joined At The Hip" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Netanyahu’s Real Crimes" by James Zogby on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Can The Iran Crisis Be A Blessing In Disguise For Europe?" by Eldar Mamedov on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Iran Isn’t A ‘Unitary State,’ Domestic Politics Play A Role In Its Foreign Policy" by Jalil Bayat on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Impeachment And Its Lessons About Patriotism" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Revolution From The Outside-In: The Periphery Has Taken Center Stage In The Arab Revolts Of The 2010s" by Eian Katz on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Saudi Arabia’s Paradigm Shift In Dealing With Yemen’s Houthis" by Khalid Al-Karimi on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
Added 12/6/19 -Part I
Articles:
- "Trump’s Sanctions Have Solidified The IRGC’s Economic Empire" by Shervin Ghaffari on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Learning the Right Lessons from Protests in Iran" by International Crisis Group on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi’s India" by Dexter Filkins on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "White House Lifts Mysterious Hold on Military Aid to Lebanon" by Catie Edmondson & Edward Wong on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Erdogan to hold up NATO plan unless allies recognize terror threats against Turkey" by Diego Cupolo on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "HRW's Omar Shakir pledges to continue work after Israel expulsion" by Al Jazeera on "Lobe Log: Update," Dec 4, 2019
- "Russia and China's ominous new friendship" by David A. Andelman on "CNN," Dec 3, 2019
Added 12/1/19
Articles:
- "The unsettled future of sand" by Jacob Knutsen on "Axios," Dec 1, 2019
- "It’s hard to be an optimist about America right now" by Fareen Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Nov 28, 2019
- "The Real Meaning of the Brexit Debate" by Ferdinand Mount in "The New York Times Book Review," Nov 8, 2019 (in print as "Paranoid England" on Dec 1, 2019), a review of The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism by Fintan O'Toole
- O'Toole, Fintan, The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism, 2019
Added 11/26/19
Articles:
- "‘Bleak’ U.N. Report on a Planet in Peril Looms Over New Climate Talks" by Somini Sengupta in "The New York Times," Nov 26, 2019
- "‘There’s something terribly wrong’: Americans are dying young at alarming rates" by Joel Achenbach in "The Washngton Post," Nov 26, 2019
- "Can The Iran Crisis Be A Blessing in Disguise for Europe?" by Eldar Mamedov on "Lobe Log," Nov 26, 2019
- "As Long as the World Is Stable, Impeachment Will Be a Steep Climb" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 26, 2019
- "Middle East Geopolitics Go Nuclear" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 26, 2019
- "Why the US Military Doesn’t Need to Go to Mexico" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 26, 2019
- "As Europe Seeks Direction, Where Is Germany?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 26, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. officials fret about hacking by a new generation of nations" by Joseph Marks in "The Washington Post," Nov 26, 2019
- "When They Included Impeachment, the Founders Had Foreign Policy in Mind" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
- "Hong Kong Votes to Give Xi Trouble" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
- "The Liberal Order Runs Aground in Ukraine" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
- "What Syria’s War Has Meant for Women" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 25, 2019
Added 11/25/19
Article:
- "Children of Poor Immigrants Rise, Regardless of Where They Come From" by Emily Badger in "The New York Times: The Upshot," Oct 28, 2019
Added 11/22/19
Article:
- "A Former Fox News Executive Divides Americans Using Russian Tactics" by Nicole Perlroth in "The New York TImes," Nov 21, 2019
- "Frozen in Place: Americans Are Moving at the Lowest Rate on Record" by Sabrina Tavernise in "The New York Times," Nov 20, 2019
- "The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 2, 2019
- The Newsroom (2012-2014) - a newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
Added 11/21/19
Articles:
- "Explainer: What are the allegations against Israel's Netanyahu?" on "Al Jazeera," Nov 21, 2019
- "Fox Analyst Shows Republicans How to Handle Sondland’s Incriminating Testimony" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "For Ukraine, US Assistance Isn’t Everything" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "America’s Economy Isn’t the Most Competitive" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "Is ISIS Better Off Without Baghdadi?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
- "A GPS Mystery in Shanghai" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 20, 2019
Added 11/20/19
Articles:
- "The Cybersecurity 202: The White House needs a 5G czar to win the race to secure next-generation networks, senators warn" by Joseph Marks in "The Washington Post," Nov 20, 2019
- "After US Announcement, Are More Settlements on the Way?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "Why the US-China Relationship Is So Contentious" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "The $90 Trillion Cost of Borders" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "Global Trade Is on a Collision Course With Global Warming" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 19, 2019
- "Trump's green light for Israeli settlements" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Pompeo declines to defend his diplomats" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Clashes in Hong Kong" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Big leak No. 1: China's crackdown on the Uighurs" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Big leak No. 2: Iran's influence-building in Iraq" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
- "Eastern Europe: Oligarchs, reform and turmoil" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Nov 18, 2019
Added 11/7/19
Article:
- "The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland" by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," Nov 2, 2019
Added 11/7/19
Article:
- "Democracy Countries 2019" on "World Population Review," Nov 4, 2019 (Click here for a printable summary created by Judi Stoy)
Added 11/6/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Baghdadi’s Legacy: Violence as a Meme" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "What a ‘Sinocentric’ World Order Might Look Like" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "Russia: A Bona Fide Middle East Power?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019 on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "The (Newly Urgent) Case for Bringing Terrorists Home" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "How America Can Win the Next Great-Power War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 31, 2019
- "Nord Stream 2: Go-ahead for Russian gas pipeline angers Ukraine" on "BBC News," Oct 31, 2019
Added 11/6/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "How Important Was Baghdadi?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "Millennials Want the End of Politics as We Know It" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "In Lebanon, the Old Order Cracks" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "Why China’s Slowdown Will Be a Problem for Everyone" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "Will Hong Kong Become a Police State?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 29, 2019
- "Is a new Arab Spring unfolding in the Middle East?" by Jeremy Bowen on "BBC News," Oct 29, 2019
- "Trump Pours More Misery On Iranians He’s Claiming To Support" by Tyler Cullis on "Lobe Log," Oct 27, 2019
Added 10/25/19
Article:
- "On Russia’s Vast Frontier, Lots of Free Land and Few Takers" by Ann M. Simmons in "The Wall Street Journal," Oct 24, 2019
- "Family and tribal members plead for posthumous pardon for Don Gellers" by Colin Woodard in "The Press Herald," Oct 17, 2019
Added 10/23/19
Articles:
- "A Hungarian Grudge and Trump’s Impeachment" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2019
- "Lebanon Joins the Mass-Protest Club" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2019
- "Migrants Are Trying to Survive" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2019
- "We Don’t Know How Much Global Warming Will Cost" on Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2019
- "Blaming Victims, Trump attacks Syrian Kurds as 'Communists,' 'No Angels' PKK as worse than ISIL" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 17, 2019
- "Socialism doesn’t work? An emerging middle class of Bolivians would beg to differ." by Anthony Faiola in "The Washington Post," Oct 16, 2019
- "Western sanctions and their impact on Russian oil and gas projects" by Sergei Lazarev & Sergey Parinov on "Sakhalin Oil and Gas," Sept 2, 2019
- "Western Sanctions on Russia’s Oil and Gas Sector: a Damage Assessment" by Tatiana Mitrova on "Carnegie Moscow Center," July 25, 2018
Added 10/16/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Is America’s Friendship for Sale?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "An Eastern Thaw" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "The Lesson of Syria: Too Many Allies?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "The World Seeks a New Financial Leader" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2019
- "A ‘Fiasco’ in Syria?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
- "The Turkish Perspective" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
- "Is the Trade Deal Fake?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
- "Trump’s Middle East Bungling" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2019
Added 10/16/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "The U.S. Turned Syria’s North Into a Tinderbox. Then Trump Lit a Match." by Max Fisher in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," Oct 16, 2019
- "Iran’s View on Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring" by Giorgio Cafiero on "Lobe Log," Oct 14, 2019
- "Dig Beneath the World’s Far-Right Governments — You’ll Find Fossil Fuels" by Basav Sen on "Informed Comment," Oct 13, 2019
- "Russia’s Africa summit is the latest step in its resurgence as a global power on the continent" by Joe Penney on "QuartzAfrica," Oct 11, 2019
- "Tinker, Tailor, Writer, Spy" by Tobias Grey in "The New York Times," Oct 15, 2019, a review of John le Carré's Agent Running in the Field: A Novel
- le Carré, John, Agent Running in the Field: A Novel, 2019
Added 10/12/19
Articles:
- "Can Russia Play Persian Gulf Mediator?" by Samuel Ramani on "Lobe Log," Oct 11, 2019
- "Laying the ‘Islamist’ bogeyman to rest" by Andreas Krieg on "Lobe Log," Oct 10, 2019
For the discussion of "Criminal (In)Justice" on Friday, October 11:
- "Seattle Has Figured Out How to End the War on Drugs" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Aug 23, 2019
- "Larry Krasner’s Campaign to End Mass Incarceration" by Jennifer Gonnerman in "The New Yorker," Oct 29, 2018
- "Would You Trust the Police Officer Who Writes ‘It’s a Good Day for a Chokehold’?" by Chiraag Bains and Kyle C. Barry in "The New York Times," July 15, 2019
- "The Christian Case for Marijuana" by Jonathan Merritt in "The New York Times," June 20, 2019
- "When We Kill" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," June 14, 2019
- "The Stanford Prison Experiment" by Saul McLeod in "Simply Psychology," Sept 16, 2018
- "A Study of Prisoners and Guards in a Simulated Prison" by Craig Haney, Curtis Banks and Phillip Zimbardo in "Naval Research Reviews," Sept 1973
- Alexander, Michelle, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, 2012
- Bazelon, Emily, Charged: The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration, 2019
- Woodfox, Albert, Solitary - Unbroken by four decades in Solitary confinement. My story of transformation and hope., 2019
Added 10/9/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Four maps that explain the Turkish offensive in north-east Syria" on "BBC News," Oct 9, 2019
- "Turkey launches ground offensive in northern Syria" on "BBC News," Oct 9, 2019
- "A Perfect Storm for an ISIS Comeback?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 8, 2019
- "In Its Wave of Protests, Iraq Faces a New Challenge" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 8, 2019
- "Democracy’s Newest Competitor: Digital Authoritarianism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 8, 2019
- "China Is Beating Trump at the Tariff Game" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 8, 2019
- "The Real Cover-Up: Putting Donald Trump’s Impeachment in Context" by Andrew J. Bacevich om "Tom DIspatch," Oct 8, 2019
- "Trump moves out of Erdoğan's way in Syria" on Dave Lawler's "Axios World," Oct 7, 2019
- "Viewpoints on Trump's Syria move" on Dave Lawler's "Axios World," Oct 7, 2019
Added 10/9/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Chinese influence: The Rockets' offense" on Dave Lawler's "Axios World," Oct 7, 2019
- "The national security costs of impeachment" on Dave Lawler's "Axios World," Oct 7, 2019
- "Pope Francis considers the Amazon, and married priests" on Dave Lawler's "Axios World," Oct 7, 2019
- "In the path of the coming storms" on Dave Lawler's "Axios World," Oct 7, 2019
- "Trump Betrays the Kurds" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 7, 2019
- "America Misses the Free-Trade Wave" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 7, 2019
- "Get Ready for China to Rule the Internet" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 7, 2019
- "Stop Saying ‘THE’ Ukraine!" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 7, 2019
- "Turkey Plans Attack on Syrian Kurds" by Reese Erlich on "Lobe Log," Oct 6, 2019
Added 10/4/19 - Part III
Articles:
- "Radical warming in Siberia leaves millions on unstable ground" by Anton Troianovski & Chris Mooney with photo & video by Michael Robinson Chavez in "The Washington Post," Oct 3, 2019
- "Will Impeachment Change Trump’s Foreign Policy?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "Khamenei: The Opposite of Trump" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "Death of the ‘Third Way’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "With Japan, Trump Achieves ‘TPP-Minus’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "The Middle East’s Explosive Landscape" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 3, 2019
- "A warning of nuclear war over Kashmir" on "Axios World," Oct 3, 2019
- "Kashmir part II: The view from Washington" on "Axios World," Oct 3, 2019
Added 10/4/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Protests around the world" on "Axios World," Oct 3, 2019
- "South America: Too many presidents in Peru" on "Axios World," Oct 3, 2019
- "Trump-Ukraine drama hits U.S. foreign policy" on "Axios World," Oct 3, 2019
- "Data du jour: Good news, bad news" on "Axios World," Oct 3, 2019
- "Has Trump Endangered Intelligence Sharing?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 2, 2019
- "Huawei and ‘Weaponized Globalization’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 2, 2019
- "Mao and Stalin Are Back" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 2, 2019
- "Another Kind of ‘Foreign Influence’?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 2, 2019
Added 10/4/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Why Conservatives Should Embrace Globalism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 2, 2019
- "Emails Suggest UAE and Saudi Arabia Funded U.S.-Based Anti-Iran Pressure Group" by Eli Clifton on "Lobe Log," Oct 1, 2019
- "Hunter Biden’s Perfectly Legal, Socially Acceptable Corruption" by Sarah Chayes in "The Atlantic," Sept 27, 2019
- "Trump’s Behavior Is Part of a Global Trend" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Trump, Ukraine, and America’s Polarized Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Will Russia Change the Middle East?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "Heading Toward Conflict in Taiwan" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
- "ISIS’s Tenuous Inroads in Southeast Asia" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 27, 2019
Added 09/27/19
Books:
- McCullough, David, The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, 2019
- Vance, J.D., Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, 2016
For discussion of "American Nations" on Fridays, September 13 & 27
On the "American Nations" webpage of Colin Woodard's website (www.colinwoodward.com) there are many links to other related material.
Map: Articles:
Map: Articles:
- "The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line" by Colin Woodard in "The New York Times," July 30, 2018
- "No, the Divide in American Politics Is Not Rural vs. Urban, and Here’s the Data to Prove It" by Colin Woodard on "Medium.com," Nov 8, 2017
- "‘American Nations’ by Colin Woodard, a study of our ‘rival regional cultures’" by Alec MacGillis in "The Washington Post," Nov 18, 2011
- "Life May Differ In Your Region" by Michael Barone in "The Wall Street Journal," Oct 10, 2011
- "American Nations" by Jennifer Miller in "CS Monitor," Nov, 7, 2011
- "Colin Woodard’s ‘Eleven Nations’ Shows a Less Than United States" by Steve Kettmann on "Daily Beast," Nov 5, 2011 (updated July 1, 2017)
- "Colin Woodard: Understanding America's Divisions" by Jonathan P. Smith on "Maine Calling" on "Maine Public," Aug 14, 2018
Added 09/25/19 - Part III
Articles:
- "A Destructive Civil War Lurks In Yemen’s South" by Khalid Al-Kharimi on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "The Persian Gulf Crisis: Beyond The Carter Doctrine" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Persian Gulf Stability Requires Realism And Compromise" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "What Do Iranian Human Rights Activists Want From The West?" by Nader Hashemi on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Is Iran’s Economy Sliding?" by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Israeli Elections: Round 2" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Why Ayatollah Khamenei Has Blocked Negotiation With The U.S." by Kayhan Barzegar on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Protecting Americans’ Right To Boycott Israel Is More Important Than Ever" by Laila Ujayli on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Playing the security card: Israeli Policy in Hebron as Means to Effect Forcible Transfer of Local Palestinians" by B'Tselem on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
Added 09/25/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Greta Thunberg Delivered A Powerful Speech And Then Shot Trump A Death Stare At The UN Climate Summit" by Ellie Hall & Zahra Hirji on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "I Wrote About the Bidens and Ukraine Years Ago. Then the Right-Wing Spin Machine Turned the Story Upside Down" by James Risen on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Netanyahu’s exit could make it harder to fight occupation from the outside" by Aron Keller on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Trump’s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk" by Daniel Falcone on "Lobe Log Update," Sept 25, 2019
- "Ukraine in a Bind" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Sept 25, 2019
- "Has the Next Middle East War Already Begun?" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Sept 25, 2019
- "Can Autocrats Fight Global Warming?" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Sept 25, 2019
- "Will The Trade War Shift to Oil?" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Sept 25, 2019
- "Did the US Sleep Through the Arctic Thaw?" on Fareed's Global Briefing, Sept 25, 2019
Added 09/25/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Climate change: UN panel signals red alert on 'Blue Planet'" by Matt McGrath on "BBC News," Sept 25, 2019
- "Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report" by Zak Doffman in "Forbes," Sept 24, 2019
- "Giuliani pursued shadow Ukraine agenda as key foreign policy officials were sidelined" in "The Washington Post," Sept 24, 2019
- "What the Ukraine Scandal Means for Everyone Else" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "Johnson’s Rebuke" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "The Most Dangerous Moment of Trump’s Presidency" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "Responding to the Saudi Attacks: A Middle Road?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "Global Economic ‘Chicken’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 24, 2019
- "Greta Thunberg's Speech At The U.N. Climate Action Summit" on "NPR," Sept 23, 2019
- Greta Thunberg's Speech At The U.N. Climate Action Summit on "PBS News Hour," Sept 23, 2019
Added 09/23/19 - Part III
- "The Whistleblower Story: Institutional Flaws and Ukraine’s Predicament" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "Trump at the UN: Alone Again" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "Is the End Near for China’s Communist Party?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "The Return of Nukes" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 23, 2019
- "From Baghdad to Kabul: One Officer’s Journey from True Believer in our Forever Wars to Dissident Veteran" by Danny Sjursen on "Informed Comment," Sept 23, 2019
- "Iran Reacts to Developments in the Kashmir Valley" by Giorgio Cafiero on "Lobe Log," Sept 20, 2019
Added 09/23/19 - Part II
- "Fareed: The Central Flaw in Trump’s Iran Strategy" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 20, 2019
- "What the Whistleblower Story Reveals About Intelligence Oversight" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 20, 2019
- "The Next Wave of Climate Action: Pressure the Banks" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 20, 2019
- "The US Has Fought Iran’s Enemies" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 20, 2019
- "Is the Next Terrorist Threat Already Brewing?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 20, 2019
- "Reflections on 'Peace' in Afghanistan" by Andrew Bacevich on "Lobe Log," Sept 18, 2019
Added 09/23/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "The Emperor’s New-Old Nuclear Clothes" by Helena Cobban on "Lobe Log," Sept 18, 2019
- "What the Saudi Attacks Reveal About the Middle East" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
- "...And About the United States" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 20192019
- "Will Netanyahu Hang On?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
- "In Time for Its Anniversary, Maoism Has Returned to China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
- "An Answer to Populism: More Referenda?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 18, 2019
Added 09/17/19
Articles:
- "Trump Has been Waging a Brutal War on Iran for over a Year, in Alliance with Saudi Arabia & Israel" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 17, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: North Korea’s hackers accused of blurring lines between spies and criminals" by Joseph Marks on "The WashingtonPost: PowerPost," Sept 16, 2019
- "The Days of One-Way Pain Are Over" by Gary Sick on "Lobe Log," Sept 16, 2019
- "Donald Trump: The Face of Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Campaign" by H. Scott Prosterman on "Informed Comment," Sept 14, 2019
- "‘Emperor has no Clothes:’ Trump asked of Egypt’s al-Sisi, ‘Where’s my Favorite Dictator?’" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 14, 2019
- "Israel caught by FBI electronically Spying on Trump, White House" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 13, 2019
Added 09/13/19 - Part II
Book:
- Vance, J.D., Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, 2016
Added 09/13/19 - Part I (pre-session)
Articles:
- "Netanyahu Openly Boasts About Stealing vast Swathes of Palestine, but US Pols Won’t Acknowledge It" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 12, 2019
- "Challenging the World Order: Erdogan Wants Right to Develop Nuclear Weapons" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Sept 12, 2019
- "In search of safe havens" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "This isn't going away" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "Israel denies spying on White House" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "China: Rust belt blues" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "Three takes on Bolton's ouster" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
- "The cost of an Airbnb" on David Lawler's "Axios World," Sept 12, 2019
Added 09/10/19
Articles:
- "The Catastrophic Tenure of John Bolton" by Joseph Cirincione on "Lobe Log," Sept 11, 2019
- "The CIA's Secret Quest For Mind Control: Torture, LSD And A 'Poisoner In Chief'" on "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross on "NPR," Sept 9, 2019
- "Uzbekistan Is The Hidden Gem in China's New Silk Road" by Rainer Michael Priess in "Forbes," Sept 9, 2019
Added 09/09/19
Articles:
- "Is Iran Abnormal?" by Mohammad Ataie on "Lobe Log," Sept 9, 2019
- "Israeli PM Netanyahu’s Himalayan Miscalculation on Iran: Bringing China into the Mideast" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 8, 2019
Added 09/08/19 - Part V
Articles:
- "Burning Down the House" by John Feffer on "Lobe Log," Sept 7, 2019
- "China Defies Trump on Iran Big time with $400 bn Belt-and-Road Investment, 5000 Security Personnel*" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 7, 2019
- "America Is Losing the Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 6, 2019
- "Fareed: The End of the Tories" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 6, 2019
- "Mugabe’s Mixed Legacy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 6, 2019
- "Syria’s Tragic Endgame" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 6, 2019
- "A Dirty Road to Clean Energy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing, Sept 6, 2019
- "Twilight of the Populists?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
Added 09/08/19 - Part IV
Articles:
- "Britain’s Next Election: An Ugly Campaign and a Different Tory Party" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
- "In Afghanistan, the Real Peace Talks Loom" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
- "Precarious Asia" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
- "Information Warfare Is Here to Stay" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 5, 2019
- "Protest: The King Is Dead, Long Live the King" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Sept 5, 2019
- "Syria war: Turkey warns Europe of new migrant wave" on "BBC News," Sept 5, 2019
- "Despite Brexit Chaos, UK’s Democracy Is Working" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "Too Little, Too Late in Hong Kong?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
Added 09/08/19 - Part III
Articles:
- "Piketty: Inequality Is Ideological" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "In Trump’s Iran Policy, Israel Supplies the Teeth" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "Off Balance in the Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 4, 2019
- "U.S. military carried out secret cyberstrike on Iran to prevent it from interfering with shipping" by Ellen Nakashima & Paul Sonne in "The Washington Post," Aug 28, 2019
- "If Trump wants to meet Iran’s Rouhani, both allies and enemies will stand in his way" by Adam Taylor in "The Washington Post," Aug 28, 2019
- "Saudi Arabia and the UAE Fund Academia with Strings Attached" by Jonathan Fenton-Harvey on "Lobe Log," Aug 28, 2019
Added 09/08/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "It’s Time to Indict Aung San Suu Kyi for Genocide Against the Rohingya in Myanmar" by Mehdi Hasan on "Lobe Log Update: Noteworthy," Aug 28, 2019
- "In a Major Shift, South Korea Defies Its Alliance With Japan" by Tim Shorrock on "Lobe Log Update: Noteworthy," Aug 28, 2019
- "Boris Johnson goes nuclear with a plan to sideline parliament. The no-deal rebels need a nuclear response" by Andrew Grice on "Lobe Log Update: Noteworthy," Aug 28, 2019
- "The decades-old war on Palestinian workers" by Ramzy Baroud on "Lobe Log Update: Noteworthy," Aug 28, 2019
- "Democratic Voters Have Known For Some Time What Some Liberals Are Just Now Coming To Terms With: Israel Is An Occupier" by James Zogby on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Israel Uses Its Firepower, Far and Wide" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "The Houthi-Hezbollah Surrogate Nexus" by Giorgio Cafiero on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Trump’s Anti-Semitism Spawns Dangerous Reactions" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
Added 09/08/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "The Trump Administration Has Criminalized The Iranian Economy" by Tyler Cullis on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "GOP’s Biggest Donors Laid Groundwork For Trump And Netanyahu’s Targeting Of Muslim Congresswomen" by Eli Clifton on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "The Dogs Of War That Have Not Barked" by Helena Cobban on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Trump’s Middle East Communications Theater" by Sam Bahour on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Barring Members Of Congress From Israel-Palestine" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Violence In Aden Tests Emirati-Saudi Alliance" by Giorgio Cafiero and Dr. Khalid al-Jaber on "Lobe Log Update," Aug 28, 2019
- "Nobody Can Be 'Comfortable' with Regime Change Involving MEK" by Massoud & Anne Khodabandeh on "Lobe Log," Aug 22, 2019
- "What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?" by Miranda Carter in "The New Yorker," June 6, 2018
Added 08/23/19
Articles:
- "South Korea and Japan's feud explained" on "BBC News," Aug 23, 2019
- "Economic Antidote for a Shrinking America: Immigrants" by Patricia Cohen in "The New York Times," Aug 22, 2019
- "Trump’s new immigration rule: Not just immoral — also stupid" by Yvonne Abraham in "The Boston Globe," Aug 17, 2019
- "Boris Johnson Love Bombs the Other Union" by Therese Raphael on "Bloomberg Opinion," Aug 9, 2019
- Woodard, Colin, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America. New York: Viking Adult, 2011
Added 08/20/19 - Part II
- "‘One Belt One Road’ Is Just a Marketing Campaign" by Eyck Freymann in "The Atlantic," Aug 17, 2019
- "The Wisdom of the UAE’s Retrenchment" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," Aug 13, 2019
- "Yemen separatists say they've seized the key port of Aden" by Sarah El Sirgany & Ivana Kottasová on "CNN," Aug 12, 2019
- "The Global Machine Behind the Rise of Far-Right Nationalism" by Jo Becker in "The New York Times," Aug 10, 2019
- "Like All Tariffs, Trump’s Won’t Work" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "A Less-Autocratic Future for China?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "In Russia, Protesters Suffer Under a State Crackdown" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
Added 08/20/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Does the Persian Gulf Prove Europe Needs America?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "IPCC to World: Eat Less Meat" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Aug 9, 2019
- "Big Chill With China Takes Its Toll On Flow Of Money, People And Ideas" by Emily Feng on NPR," Aug 7, 2019
- "INF nuclear treaty: Nato 'to avoid arms race' after US-Russia pact ends" on "BBC News," Aug 2, 2019
- "All the News Is Bad" by Francis Gooding, a review of The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future (a/k/a The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming) by David Wallace-Wells, in the "London Review of Books," Aug 1, 2019
- Wallace-Wells, David, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming, 2019
Added 08/08/19
Article:
- "Can a New Think Tank Put a Stop to Endless War?" by David Klion in "The Nation," July 29, 2019
Added 08/07/19
Articles:
- "Extreme water stress affects a quarter of the world's population, say experts" by Emily Holden & Vidhi Doshi in "The Guardian," Aug 6, 2019
- "The US-China Trade War: A Timeline" by Dorcas Wong & Alexander Chipman Koty on "China Briefing," Aug 6, 2019 <Article is continually updated as new developments occur.>
- "Guns of August: Can the Middle East escape its '1914 moment'?" by Ishaan Tharoor in "The Washington Post," Aug 5, 2019
- "What the Arab Spring Cost Me" by Nada Bakri in "The New York Times," Aug 3, 2019
- "If Boris Johnson gets his Brexit, it may break the United Kingdom" by Ishaan Tharoor in "The Washington Post," July 31, 2019
Added 07/31/19
Articles:
- "Why the US Doesn’t Need a Strategy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "How to Defuse Tensions With Iran" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "Take It Easy on Credit" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "Is US Military Hardware Out of Date?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "Can China Clean Up Belt and Road?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 29, 2019
- "Guatemala signs migration deal with US after Trump threats" on "BBC News," July 27, 2019
- "Without Political Boycotts, the Civil Rights Movement Might have failed: Congress is gutting Constitution to Protect Israeli War Crimes" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 26, 2019
Added 07/26/19
Books:
- Asimov, Isaac, The Near East: 10,000 Years of History, 1968
- Bronowski, J., The Ascent of Man, 1973
- Diamond, Jared, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, 2005
- McEvedy, Colin - Wikipedia bio and list of publications
- McEvedy, Colin & Woodcock, John, The New Penguin Atlas of Ancient History: Revised Edition, 2003
- Yousafzai, Malala, I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban, 2013
- The Ascent of Man - 13-part series narrated by Jacob Bronowski originally broadcast on BBC (1973)
Added 07/25/19
Articles:
- "Chinese Money in the U.S. Dries Up as Trade War Drags On" by Alan Rappeport in "The New York Times," July 21, 2019.
- "10 things that stopped Brexit happening" by Nick Robinson on "BBC News," July 18, 2019
Added 07/19/19
Maps:
- Kazakhstan Maps in the Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
- "Zarif: Don’t Start a War With Iran" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
- "The New West Berlin" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
- "America’s Energy Independence Won’t Last Forever" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
- "On an Asymmetric Battlefield, US Will Need to Use All It Has" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
- "The ‘Backlash’ Against Xi Jinping" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 17, 2019
Added 07/16/19
Articles:
- "‘To Ask an Arab Student to Internalize This Is a Way of Humiliating Him’" by Henriette Chacar on "Lobe Log," July 16, 2019
- "Why This Narrow Strait Next to Iran Is So Critical to the World’s Oil Supply" by Karl Russell, Denise Lu & Anjali Singhvi in "The New York Times," July 11, 2019
- "Kazakhstan – Between Two Giants" by Nick Kennedy on "International Policy Digest," April 17, 2019
- "Kazakhstan Reaffirms Ties to Russia as It Enters the Final Stage of Leadership Succession" by George Voloshin on "Eurasia Daily Monitor," April 9, 2019
Added 07/12/19
Articles:
- "Turkey defies US as Russian S-400 missile defence arrives" on "BBC News," July 12, 2019
- "War with Iran Would Not Mean Happy Ending for Middle East" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log," July 12, 2019
- "Trump is strangling Iran. It’s sowing resentment across the Middle East." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 12, 2019
- "U.A.E. Pulls Most Forces From Yemen in Blow to Saudi War Effort" by Declan Walsh & David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," July 11, 2019
Added 07/10/19 - Part III
Articles:
- "Wars R Us: Our Best and Brightest have Warned us of Pentagon Propaganda Machine" by William J. Astore on "Informed Comment," July 10, 2019
- "The Next Phase of Trump’s Foreign Policy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "A Glimmer of Hope in Greece" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "Libya Gets Worse" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "What the Developing World Owes China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
- "Disinformation: An ‘Existential Threat’?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 9, 2019
Added 07/10/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "The Ugly Face of America" by Gordan Adams on Lobe Log," July 8, 2019
- "Trump and Barr are crossing another line" by Michael Morell in "The Washington Post," July 5, 2019
- "Israel Systematically Hiding Documents Proving Expulsion, Oppression of Palestinians" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 5, 2019
- "U.S. Military Satellites Likely Cyber Attacked By China Or Russia Or Both: Report" by Zak Doffman on "Forbes," July 5, 2019
- "Why American conservatism failed" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 4,2019
- "Pressure Without a Plan?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019"
Added 07/10/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Gaming Out the US-Iran Standoff" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019
- "The World Faces a Refugee Crisis" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019
- "Don’t Fear the ‘Splinternet’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019
- "Winners and Losers of Regionalization" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," July 2, 2019
- "The Unwritten History of Israel’s Alliance with the Shah’s Dictatorship" by Eitay Mack on "Lobe Log," June 30, 2019
- "The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily" - Click here to sign up for once-a-week national-security-focused edition (and maybe other editions, too)
Added 06/28/19
Articles:
- "Yemen Matters" by Jon B. Alterman on "CSIS" (Center for Strategic & International Studies), April 24, 2018
- "Why it won’t be easy to resolve Yemen’s many wars" by Stacey Philbrick Yadav & Marc Lynch in "The Washington Post," Jan 26, 2018
- Al Shihabi, Ali, The Saudi Kingdom: Between the Jihadi Hammer and the Iranian Anvil, 2015
- Lynch, Marc, The New Arab Wars: Uprisings and Anarchy in the Middle East, 2016
Added 06/27/19
Articles:
- "Istanbul mayoral vote: Is ‘disastrous’ loss beginning of Erdogan’s end?" by Mark Lowen on "BBC News," June 24, 2019
- "More African migrants are trying to enter the US through the Mexican border"by Lekan Oguntoyinbo on "Quartz Africa," by June 23, 2019
- "Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition Ecosystem" - a diagram of organizations serving immigrants in the greater Portland area
Added 06/24/19
Articles:
- "Maine Needed New, Young Residents. African Migrants Began Arriving by the Dozens." by Kate Taylor in "The New York Times," June 23, 2019
- "Saudi Crown Prince Haunted by Ghost of Murdered dissident Journalist Khashoggi" by Hazem Ayyad on "Informed Comment, June 23, 2019
- "In an Emergency, US and Iran Need Ways to Talk" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "The US Has Armed Its Gulf Allies. Now What?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "Eyes on Istanbul" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "Hong Kong’s Protests Remind Us of China’s Fragility" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "‘Digital Authoritarianism’ on the Rise" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 21, 2019
- "Fareed's Global Briefing" by Fareed Zakaria - Click here and scroll down to sign up
- "Axios World" by David Lawler - Posted two evenings a week. Click here to subscribe.
- "The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily" - Click here to sign up for once-a-week national-security-focused edition (and maybe other editions, too)
- "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing" - Click here and search for "Monday Briefing" for current and past posts. Not sure how, or if, you can subscribe.
Added 06/20/19 - Part V
Articles:
- "Yemen conflict: Who controls what" by Alia Chughtai & Faisal Edroos on "Al Jazeera" March 24, 2019
- "Iran’s Role in Yemen and Prospects for Peace" by Gerald M. Feierstein on "Middle East Institute," Dec 6, 2018
- "Where the world's displaced end up" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- Yemen: Political Divisions from Ezilon.com, 2009 (best if printed landscape)
- Yemen: Who Controls What on "Al Jazeera," March 24, 2019
Added 06/20/19 - Part IV
Articles:
- "What the Iran Standoff Reveals About US Power" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 20, 2019
- "Iran takes a big risk" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "With Iran, Trump Is in a Corner" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 19, 2019
- "Trump Is Misleading America into a New War" by Joe Cirincione & Mary Kaszynski on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Iran Has No Good Options In Responding To American Pressures" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "The Maximum Pressure Campaign Presses Toward War" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Iran Has Ties to Al Qaeda, Trump Officials Tell Skeptical Congress" by Edward Wong & Catie Edmondson on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Trump Against Iran" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
Added 06/20/19 - Part III
Articles:
- "The Problem With Annexation" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 20, 2019
- "After 3 years, accusations against Gaza World Vision head remain unproven" by Antony Lowenstein on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "No Palestinians, No Israelis, Maybe Even No Journalists: What’s Left of Kushner’s Bahrain Summit" by Amir Tibon & Noa Landau on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Rapper Talib Kweli Barred From Music Fest Over BDS" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "UN Report Puts MbS in Corner" by Abdulaziz Kilani on "Lobe Log," June 20, 2019
- "Saudi Arabia Is Changing, But Don’t Give MbS All The Credit" by Annelle R. Sheline on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Congress Questions Gulf Arms Sales" by Derek Davison on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
Added 06/20/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Political drama: The view from Moldova" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "The Huawei Ban Has Sparked Chinese Self-Reliance" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 19, 2019
- "China’s Missing Trade-War Leverage" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 19, 2019
- "U.K. leadership: And then there were two" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "Asia roundup: Nukes, drought and protests" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "Remaking Al-Bashir’s Regime In Sudan" by Abdulaziz Kilani on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Sudan’s Suspension From The African Union" by Giorgio Cafiero on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
Added 06/20/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "The age of impunity" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 20, 2019
- "Could Facebook Cause a Banking Crisis?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 20, 2019
- "In Defense of American Restraint" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 20, 2019
- "Can Mid-Sized Powers Save the Day?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 19, 2019
- "Democracy Desperately Needs A Reboot" by John Feffer on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Why Bullying Isn’t Working In Foreign Policy" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
- "Secret Brazil Archive" by The Intercept on "Lobe Log Update," June 19, 2019
Added 06/19/19
Articles:
- "Modern history of Yemen" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "Middle East: Yemen" in "The World Factbook" published by the Central Intelligence Agency [undated]
- "After Yemen vote, question remains: When is the U.S. at war?" by Missy Ryan in "The Washington Post," April 5, 2019
- "Yemen crisis: Why is there a war?" on "BBC News," March 21, 2019
Added 06/17/19
Articles:
- "Sudan’s Transition Crisis: Role of Corruption" by Ambrose Carey on "Lobe Log," June 17, 2019
- "Once Again Pompeo Displays Hopeless Ignorance of Sunni & Shiite, Iran and Taliban" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 16, 2019
- "Iran's Mini-Submarine Fleet Can Sink Warships (Thanks to North Korea)" by Mark Episkopos on "The National Interest," June 15, 2019
- "Donations pour in, volunteers step up to help asylum seekers in Portland" by Peter McGuire in the "Portland Press Herald," June 15, 2019
- "U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid" by David E. Sanger & Nicole Perlroth in "The New York Times," June 15, 2019
Added 06/15/19
Articles:
- "Fate of Saudi Religious Scholars on Death Row" by Giorgio Cafiero on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2019
- "The Maximum Pressure Campaign Presses Toward War" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2019
Added 06/14/19 (during meeting)
Articles:
- "U.S. Special Forces Battle Against ISIS Turns to Containment, and Concern" by Thomas Gibbons-Neff in "The New York Times," June 14, 2019
- "Timeline of Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran" by Kelsey Davenport on "Arms Control Association," May 2019
- "Russia To Construct Iran-India Gas Pipeline, Says Oil Minister" by Tasnim News Agency on "Eurasia Review," Feb 6, 2019
- "Belt & Road Initiative expands China-Iran cooperation" by Li Tianyang on "China Daily," Jan 25, 2019
Added 06/13/19 - Part II
- "America blames Iran" on Mike Allen's "Axios PM," June 13, 2019
- "Iran tensions: A flurry of diplomacy" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "What Makes Iran Look Like an Immediate Threat" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 16, 2019
- "Russia Joins Gulf States in Coaching Sudan’s Military" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," June 13, 2019
- "Hongkongers Fight Beijing's Encroachment" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 12, 2019
- "When Is an Enemy Combatant No Longer an Enemy Combatant?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 12, 2019
- Mazarr, Michael J., Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy, 2019
Added 06/13/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "China, the Internet Behemoth" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 12, 2019
- "Foreign powers fuel Libya’s bloody stalemate" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "Hong Kong rises up against extradition deal" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "Dangerous times for Sri Lanka’s Muslims" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "World news roundup: Former USSR edition" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
- "Rivalry in the Far North" on David Lawler's "Axios World," June 10, 2019
Added 06/11/19
Articles:
- "Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West" by Kathy Gannon (AP) on "ABC News," June 10, 2019
- "How countries can learn from Jordan’s renewable energy pivot" by Robin Mills on "The National," June 10, 2019
- "The Fate of the Palestinians" by Graham E. Fuller on "LobeLog," June 9, 2019
- "White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony calling climate change ‘possibly catastrophic’" by Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey & Brady Dennis in "The Washington Post," June 8, 2019
- "Trump’s Middle East Policy in Tatters" by Emile Nakhleh on "LobeLog," June 7, 2019
- "D-Day’s Precarious Mission" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "Russia Joins the Chinese Tech Wave" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "In the Great Tech Game, Europe Lags Behind" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "Caught Between China and the US" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "The Meaning of ‘Radicalization’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," June 6, 2019
- "Why the U.S. 'Workshop' For Palestinians Will Fail" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog," June 3, 2019
Added 05/23/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "How Narendra Modi has reinvented Indian politics" by Soutik Biswas on "BBC News," May 23, 2019
- "The 'Forever Wars' Enshrined: Visiting mar-SAYLZ" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch," May 23, 2019
- "Anti-Palestinian Hate Speech goes unpunished in Israeli Social Media" by Nadim Nashif on "Informed Comment," May 23, 2019
- "Putin out-prepared Trump in key meeting, Rex Tillerson told House panel" by John Hudson & Josh Dawsey in "The Washington Post," May 22, 2019
- "Dealing with Iran: Today’s Yellow Journalism?" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log"May 20, 2019
- "Steve Bannon Is a Fan of Italy’s Donald Trump" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," May 18, 2019
- "A Power of Our Own" by Elena Ferrante in "The New York Times," May 17, 2019
Added 05/23/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Europe’s Populists Are Contradictory and Divided" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
- "What a Gay Dating App Reveals About Data, Privacy, and US-China Conflict" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
- "Their Milkshakes Bring All the Populists to the Yard" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
- "All the President’s Threats" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
- "America, Iran, and the Great-Power Game" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 21, 2019
Added 05/19/2019
Articles:
- "‘America First’ Means Global Instability" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "America's Unpredictable Escalation With Iran" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "The Risks of Banning Huawei" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "How to View Democracy’s Recession" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 17, 2019
- "Assad just raised the stakes for catastrophe in Syria. Trump is silent." by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post," May 17, 2019
- "Bolton in Wonderland: Will his Iran Warmongering be too Much even for Trump?" by John Feffer on "Informed Comment," May 16, 2019
- "Sending Signals, and Lots of Noise, to Iran" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub on "The New York Times: The Interpreter," May 16, 2019
Added 05/17/2019 during meeting
Articles:
- "What China Threat?" by Kishore Mahbubani in "Harper's," Feb 2019
- "‘Ghosts of Gold Mountain’ and ‘The Chinese & the Iron Road’ Review: Building the Transcontinental Railroad" by Peter Cozzens in "The Wall Street Journal," May 9, 2019
- Brautigam, Deborah, The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, 2010
- Brautigam, Deborah, Will China Feed Africa?, 2015
- Chang, Gordon H. & Fishkin, Shelley Fisher, The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental Railroad, 2019
- Chang, Gordon H., Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad, 2019
Added 05/16/2019
Articles:
- "What Makes Iran Look Like an Immediate Threat" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 16, 2019
- "9 Easy Propaganda steps to War with Iran" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 16, 2019
Added 05/15/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "A Lonely March Toward War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
- "‘Strange Things Are Afoot’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
- "China’s Battery Power" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
- "A Case for Intervening in Venezuela" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
- "Seeing Eye to Eye With China" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 15, 2019
Added 05/15/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Top Ten differences between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 15, 2019
- "A General with a Bias for Action" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "Lobe Log," May 14, 2019
- "South Africa's election: Five things we've learnt" by Pumza Fihlani on "BBC News," May 11, 2019
- "Why Did We Fight the Iraq War?" by Andrew J. Bacevich in "The New York Times," April 19, 2019, a review of Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy by Michael J. Mazarr
- Mazarr, Michael J., Leap of Faith: Hubris, Negligence, and America’s Greatest Foreign Policy Tragedy, 2019
Added 05/10/2019 in the meeting
Articles:
- "Is China the World’s Loan Shark?" by Deborah Brautigam in "The New York Times," April 26, 2019
- "Is there a tension between democracy and economic development in Africa?" by Ernest Aryeetey on "Brookings," March 11, 2019
- "African retail banking’s next growth frontier" by Mutsa Chironga, Luis Cunha, Hilary De Grandis, & Mayowa Kuyoro on "McKinsey," Feb 2018
- "11 Facts about HIV in Africa" on "DoSomething.org" [undated, c. 2014]
- Brautigam, Deborah, The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, 2010
Added 05/08/2019 - Part IV
Articles:
- "22 European Security Experts Call on US to Rejoin Iran Deal" by a guest on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Are the US and Iran Headed for War?" on "Fareed' Global Briefing," May 8, 2019
- "Britain’s Growing Problem with Right-Wing Hate" on "Fareed' Global Briefing," May 8, 2019
- "Selling Climate Action to the Right" on "Fareed' Global Briefing," May 8, 2019
- "Turkey’s Autocratic Slide" on "Fareed' Global Briefing," May 8, 2019
- "Can the US Military Back It Up?" on "Fareed' Global Briefing," May 8, 2019
- "Pompeo in Baghdad to Pressure Iraq to join Press against Iran; Iraq declines" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 8, 2019
Added 05/08/2019 - Part III
Articles:
- "Israel Gets all the Goodies, Palestinians Screwed: First-ever Reveal of ‘Deal of the Century’ Details" from the Mann News Agnecy on "Informed Comment," May 8, 2019
- "Bolton’s War" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Gaza Through A Distorted Lens" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Playing 20 Questions To Figure Out The 'Deal Of The Century'” by James Zogby on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Trump’s Disastrous Plan For The Muslim Brotherhood" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Baghdadi’s Alive, And So Is Islamic State’s Narrative" by Giorgio Cafiero by James Zogby on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Tehran’s Policies Risk Iran’s Territorial Integrity" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
Added 05/08/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "The AI Wars" by Allegra Harpootlian & Emily Manna on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "A Conversation With Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif" by Kaveh L. Afrasiabi on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Bolton And The Troika Of Tyranny" by John Feffer on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "EU In The Middle East: Punching Below The Weight" by Eldar Mamedov on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Trump's Iran policy could prop up regime in spite of economic harms" by Ali Vaez on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "The Complete Mercenary" by Matthew Cole on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think" by William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
Added 05/08/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger" by Bob Dreyfuss on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "Stories of devastatingly normal suffering in Gaza" by Tania Hary on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2019
- "The Never-Ending Trade War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "Climate Denialism Goes to Germany" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "Clowning Putin" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "Bolton’s ‘Last Stand?’" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
- "How Populism Helps Capitalism" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," May 7, 2019
Added 05/07/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "What China Wants From Africa? Everything" by Panos Mourdoukoutas on "Forbes," May 4, 2019
- "America Is Right to Reduce Its Troops in Africa" by Ibrahim Anoba on "The National Interest," March 27, 2019
- "The U.S. could end up paying dearly for Trump’s disregard for Africa" by Mark Porubcansky on "MinnPost," March 4, 2019
- "Africa will have some of the world’s fastest-growing economies in 2019—and a looming debt crisis" by Yinka Adegoke on "Quartz Africa," Jan 13, 2019
- "The 3 Reasons Why Chinese Invest in Africa" by J.B. Maverick on "Investopedia," Oct 14, 2018
Added 05/07/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Earth hurtles toward extinction crisis — 1 million species at risk" by Andrew Freedman on "Axios," May 6, 2019
- "The JCPOA One Year after U.S. Withdrawal" by Coalition to Prevent an Iranian Nuclear Weapon on "Lobe Log," May 6, 2019
- "A Century Ago, America Built Another Kind of Wall" by Daniel Okrent om "The New York Times," May 3, 2019
Added in 05/03/2019 meeting
Articles:
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Iran’s the scariest cyber adversary, former NSA chief says" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," May 3, 2019
- "Surviving a stroke" by Michael Hayden on "CNN," May 2, 2019
- "Seven Myths the Trump Presidency Has Destroyed" by Andrew Bacevich on "Lobe Log," April 16, 2019
- Korea: the Never-Ending War (2019) - PBS TV show
- Bacevich, Andrew, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, 2010
Added 05/02/2019 - Part III
Articles:
- "Is Sudan a new regional battleground?" by Jonathan Marcus on "BBC News," May 2, 2019
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Here are the 55 things the U.S. government most needs to protect against cyberattacks" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," April 30, 2019
- "How tech is bringing Israelis and Palestinians together" by Melissa Jun Rowley on "BBC News," April 30, 2019
- "Saudis Accused of Serious Crimes Aided in Fleeing US as Officials Turn Blind Eye" by Sebastian Rotella and Tim Golden ("ProPublica"), with Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, ("The Oregonian/OregonLive") on "Informed Comment," April 30, 2019
- "Iranian FM Zarif: Trump Doesn’t Want War" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Military Spending Hits a High" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 29, 2019
Added 05/02/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "The Race for the Arctic" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Africa's Extremist 'Powder Keg'" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Conflict is far from over in Syria" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Yemen quartet calls for implementation of Hodeida plan" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "IEA: Iraq could become world’s fourth-largest oil producer" by Ruba Husari on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "US-Turkey buffer zone in Syria wouldn’t address the real issue" by Guney Yildiz on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
Added 05/02/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Egypt passes wide-ranging constitutional amendments" by Mirette F. Mabrouk on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Beijing hosts Second Belt and Road Forum" by John Calabrese on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 29, 2019
- "Sri Lanka Attacks: Hometown of Accused Mastermind Was Fertile Ground for Extremism" by Hannah Beech in "The New York Times," April 28, 2019
- "Trump’s North Korea Fiasco: Who will bail out a bankrupt policy?"by Bret Stephens in "The New York Times," April 26, 2019
- "For Saudis, the Product Negates the Message" by Thomas W. Lippman on "Lob Log," April 26, 2019
- "Mass. General Hospital receives record $200 million gift to endow vaccine-research center" by Liz Kowalczyk in "The Boston Globe," April 25, 2019
Added 04/27/2019
Articles:
- "Is China the World’s Loan Shark?" by Deborah Brautigam in "The New York Times," April 26, 2019
- "For Saudis, the Product Negates the Message" by Thomas W. Lippman on "Lobe Log," April 26, 2019
Added in 04/26/2019 meeting
Articles:
- "What I Found in Africa," an essay by Ed Knox about his time (early 1990s) in the Ivory Coast [undated]
- "Climate 101: Deforestation" by Christina Nunez in "National Geographic," Feb 7, 2019
- "8 ways climate change is already affecting Africa" on "350Africa.org," Dec 12, 2014
- Brooks, David, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, 2019
- Kidder, Tracy, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World, 2009
- Kidder, Tracy, Strength in What Remains, 2010
- Robinson, Ronald; Gallagher, John & Denny, Alice (Editors), Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism, 2015
Added 04/25/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "'Neighbourhoods turning into battlefields' in Libyan capital" on "Al Jazeera," April 25, 2019
- "Sudan's military meets protesters to discuss transfer of power" on "Al Jazeera," April 25, 2019
- "Africa’s Only Hope Is Industrialization" by Noah Smith in "BloombergOpinion," April 23, 2019
- "Letter from Africa: The art of drawing your address in The Gambia" by Ade Daramy on "BBC News," April 22, 2019
- "Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination" by Joseph Goldstein in "The New York Times," Oct 15, 2018
- "'China has conquered Kenya': Inside Beijing's new strategy to win African hearts and minds" by Jonathan Kaiman in "The Los Angeles Times," Aug 7, 2017
Added 04/25/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Deforestation: Tropical tree losses persist at high levels" by Matt McGrath on "BBC News," April 25 2019
- "The Risks of Maximizing Pressure on Iran" by Ali Vaez on "Lobe Log," April 24, 2019
- "Why So Much Fuss about a Conference in North Carolina?" by Lara Friedman on "Lobe Log," April 24, 2019
- "NSA recommends ending mass phone data collection program: report" by Emily Birnbaum in "The Hill," April 24, 2019
- "How much of Europe does China own?" by Realith CHeck Team on "BBC News," April 20, 2019
- "Cuban asylum seekers detained in Louisiana" on "SPLC: Southern Poverty Law Center," April 20, 2019
- "'Whimsical, uninformed': French ambassador's parting verdict on Trump" by Julian Borger in "The Guardian," April 19, 2019
- "Socialist! Capitalist! Economic Systems as Weapons in a War of Words" by Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times," April 19, 2019
Added 04/16/2019 - Part III
Articles:
- "Seven Myths the Trump Presidency Has Destroyed" by Andrew Bacevich on "Lobe Log," April 16, 2019
- "Trump’s Embrace of Netanyahu Will Haunt Middle East for Years" by Phyllis Bennis on "Lobe Log," April 16, 2019
- "A Permanent Downfall for America?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "Xi’s Winning Trade-War Strategy" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "Religion on Display in Indonesia’s Election" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "The Zelensky Experiment" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
- "What Notre Dame's Fire Means for Macron" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 16, 2019
Added 04/16/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "Faith Politics on the Rise as Indonesian Islam Takes a Hard-Line Path" by Hannah Beech & Muktita Suhartono in "The New York Times," April 15, 2019
- "Anti-Zionists Deserve Free Speech" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," April 15, 2019
- "Five Lies Our Culture Tells" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," April 15, 2019
- "The Corruption of the Terrorist Group List" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log,"" April 15, 2019
- "Viral lies fuel tensions in India and Indonesia" on "Axios World" by David Lawler, April 15, 2019
- "Asia: What to expect in Indonesia's election" on "Axios World" by David Lawler, April 15, 2019
Added 04/16/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Our Lady of Paris in flames" on "Axios World" by David Lawler, April 15, 2019
- "'The work of centuries'" on "Axios World" by David Lawler, April 15, 2019
- "Middle East: Why the U.S. got (and stayed) involved in Yemen" on "Axios World" by David Lawler, April 15, 2019
- "North Africa: Checking in on the revolutions" on "Axios World" by David Lawler, April 15, 2019
- "The Massacre That Led to the End of the British Empire" by Gyan Prakash in "The New York Times," April 13, 2019
- "Central American Farmers Head to the U.S., Fleeing Climate Change" by Kirk Semple in "The New York Times," April 13, 2019
Added 04/12/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "What Appomattox tells us about race today" by the Editorial Board of the "Portland Press Herald," April 12, 2019
- "The Revolutionary Guards Are Ready to Strike Back" by Colin P. Clarke & Ariane Tabatabai on "Foreign Policy," April 11, 2019
- "Sudan coup: Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa?" by Christopher Giles on "BBC News," April 11, 2019
- "Turkey and America’s Arms Standoff" by Giorgio Cafiero and Theodore Karasik on "LobeLog," April 10, 2019
- "All About Bibi" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "Can Europe’s Nationalists Unite Against Unity?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "US, China Fight for Influence in the Pacific" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "Turkey’s Choice: Russian Missiles or American Planes?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
- "Remittances Hit a Record High—and an Industry Grows Around Them" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," April 9, 2019
Added 04/12/2019 - Part I
Articles:
- "Introducing Our Special Issue on America at War" with "A Nation at Arms" infographic by Matthew Twombly researched by David Lovett, "Smithsonian Magazine," Jan 2019
- "America at War" special issue of "Smithsonian Magazine," Jan/Feb, 2019
- "Where we fight: Where in the World the U.S. Military Is Combatting Terrorism" by Stephanie Savell & 5W Infographics in "Smithsonian Magazine," Jan/Feb, 2019
- "The War Machine" by John Cassidy in "The New Yorker," Sept 24, 2014
- "The Most Popular Map Of The World Is Highly Misleading" by Christina Sterbenz on "Business Insider," Dec 10, 2013
- Bacevich, Andrew, Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War, 2010
- "Is this China's Century?" Feb 22-24, 2019 - videos of all the sessions, speakers' bios, suggested books
- "Where in the World the U.S. Military Is Combatting Terrorism" from "Smithsonian Magazine," Jan 2019
- "True Size of Africa" by Kai Krause
- "15 Overlay Maps That Will Change The Way You See The World" by Diana Yukari on "Business Insider," April 14, 2017
Added 04/05/2019
Articles:
Books:
- "Turkey local elections: Setback for Erdogan in big cities" on "BBC News," April 1, 2019
- "Golan Heights profile" on "BBC News," March 25, 2019
Books:
- Brautigam, Deborah, The Dragon's Gift: The Real Story of China in Africa, 2010
- Conrad, Joseph, Heart of Darkness, 1899
- Hochschild, Adam, King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, 1998
- Robinson, Ronald; Gallagher, John & Denny, Alice (Editors), Africa and the Victorians: The Official Mind of Imperialism, 2015
- Morocco to Timbuktu: An Arabian Adventure (2017) - a two-part BBC series about Alice Morrison's journey along Africa's infamous salt roads from Morocco via the Sahara Desert to the legendary city of Gold, Timbuktu
Added 04/03/2019
Articles:
- "Why Erdogan's big Turkish ambitions could come tumbling down" by Mark Lowen on "BBC News," March 28,2019
- "The Fight for Yemen," the "Middle East Report 289," edited by Jillian Schwedler & Stacey Philbrick Yadav, March 27, 2019
- "The U.S. Pledges A Harder Line In Cyberspace — And Drops Some Hints" by Greg Myre on "NPR Morning Edition," March 26, 2019
- "How Trump’s Recognition of Israeli Usurpation of Syrian Golan Strengthens Iran, Russia in ME" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," March 23, 2019
Added 03/22/2019
Articles:
- "Interview with Mearsheimer" by Roberto Vivaldelli on "Lobe Log," March 22, 2019
- "Brexit: What just happened?" on "BBC News," March 22, 2019
- "Trumplomacy on Golan Heights: What it all means" by Barbara Plett Usher on "BBC News," March 22, 2019
- "Syria condemns Trump's stance on Golan Heights sovereignty" on "Al Jazeera," March 22, 2019
- "How Bush’s War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment,"b March 21, 2019
- "U.S. Pressures Iraq Over Embrace of Militias Linked to Iran" by Edward Wong and Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," March 19, 2019
- "Beware the Mideast’s Falling Pillars" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," March 19, 2019
- "Shedding Any Last Illusions About the Saudis" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," March 18, 2019
- "The Strongmen Strike Back" by Robert Kagan on "Brookings" - first published in "The Washington Post," March 14, 2019
- "How Connectivity Brings Out Our Worst " by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," March 14, 2019
- "The $80 Trillion World Economy in One Chart" by Jeff Desjardins on "Visual Capitalist," Oct 10, 2018
Added 03/15/2019
Articles:
- "Turkey Is Changing the Middle East. The U.S. Doesn’t Get It." by Hussein Ibish on "Bloomberg," March 14, 2019
- "Ancient Trade Route Treasures at the Met: 'The World Between Empires'” by Holland Carter in "The New York Times," March 14, 2019
- "Bribes and Big-Time Sports: U.S.C. Finds Itself, Once Again, Facing Scandal" by Billy Witz, Jennifer Medina & Tim Arango in "The New York Times," March 14, 2019
- Skousen, W. Cleon, The 5000 Year Leap: Principles of Freedom 101, 2007
- Woodard, Colin, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America. New York: Viking Adult, 2011
Added 03/14/2019
Articles:
- "Two Women, Heroes for Our Age" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," March 13, 2019
- "We may be headed toward a political realignment" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," March 12, 2019
Added 03/12/2019
Articles:
- "Brexit deal vote: What do I need to know?" on "BBC News," March 12, 2019
- "If Stalin Had a Smartphone" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," March 11, 2019
- "Turkey Enters Recession, a Blow for Erdogan as Elections Near" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," March 11, 2019
- "Egypt Looks to Offshore Gas Field for Growth and Influence" by Clifford Krauss and Declan Walsh in "The New York Times," March 11, 2019
- "The Power of Petty Personal Rage" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," March 11, 2019
Added 03/09/2019
Articles:
- "Socialism and the 2020 American Election" by Roger Cohen in"The New York Times," March 8, 2019
- "Diversity Can Save Democracy" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 8, 2019
- "Are Female Leaders the Answer to Climate Change?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 8, 2019
- "Technology Is Keeping Democracy In Check" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 8, 2019
- "How America Lost Russia" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 8, 2019
- "The World Is Racing for Africa" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," March 8, 2019
Added 03/08/2019
Articles:
- "Tariff Man Has Become Deficit Man" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," March 7, 2019
- "American Woman, Divorced From Saudi Husband, Is Trapped in Saudi Arabia" by Ben Hubbard in "The New York Times," March 5, 2019
- "'Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Secrets' Hosted by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Premieres..." on "CNN Press Room," March 1, 2019
- "The Saudis Hedge Their American Bets" by Walter Russell Mead in "The Wall Street Journal," Feb 25, 2019
- "Trump’s Idea of a Middle East Nuclear Deal" by The Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Feb 20, 2019
- "Saudi Arabia, Trying to Lure Tourists, Hosts Music Festival Near Ancient Tombs" by Edward Wong in "The New York Times," Feb 11, 2019
- "List of United States military bases" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- militarybases.com - interactive map of stateside and some overseas US bases with descriptions
- todaysmilitary.com - interactive map of U.S. military bases in the U.S., Eurasia, and the Pacific (not Africa)
- Saudi Arabia: Kingdom of Secrets hosted by CNN’s Fareed Zakaria - trailer, only
Added 03/07/2019
Articles:
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. to try new approach to punish hacking nations: Working with allies" by Joseph Marks in "The Washington Post," March 7, 2019
- "The Oppression of the Supermajority" by Tim Wu in "The New York Times," March 5, 2019
Added 03/06/2019
Articles:
- "China's Close Government-Business Ties Are A Key Challenge In U.S. Trade Talks" by Jim Zarroli on "NPR," March 6, 2019
- "North Korea Seen Reassembling Rocket Test Site" by Geoff Brumfiel on "NPR," March 6, 2019
- "Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War" by Andrew E. Kramer in "The New York Times," March 2, 2019
- "Jared and the Saudi Crown Prince Go Nuclear?" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," March 2, 2019
- "Trump’s denuclearization strategies for Iran and North Korea are totally opposite. Why?" by Michael McFaul in "The Washington Post," March 1, 2019
- "Socialism and the Self-Made Woman" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," Feb 28, 2019
- "Is this China's Century?" - videos from 2019 Camden Conference of all the speakers' presentations and the panel discusssions, along with other information about the conference.
Added 02/28/2019
Articles:
- "Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive" by John Feffer on "Informed Comment," Feb 28, 2019
- "How the Mind-Body Connection Is Rewiring Our Politics" by Jennifer Szalai in "The New York Times," Feb 27, 2019, a review of Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason by William Davies
- Davies, William, Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason, 2019
Added 02/27/2019
Articles:
- "The GOP is the party of Trump — but not for the reasons anti-Trump conservatives think" by Henry Olsen in "The Washington Post," Feb 26, 2019
- "Why Tehran Is Talking about a Post-West World Order" by Deepika Saraswat on "Lobe Log," Feb 26, 2019
- "Should Trump Offer Peace in Hanoi?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 26, 2019
- "Transatlantic Alliance, R.I.P." on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 26, 2019
- "India and Pakistan Enter a New Phase" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 26, 2019
- "La Haine" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 26, 2019
- "ISIS and the Value of Citizenship" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 26, 2019
Added 02/22/2019
Articles:
- "The 'Surprise' of Authoritarian Resilience in China" by Wenfang Tang in "American Affairs," Spring 2018
- "Debt? What debt? At $22 trillion, here's the argument the national debt doesn't matter" by Z. Byron Wolf on "CNN Politics," Jan 19, 2019
- Lewis, Michael, The Fifth Risk, 2018
Added 02/21/2019
Articles:
- "Eugene V. Debs and the Endurance of Socialism" by Jill Lepore in "The New Yorker," Feb 18 & 25, 2019
- "How China Brings Us Together" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," Feb 14, 2019
Added 02/16/2019
Articles:
- "Voices of Dissent on Israel and Palestine Can’t Be Silenced" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Feb 16, 2019
- "Iran’s Punishment Has Far Exceeded Its Crimes" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log," Feb 15, 2019
- "The Warsaw Conference and the Isolated Superpower" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," Feb 15, 2019
- "Israeli Voter Suppression: Bedouin Villages have no Polling Stations" from the Mann News Agency on "Informed Comment," Feb 15, 2019
- "A spirited defense of NATO as bulwark" by Christina Pazzanese in "The Harvard Gazette," Feb 14, 2019
Added 02/15/2019
Books:
- Lévy, Bernard-Henri, The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World, 2019
- Westover, Tara, Educated: A Memoir, 2018
- "‘The Empire and the Five Kings’ Review: The Desert Grows" by Martin Peretz in "The Wall Street Journal," Feb 12, 2019 - a review of The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World, by Bernard-Henri Lévy
- "Saudi Lobbying in Brussels Gone Awry" by Eldar Mamedov on "Lobe Log," Feb 14, 2019
- "Understanding Venezuela’s collapse" by Colleen Walsh in "The Harvard Gazatte," Feb 12, 2019
Added 02/14/2019
Articles (all from "Lobelog Update February 13, 2019"):
- "Ilhan Omar, AIPAC, and Denial" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," Feb 13, 2019
- "Intervention: Same Old, Same Old?" by Gordon Adams on "Lobe Log," Feb 12, 2019
- "The 1979 Revolution: Unfinished Business In Iran" by Shervin Malekzadeh on "Lobe Log," Feb 11, 2019
- "Congress Poised To Move Forward With Bold Agenda On Yemen" by Kate Kizer on "Lobe Log," Feb 8, 2019
- "Egypt: Tailoring Constitutions For The Ruling Military" by Rana Allam on "Lobe Log," Feb 7, 2019
- "Afghanistan Peace Talks: The Devil Is In The Details" by Fariba Pajooh on "Lobe Log," Feb 7, 2019
- "Goodbye, INF Treaty. Hello, New Arms Race?" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log," Feb 7, 2019
- "Iran’s Revolutionaries Fighting Same Battles After 40 Years" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log," Feb 4, 2019
- "European SPV Offers Lifeline To Iran And The JCPOA" by Derek Davison on "Lobe Log," Feb 1, 2019
- "Venezuela: No To Intervention, No To Maduro" by John Feffer on "Lobe Log," Jan 31, 2019
Added 02/12/2019 - Part II
Articles:
- "Doomsday Redux: The Most Dangerous Weapon Ever Rolls Off the Nuclear Assembly Line" by James Carroll on "TomDispatch.com," Feb 12, 2019
- "Senate guts 1st Amendment to Guard Israel from Boycott, but Ilhan Omar can’t Bring up AIPAC" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 11, 2019
- "Trump’s war on socialism will fail" by E.J. Dionne in "The Washington Post," Feb 10, 2019
- "Saudi Arabia Creates App to Track Women’s Movements" from "Mann News Agency" on "Informed Comment," Feb 10, 2019
- "Israeli Ministers Sign Petition to Settle 2 Million Israelis in Palestinian West Bank" from "Mann News Agency" on "Informed Comment," Feb 10, 2019
Added 02/12/2019 - Part I
Articles (all from March/April issue of "Foreign Affairs"):
- "What's Inside 'The New Nationalism'" issue of "Foreign Affairs" by Gideon Rose, March/April 2019
- "A New Americanism: Why a Nation Needs a National Story" by Jill Lepore in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "The Importance of Elsewhere: In Defense of Cosmopolitanism" by Kwame Anthony Appiah in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "Why Nationalism Works: And Why It Isn’t Going Away" by Andreas Wimmer in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "False Flags: The Myth of the Nationalist Resurgence" by Jan-Werner Müller in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "This Is Your Brain on Nationalism: The Biology of Us and Them" by Robert Sapolsky in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "Building a Better Nationalism: The Nation’s Place in a Globalized World" by Yael Tamir in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "The Broken Bargain: How Nationalism Came Back" by Jack Snyder in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
- "Blood for Soil: The Fatal Temptations of Ethnic Politics" by Lars-Erik Cederman in "Foreign Affairs," March/April 2019
Added 02/08/19
Article:
- "Trump Versus the Socialist Menace" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," Feb 7, 2019
- "Socialism" by Richard Dagger & Terence Ball on "Britannica.com," updated Jan 21, 2019
- Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) - HBO movie with Benedict Cumberbatch
Added 02/07/19 - Part III
Articles:
- "Europe bands together and pulls apart" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "European Champions vs. China" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "EU and what army?" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "Europe's future on the ballot" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "A dangerous choice for Rohingya women" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "'Ominous' decline of global democracy" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
- "What I'm watching: Putin on the stage" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Feb 7, 2019
Added 02/07/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "Revolt at American University Where Pompeo Addressed Middle East" by Declan Walsh in "The New York Times," Feb 6, 2019
- "Autocrats meet growing resistance with harsher crackdowns" by Joshua Kurlantzick on "Axios," Feb 6, 2019
- "India's politicians clash over historic basic income plans" by Saksham Khosla "Axios," Feb 6, 2019
- "The Congo’s chaotic election throws the future of cobalt in doubt" by Sagatom Saha & David Livingston "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
- "Kushner expected to give update on Middle East peace plan at conference" by Barak Ravid "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
- "White House official: Trump won't endorse Netanyahu in Israel's election" by Barak Ravid "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
- "Pope Francis acknowledges abuse of nuns for the first time" by Shannon Vavra "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
- "The secret plan to sabotage the 2022 World Cup" by Kendall Baker "Axios," Feb 5, 2019
Added 02/07/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Could China Win a Nuclear Arms Race With the US?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "In a Nuclear Standoff, Will Europe Be Caught in the Middle?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Trump’s ISIS Mishmash" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Will Trump’s World-Bank Pick Go After China?" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Tempering Economic Expectations for Guaido" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Feb 6, 2019
- "Trump is stumbling his way to a vainglorious Middle East retreat" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Feb 5, 2019
- "Lost in TrumpWorld: War in the Shadows (of You Know Who)" by Andrew Bacevich on "TomDispatch.com," Feb 5, 2019
- "Baghdad: Calls to Expel US Troops from Iraq after Trump said they spy on Iran" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Feb 5, 2019
- "Six charts on the immigrants who call the US home" by Kriston McIntosh, Ryan Nunn & Jay Shambaugh on "BBC News," Nov 29, 2018
Added 02/02/19
Article:
- "There’s a Deeper Conflict Behind Venezuela’s ‘Legitimacy’ Dispute" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," Feb 1, 2019
Added 02/01/19
Articles:
- "The Cybersecurity 202: U.S. should counter Russia and China hacking with its own influence operations, think tank says" by Joseph Marks on "The Washington Post: PowerPost," Feb 1, 2019
- "In latest attack on intelligence agencies, Trump ignores where they actually agree" by Shane Harris & John Wagner in "The Washington Post," Jan 31, 2019
- "Venezuelans, Strength Is in Unity" by Juan Guaidó in "The New York Times," Jan 30, 2019
- "Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy?" by Ben Mauk with photographs & video by Andrea Frazzetta in "The New York Times Magazine," Jan 30, 2019
- "Good News for Eastern Monarch Butterfly Population" by David Mizejewski on "National Wildlife Federation's Blog," Jan 30, 2019
- ClimateReanalyzer.org - a teaching sub-site of NOAA's Climate.gov website
Added 01/29/19
Articles:
- "Bolton & Trump’s Gerontocrats may drag us into Venezuela over Oil when they could just buy an EV" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 29, 2019
- "She Wanted to Drive, So Saudi Arabia’s Ruler Imprisoned and Tortured Her" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Jan 26, 2019
- "Why I Am a European Patriot" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," Jan 25, 2019
- "Venezuela crisis: Who is parliament leader Juan Guaidó?" on "BBC News," Jan 24, 2019
Added 01/26/19
Articles:
- "Venezuela crisis: Maduro given ultimatum by European leaders" on "BBC News," Jan 26, 2019
- "Warsaw’s 'Iran' Summit: What Lies Beneath" by Jeremy Shapiro, Ellie Geranmayeh, and Piotr Buras on "Lobe Log," Jan 25, 2019
- "Davos is a microcosm of the world — and the outlook is grim" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Jan 24, 2019
Added 01/24/19
Article:
- "A Short, Simple Primer on What’s Happening in Venezuela" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," Jan 24, 2019
Added 01/23/19 - Part II
Articles:
- "10 sobering quotes from the new National Intelligence Strategy" by James Hohmann on "The Daily 202" from "The Washington Post," Jan 23, 2019
- "Trump’s anti-Iran Warsaw Conference Collapsing, as Russia says Iran should have been Invited" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 23, 2019
- "More Schools and Fewer Tanks for the Mideast" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Jan 22, 2019
- "The Investor Seth Klarman, in a Rare Interview, Offers a Warning. Davos Should Listen" by Evan Osnos in "The New Yorker," Jan 22, 2019
- "Economics Falls From Grace" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Syria Is Now About Turkey and Russia" by Aaron Stein ("Foreign Affairs') on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "What About the Next Crisis?" by Christine Lagarde ("Foreign Affairs') on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Xi’s Warning" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "France and Germany Are Still Friends" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
- "Russia Turns to Africa" from "Financial Times" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 22, 2019
Added 01/23/19 - Part I
Articles:
- "Some Want Iran’s Past to Poison its Future" by Peter Jenkins on "Lobe Log," Jan 21, 2019
- "Time to Break the Silence on Palestine" by Michelle Alexander in "The New York Times," Jan 19, 2019
- "Brexit Is an EU Reckoning—Not Just a British One" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "Trump and Kim: Round 2" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "Former Envoy to Counter ISIS Reveals How Trump Decided to Leave Syria" by Brett McGurk ("The Washington Post") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "A Himalayan Experiment in Universal Income" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "China’s 5G Fight Continues" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Jan 18, 2019
- "The Malign Incompetence of the British Ruling Class" by Pankaj Mishra in "The New York Times," Jan 17, 2019
- "Israel Spraying Herbicides Inside Gaza Violates International Law" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "Lobe Log," Jan 15, 2019
- "The 'imminent mini ice age' myth is back, and it's still wrong" by Dana Nuccitelli in "The Guardian," Jan 9, 2018
Added 01/18/19
Film & Video:
- Letters from Baghdad (2016) - the letters of Gertrude Bell, sometimes called the female "Lawrence of Arabia," available online to members of Maine Public (MPBN) and for sale on PBS and Amazon
- Our Man in Tehran (2018) - a two-part mini-series on PBS's "Frontline" first shown on Aug 13 & 14, 2018
Added 01/17/19
Articles:
- "If Brexit Now Fails, the West Will Gain" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log," Jan 16, 2019
- "Trump Discussed Pulling U.S. From NATO, Aides Say Amid New Concerns Over Russia" by Julian E. Barnes & Helene Cooper in "The New York Times," Jan 14, 2019
- "Viktor Orbán’s Far-Right Vision for Europe" by Elisabeth Zerofsky in "The New Yorker," Jan 14, 2019
Added 01/14/19
Articles:
- "Turkey dismisses Trump threat to economy over Syrian Kurds" on "BBC News," Jan 14, 2019
- "Israel, in Rare Admission, Confirms Strike on Iranian Targets in Syria" by Isabel Kershner in "The New York Times," Jan 13, 2019
- "Pompeo Speech Lays Out Vision for Mideast, Taking Shots at Obama" by Declan Walsh & David E. Sanger in "The New York Times," Jan 10, 2019
- "Why China’s Military Wants to Beat the US to a Next-Gen Cell Network" by Elsa B. Kania on "Defense One," Jan 8, 2019
- "Professor Valentina Zharkova Confirms 'Super' Grand Solar Minimum" by Russ Steele on "The Next Grand Minimum," Nov 22, 2018
- "Professor Valentina Zharkova explains and confirms why a 'Super' Grand Solar Minimum is upon us" by Cap Allon, Electroverse on "Sign of the Times (SOTT)," Nov 6, 2018
- Scharre, Paul, Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War, 2018
- Singer, P.W. & Cole, August, Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War, 2015
Added 01/11/19
Article:
- "Ocean Warming Is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds" by Kendra Pierre-Louis at "The New York Times," Jan 10, 2019
- "French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food" by Eleanor Beardsley on "All Things Considered (NPR)," Feb 24, 2018
- "The future of war," a special report in "The Economist," Jan 25, 2018
Added 01/09/19
Articles:
- "Bolton Counters Syria Withdrawal, Hires Iran Hawk" by Ben Armbruster on "Lobe Log," Jan 9, 2019
- "Trump Spews Incomprehensible Nonsense on Kurds, Syria, Afghanistan" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Jan 3, 2019
- "Spurning Erdogan’s Vision, Turks Leave in Droves, Draining Money and Talent" by Carlotta Gall in "The New York Times," Jan 2, 2019
- "Why the World Needs America and China to Get Along" by Robert E. Rubin in "The New York Times," Jan 2, 2019
- "What a French Doctor’s Office Taught Me About Health Care" by Erica Rex in "The New York Times," Jan 2, 2019
Added 12/31/18
Articles:
- "Trump’s 3 Generals may be Out, but the Forever War Lobby Still Rules" by Danny Sjursen on "Informed Comment," Dec 26, 2018.
- "It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid." by Nicholas Casey & Clifford Krauss in "The New York Times," Dec 24, 2018
- "U. S. charges Chinese hackers in alleged theft of vast trove of confidential data in 12 countries" by Ellen Nakashima & David J. Lynch in "The Washington Post," Dec 21, 2018
- "Climate change: Where we are in seven charts and what you can do to help" on BBC News," Dec 2, 2018
- "After a Hiatus, China Accelerates Cyberspying Efforts to Obtain U.S. Technology" by David E. Sanger & Steve Lee Myers in "The New York Times," Nov 29, 2018
Added 12/22/18 - Part III
Articles:
- "How Did Revenge Become a Military Objective?" by Orly Noy on "Lobe Log," Dec 22, 2018
- "Mattis Resigns: Sky Will Not Fall" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," Dec 21, 2018
- "There May Be Hope for the West After All" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 21, 2018
- "The Long View on Syria Withdrawal?' by Russell Berman on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 21, 2018
- "Troop Drawdown Imperils Afghan Diplomacy" by Fred Kaplan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 21, 2018
- "Twilight of a Wall" by Janan Ganesh on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 21, 2018
- "The Postal Worker’s Christmas" by Sarah Anderson in "The New York Times," Dec 18, 2018
- "The End of Europe?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Dec 18, 2018?
Added 12/22/18 - Part II
Articles:
- "The Qur'an and Modern Literature" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," c. Dec 17, 2018
- "MbS Tries to Restart the Lebanese War" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," Dec 11, 2018
- "Turning a Corner in Public Opinion toward Israeli Occupation" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Dec 8, 2018
- "The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything." by Carl Zimmer in "The New York Times," Dec 7, 2018
- "Catcalled in Cairo: Ending Sexual Harassment in Egypt" by Monique Bouffé on "Lobe Log," Dec 7, 2018
- "Yemen Peace Talks Begin With Agreement to Free 5,000 Prisoners" by Declan Walsh in "The New York Times," Dec 6, 2018
- "The African Toll of the Great War, in Song and Shadows" by Jason Farago in "The New York Times," Dec 6, 2018
- Cole, Juan, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires, 2018
Added 12/22/18 - Part I
Articles:
- "Macron’s Tipping Point" by Jérôme Fenoglio on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 3, 2018
- "A Victory in the New Opium War" by Shuli Ren on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 3, 2018
- "Mohammed bin Pac-Man" by CNN on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 3, 2018
- "Dear Prudence" by Richard Fontaine on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Dec 3, 2018
- "Are we at 'peak America'?" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Trump in the 'G-Zero' world" by Fred Kaplan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Trump: 'Battles sometimes make great friendships.'" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Mexico’s Transformation Starts Tomorrow" by Shannon K. O'Neil on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
- "Galactic Garbage" by Peter Guest on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Nov 30, 2018
Added 11/28/18
Articles:
- "The Khashoggi killing had roots in a cutthroat Saudi famiy feud" by David Ignatius in The "Washington Post," Nov 27, 2018
- "How the Saudis with U.S. Help Made the Middle East 'a Very Dangerous Place'" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," Nov 26, 2018
- "Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal. Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb?" by David E Sanger & William J Broad in "The New York Times," Nov 22, 2018
- "CIA has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince planning Hit on Khashoggi: Turkish ‘Hurriyet’" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Nov 23, 2018
Added 11/21/18
Articles:
- "US says China has 'not altered' unfair trade practices" on "BBC News," Nov 21, 2018
- "Bookkeepers, Mad Mullahs, and the Sources of Iranian Conduct" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," Nov 20, 2018
- "Trump Saudi statement: What the president's words reveal" by Anthony Zurcher on "BBC News," Nov 20, 2018
- "'Maybe He Did, Maybe He Didn't': Trump Defends Saudis, Downplays U.S. Intel" by Greg Myre on "NPR," Nov 20, 2018
- "Brexit plan will stop EU migrants 'jumping the queue' - May" on "BBC News," Nov 19, 2018
- "C.I.A. Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killed" by Julian E. Barnes in "The New York Times," Nov 16, 2018
- "The Turks Aren’t Buying the Saudi-Trump ‘Cover-Up’ in the Khashoggi Murder" by Roy Gutman on "Daily Beast," Nov 15, 2018
- "A Flawed American Sanctions Policy on Iran" by Daniel Brumberg on "Lobe Log," Nov 14, 2018
- "The Cybersecurity 202: The U.S. was notably absent from a global cybersecurity pact. But American companies signed on." by Cat Zakrzewski in "The Washington Post," Nov 13, 2018
- "‘Tell Your Boss’: Recording Is Seen to Link Saudi Crown Prince More Strongly to Khashoggi Killing" by Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt & David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Nov 12, 2018
- "Saudis Close to Crown Prince Discussed Killing Other Enemies a Year Before Khashoggi’s Death" by Mark Mazzetti, Ronen Bergman & David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Nov 11, 2018
Added 11/9/18
Articles:
- "Earth's ozone layer is finally healing, says UN" by Adam Forrest on "Independent," Nov 6, 2018
- "The ordinary people making the world more right-wing" by Richard Youngs on "BBC News," Nov 5, 2018
- "Is China burdening Africa with debt?" by Reality Check team on "BBC News," Nov 5, 2018
- "2018 Update: 13 Security Tips to Protect Your iPhone from Hackers" by Conner Carey on "iPhoneLife," April 19, 2018
- Jane's 360 - a British publishing company specializing in military, aerospace and transportation topics
Added 11/2/18
Book:
- Sanger, David E., The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, 2018
Added 11/1/18
Article:
- "Mystery and fear haunt tiny Finnish island which neighbours Russia" by Andrew Higgins in "The Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 1, 2018
- "Startling new research finds large buildup of heat in the oceans, suggesting a faster rate of global warming" by Chris Mooney & Brady Dennis in "The Washington Post," Oct 31, 2018
- "Yemen war: US presses Saudi Arabia to agree to ceasefire" on "BBC News," Oct 31, 2018
Added 10/29/18
Video:
- Iran and STUXnet, Iran is HACKED by Particpant Media, Feb 19, 2017
- "Why India needs to worry about climate change" on "BBC News," Oct 25, 2018
- "China's hidden camps" by John Sudworth on "BBC News," Oct 24, 2018
Added 10/26/18
Articles:
- "Researchers Link Cyberattack on Saudi Petrochemical Plant to Russia" by Dustin Volz in "The Wall Street Journal," Oct 26, 2018 (requires subscription to read online)
- "The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies" by Jordan Robertson & Michael Riley on "Bloomberg Businessweek," Oct 4, 2018
- "The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia Story So Far" by Scott Shane & Mark Mazzetti in "The New York Times," Sept 20, 2018
- "When it comes to cyber war, our adversaries don’t fear us" by Stewart Baker in "Maine Sunday Telegram," Aug 26, 2018
- Sanger, David E., The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, 2018
Added 10/25/18
Articles:
- "Trump’s Worthwhile Gamble" by Eli Lake on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "What Erdogan Was Really Saying Today" by Patrick Wintour on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "The Truth About the Migrant Caravans" by Elizabeth Oglesby on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "But Don’t Call These People Migrants..." by Dany Bahar on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "Why an 'Unwinnable' War Could Still Be Worth Fighting" by Michael Gerson on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "Beware the Tourism Curse" by Geert Vansintjan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 23, 2018
- "America’s Motley Middle Eastern Crew" by James Russell on Lobe Log," Oct 23, 2018
- "The Trump Administration’s Hard Choices on Saudi Arabia" by James A. Baker III in "The New York Times," Oct 22, 2018
Added 10/22/18
Articles:
- "Turkey’s President Vows to Detail Khashoggi Death ‘in Full Nakedness’" by David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Oct 21, 2018
- "These 3 Countries Pose the Biggest Cyber Threats, U.S. Officials Say" by Bloomberg in "Fortune," July 26, 2018
Added 10/21/18
Articles:
- "Saudi Money Tightly Binds Some Giants of Business" by Liz Alderman & Michel J. de la Merced on "WRAL.com," Oct 19, 2018
- "The Geopolitics of the Khashoggi Murder" by Graham E. Fuller on "Lobe Log," Oct 19, 2018
- "What the Khashoggi Case Says About America" by Fareed Zakaria on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 19, 2018
- "What the Khashoggi Case Says About America…and Its Energy Policy" by Meghan O'Sullivan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 19, 2018
- "Bad for Merkel, Bad for Europe" from "The Economist" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 19, 2018
- "Cold War = Hot Planet" by Minxin Pei on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 19, 2018
- "Brexit Isn’t the End of Anything" by Timothy Less on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 19, 2018
- "Saudi Arabia Has No Leverage" by Ellen R. Wald in "The New York Times," Oct 18, 2018
- "An FBI agent mapped out the countries capable of unleashing a crippling cyber attack on the US" by Jake Kanter on "Business Insider," June 4, 2018
- David Sanger on "Are We Already In A Cyber War?", Part I of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 9, 2018 (6:44 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Does Cyber Require A New Strategy?", Part II of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 10, 2018 (9:49 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Where is the Public Debate About Cyber Strategy?", Part III of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 11, 2018 (4:17 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Information Warfare in the Cyber Age", Part IV of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 12, 2018 (11:46 minutes)
- David Sanger on "What Comes Next", Part V (final part) of interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 13, 2018 (3:38 minutes)
- David Sanger on "Is Cyber The Perfect Weapon?", full interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 9, 2018 (34:25 minutes)
Added 10/19/18
Map:
- shipmap.org - interactive shipping map
- "Is All Still Quiet on the Western Front?" by William T. Vollmann with photographs by Tomas van Houtryve in "Smithsonian," Oct 2018
Added 10/18/18 - Part 3
Articles:
- "Putin says Russia will deploy hypersonic missiles in 'coming months,' surpassing US and China" by Amanda Macias on "CNBC," Oct 18, 2018
- "The Full Story of Why MbS Might Have Wanted Jamal Khashoggi Dead" by Said al-Arabi on "Lobe Log," Oct 17, 2018
- "Why the Khashoggi Tragedy Could Be Ugly for Israel" by Daniel Shapiro on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "Putin’s Pension Headache Could Become the West’s Problem, Too" by Leon Aron on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "Why Britain is Cursed" by Nicholas Shaxson on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "The Downside of Fighting Corruption?" by Jamie Shenk on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
- "The World’s Most Competitive Economy Is..." by Oliver Cann on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 17, 2018
Added 10/18/18 - Part 2
Articles:
- "The One Thing America Shouldn’t Do with Saudi Arabia" by Walter Russell Mead on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "Memo to Saudi Arabia: It’s Not 1973 Anymore" by Jeff Colgan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "Why Trump Would Miss Mattis" by Eli Lake on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "Iran’s Syrian Trap for Team Trump?" by Colin P. Clarke & Ariane Tabatabai on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "You Get an Internet! And You, And You…" from the New York Times Editorial Board on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
- "Why the World Should Watch China’s Arctic Games" by Harriet Moynihan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 16, 2018
Added 10/18/18 - Part 1
Articles:
- "Of All the Moments for a Backlash to Saudi Arabia, Why Now?" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," Oct 18, 2018
- "U.S. Spy Agencies Are Increasingly Convinced of Saudi Prince’s Ties to Journalist’s Disappearance" by Julian E. Barnes, Matthew Rosenberg & Gardiner Harris in "The New York Times," Oct 17, 2018
- "In the Wake of Khashoggi’s Disappearance, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Is Pushed to the Brink" by Dexter Filkins in "The New Yorker," Oct 16, 2018
Added 10/17/18 - Part 4
Articles:
- "Audio Offers Gruesome Details of Jamal Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official Says" By Carlotta Gall & David D. Kirkpatrick in "The New York Times," Oct 17, 2018
- "President Trump’s Overeager Acceptance of Saudi Arabia’s Excuse in the Khashoggi Affair" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Oct 16, 2018
- "The Saudi Cover-Up Crumbles" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Oct 16, 2018
- "America’s Dilemma: Censuring M.B.S. and Not Halting Saudi Reforms" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Oct 16, 2018
Added 10/17/18 - Part 3
Articles:
- "United States Cyber Command" on Wikipedia [undated]
- "Defending against cyberwar: How the cybersecurity elite are working to prevent a digital apocalypse" by Steve Ranger on "TechRepublic" [undated]
- "NATO cyber command to be fully operational in 2023" by Robin Emmott on "Reuters," Oct 16, 2018
- "Saudi war on Yemen: World’s Worst Famine in a Century could Claim 13 Million" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Oct 16, 2018
- "Why Team Trump Won’t Kick Saudi Arabia to the Curb" by Gideon Rachman on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2018
- "The Biggest Lesson from Bavaria" from "The Economist" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2018
- "Don’t Be Fooled by Turkey’s 'Change of Heart'" by Eli Lake on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2018
- "Xi’s Dangerous One-Man Show" by Jonathan Tepperman on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 15, 2018
Added 10/17/18 - Part 2
Articles:
- "Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer, set to deliver Theodore H. White Lecture, make case for journalism as pillar of democracy" by Christina Pazzanese in "The Harvard Gazette," Oct 15, 2018
- "After Nobel in Economics, William Nordhaus Talks About Who’s Getting His Pollution-Tax Ideas Right" by Coral Davenport in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2018
- "Saudi Prince’s Showcase Is Imperiled by His Troubles" by Mark Landler & Kate Kelly (NY Times) on "WRAL.com," Oct 13, 2018
- "If a Prince Murders a Journalist, That’s Not a Hiccup" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," Oct 13, 2018
- "Khashoggi Rejiggers Middle East At Potentially Horrible Cost" by James M. Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Oct 13, 2018
- "Silicon Valley’s Saudi Arabia Problem" by Anand Giridharadas in "The New York Times," Oct 12, 2018
- "The U.S. should never turn a blind eye to this sort of inhumanity" by John Brennan in "The Washington Post," Oct 12, 2018
- "SF Jewish Federation Bankrolls These Hate Groups" by Mairav Zonszein on "Lobe Log," Oct 12, 2018
Added 10/17/18 - Part 1
Articles:
- "Does Saudi Arabia Realize Quite How Serious This Is?" by Elliott Abrams on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "How to Clip a Crown Prince’s Wings" by Bruce Riedel on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "What China’s Communist Party Fears" by Jiayang Fan on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "Why the Strongmen Are Feeling So Bold" by Joshua Keating on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "The Future of Populism Is Gray" by Edoardo Campanella on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "The Next Nikki Haley Will Be No Nikki Haley" by Robbie Gramer on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Oct 11, 2018
- "China aims to narrow cyberwarfare gap with US" by Steve Ranger on "ZDNet," Aug 17, 2018
- David Sanger on What Comes Next?, Part V (final), interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 13, 2018
- David Sanger on Information Warfare in the Cyber Age, Part IV, interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 12, 2018
- David Sanger-Is Cyber The Perfect Weapon? (full interview), interview by Andrew Walworth on RealClearPolitics Cyber Today, July 9, 2018
Added 10/12/18
Articles:
- "We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN" by Jonathan Watts in "The Guardian," Oct 8, 2018
- "Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC approved by governments" press release from the "United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" with statistical data and link to report, Oct 8, 2018
Added 10/11/18 - Part 2
Articles:
- "What Is a Rogue State?" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," Oct 11, 2018
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Lawmakers press for answers about China's alleged supply chain hack" by Derek Hawkins in "The washington Post," Oct 11, 2018
- "Israeli Ed. Minister Bennett: Shoot to Kill in Gaza, Including the Children he calls 'Terrorists'” from Middle East Monitor on "Informed Comment," Oct 10, 2018
- "The Unknowable Fallout of China’s Trade War Nuclear Option" by Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times," Oct 10, 2018
- "Stumbling Toward Armageddon" by Sergey Radchenko in "The New York Times," Oct 9, 2018
- "Khashoggi disappearance sends shock waves" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Oct 9, 2018
- "Recent arrests in Pakistan a step toward illiberalism" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Oct 9, 2018
- "FATF vote reflects Iran’s dysfunctional politics" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Oct 9, 2018
Added 10/11/18 - Part 1
Articles:
- "Trump Gives Dictators the Green Light" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," Oct 8, 2018
- "‘Our Hands Can Reach You’: Khashoggi Case Shakes Saudi Dissidents Abroad" by Ben Hubbard in "The New York Times," Oct 8, 2018
- "Jamal Khashoggi Disappears, a Mystery Rattling the Middle East" by David D. Kirkpatrick & Ben Hubbard in "The New York Times," Oct 7, 2018
- "Cyber Warfare: The Threat From Nation States" by Kate O'Flaherty in "Forbes," May 3, 2018
- "Cyberwarfare" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "The Perfect Weapon review: David Sanger's urgent warning about cyber warfare" by Raymond Bonner in "The Sydney Morning Herald," Oct 9, 2018, a review of The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age by David E. Sanger
Added 10/08/18
Article:
- "Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040" by Coral Davenport in "The New York Times," Oct 7, 2018
Added 10/06/18
Article:
- "Why the Wilder Storms? It’s a ‘Loaded Dice’ Problem" by Somini Sengupta in "The New York Times," Oct 5, 2018
Added 10/05/18
Articles:
- "An update on Harvard’s diversity, inclusion efforts" by Alvin Powell in "The Harvard Gazette," Oct 1, 2018
- "Lindsey Graham disregards Violence toward Women, & his State is a Women’s Murder Capital" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 28, 2018
- "How is this a victory for America?" by Fared Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Sept 27, 2018
- "The Latest Attack on Islam: It’s Not a Religion" by Asma T. Uddin in "The New York Times," Seot 26, 2018
- "Arctic Cauldron: Across the Arctic, lakes are leaking dangerous greenhouse gases. And one lake is behaving very strangely." by Chris Mooney withpPhotos and video by Jonathan Newton in "The Washington Post," Sept 22, 2018
- "How Rosenstein’s Firing Could lead to Trumpian Martial Law and Blood in the Streets" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 22, 2018
- "After Trump: The Donald in the Rearview Mirror" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch," Sept 18, 2018
- Deshaies, Denise, The French-Canadians of Brunswick, Maine, 2003 - a monograph available at Curtis Memorial Library
- Klein, Ruth Bouchard, Je Me Souviens, 2014 - about a French-Canadian family in Brunswick
- Brunswick Home & Garden Shop-"Uncle Ray" - Romain Savoie's light-hearted account of his experience with the Ariens Sno-Thro
- "Aquaculture's Next Wave" series on Maine Public Radio (90.1 FM-Lewiston) - it may be possible to stream some of the episodes on a computer or smart phone
Added 9/20/18
Articles:
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Is the U.S. prepared for another Russia hack? An interview with Greg Miller on his new book" by Derek Hawkins in "The Washington Post," Sept 20,2018
- "Five Million Children Risk Famine in Saudi-led War on Yemen" by AFP on "Informed Comment," Sept 20, 2018
- "Trump Can Kill Oslo, But Not Palestinian National Aspirations" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Sept 15, 2018
- "The Threat to Democracy Isn’t Just from Where You Think" by Fareed Zakaria (in "The Washington Post") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "The Big Winner of the Financial Crisis?" by Philip Stephens (in "Financial Times") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "When Two Tribes Go to War" by Amy Chua & Jed Rubenfeld (in "The Atlantic") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "The Fish Fights Are Coming" by Kate Higgins-Bloom (in "Foreign Policy") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "How Syria Could Get Even Messier" by Con Coughlin (in "The National") on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- "Some Good News on Inequality" from "The Economist" on "Fareed's Global Briefing," Sept 14, 2018
- Miller, Greg, The Apprentice: Trump, Russia and the Subversion of American Democracy, 2018
Added 9/14/18
Report:
- "Corruption Assessment Handbook" (draft final report), prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), May 8, 2006 - includes analysis of corruption in the Ukraine c. 2005
- Mayer, Jane, Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right, 2016
- "The Day that Lehman Died" on "BBC World Service," Sept 2009 - a drama charting the collapse of one of the oldest and largest investment banks in the world, which sparked the beginnings of the global recession.
Added 9/13/18
Articles:
- "Top 3 Charges on which John Bolton should be Tried at Int’l Criminal Court" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 12, 2018
- "'You've set back the Jewish contribution': Stephen Miller's former rabbi issues fiery rebuke on Rosh Hashanah" by Eli Rosenberg in "The Washington Post," Sept 11, 2018
- "The Real Lesson of Sept. 11" by Joe Quinn in "The New York Times," Sept 10, 2018
- "From Trump to Trade, the Financial Crisis Still Resonates 10 Years Later" by Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times," Sept 10, 2018
- "Andrew Cuomo Owes Cynthia Nixon an Apology" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," Sept 9, 2018
Added 9/11/18
Articles:
- "Are Iran and Iraq Headed toward Another Conflict?" by Shireen Hunter on Lobe Log," Sept 11, 2018
- "After Trump: The Donald in the Rearview Mirror" by Andrew J. Bacevich on "TomDispatch," Sept 11, 2018
- "Russia launches biggest war games since Cold War" on "BBC News," Sept 11, 2018
- "Keep calm and carry on - Theresa May's Brexit strategy" by Laura Kuenssberg on "BBC News," Sept 11, 2018
- "U.N. Chief Warns of a Dangerous Tipping Point on Climate Change" by Somini Sengupta in "The New York Times," Sept 10, 2018
- "How the U.S. Government Misleads the Public on Afghanistan" by Rod Nordland, Ash Ngu & Fahim Abed in "The New York Times," Sept 8, 2018
- "We have to look beyond the madness" by Fareed Zakaria om "fareedzakaria.com," Sept 6, 2018
- "Cities Lost and Remade" in "Middle East Report 287," Summer 2018 - a collection of articles on: Dubai, Amman, Alexandria, Abadan, Jerusalem, Mosul and Sur, as well as general urban issues
Added 9/7/18
Books:
- Atkinson, Rick, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943 (The Liberation Trilogy, Volume I), 2002
- Atkinson, Rick, The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy, Volume II), 2007
- Atkinson, Rick, The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945 (The Liberation Trilogy, Volume III), 2013
- Milton, Giles, Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat, 2017
- Sanger, David E., The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, 2018
Added 9/6/18, Part 2
Articles:
- "Can Europe Defend Itself and Iran from U.S. Sanctions?" by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on "Lobe Log," Sept 6, 2018
- "Washington Gets It Wrong in Middle East…Again" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log," Sept 5, 2018
- "Crazy Poor Middle Easterners" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Sept 4, 2018
- "Should Africa be wary of Chinese debt?" By Larry Madowo on "BBC News," Sept 3, 2018
- "Pakistan sides with Iran, as Trump cuts $300 mn in Aid" by Telesur on "Informed Comment," Sept 3, 2018
- "What’s the Point of the Supreme Court?" by David A. Kaplan in "The New York Times," Sept 3, 2018
Added 9/6/18, Part 1
Articles:
- "A Palestinian Memoir to Counter Trump’s Troubles in the Middle East" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," Sept 1, 2018
- "How to Play Our Way to a Better Democracy" by Jonathan Haidt & Greg Lukianoff in "The New York Times," Sept 1, 2018
- "Playing Politics With Religion" by James Dorseyon "Lobe Log," Sept 1, 2018
- "China defies Trump on Iran, Creating new Benchmark Crude Market in Yuan" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Sept 1, 2018
- "The Religion of Whiteness Becomes a Suicide Cult" by Pankaj Mishra in "The New York Times," Aug 30, 2018
Added 8/29/18
Articles:
- "Trump’s trade deal before the trade war" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Where America's immigrants come from" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Young Americans warmer on China" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Emerging markets feel the heat" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Africa: Europe a step behind China on engagement" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Latin America: Nicaragua's human rights crisis" by David Lawler on "Axios World," Aug 30, 2018
- "Brexit And Rare Accountability For Folly" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," Aug 29, 2018
- "On Iran, Is It Trump Versus His Own Neocons?" by Trita Parsi on "Lobe Log," Aug 20, 2018
Added 8/27/18
Articles:
- "Why It Can Happen Here" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," Aug 27, 2018
- "The bureaucratic battle for Saudi Arabia’s future" by Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 27, 2018
- "Iraq’s Kurdish kingmakers" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 27, 2018
- "Russia muddies the waters in Idlib" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 27, 2018
- "When it comes to cyber war, our adversaries don’t fear us" by Stewart Baker in "Portland Prtess Herald," Aug 26, 2018
- "The Full-Spectrum Corruption of Donald Trump" by Peter Wehner in "The New York Times," Aug 25, 2018
- "For Female Candidates, Harassment and Threats Come Every Day" by Maggie Astor in "The New York Times," Aug 24, 2018
- "Why Manafort and Cohen Thought They’d Get Away With It" by Jesse Eisinger in "The New York Times," Aug 24, 2018
- Albright, Madeleine, Fascism: A Warning, 2018
Added 8/23/18
Articles:
- "Trump’s Remark that Israeli PM will be ‘Mohammed’ ignores how Apartheid Works" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment, Aug 21, 2018
- "Arab NATO: An Idea Whose Time Has Not (and May Never) Come" by Andrew Miller and Richard Sokolsky on "LobeLog," Aug 21, 2018
- "What About Israel’s Airport Mistreatment of Arab Americans?" by James J. Zogby on "LobeLog," Aug 18, 2018
- "Post-9/11 Wars Tore the Heart Out of America’s Heartland" by Nathan S. Webster on "Daily Beast," Aug 17, 2018
- "Empowering Teenage Girls in a Traditional Village and Across Morocco" by Marjorie Olster in "The New York Times," Aug 17, 2018
- "Amid an Anti-Muslim Mood, a Museum Appeals for Understanding" by Farah Nayeri in "The New York Times," Aug 17, 2018
- "Looking Back at the Economic Crash of 2008" by Fareed Zakariah in "The New York Times," Aug 10, 2018, a review of CRASHED: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze
- Tooze, Adam, CRASHED: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World, 2018
- "Our Man in Tehran" (2018) - a two-part mini-series on PBS's "Frontline" first shown on Aug 13 & 14, 2018 (scroll down on Frontline webpage for Part 2)
Added 8/17/18
Articles:
- "The Trump-Russia Facts Lead To Only One Reasonable Conclusion" by Richard North Patterson on "HuffPost," Aug 16, 2018
- "John Brennan: President Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash" by John O. Brennan in "The New York Times," Aug 16, 2018
- "Qatar Emir Supports Crisis-Hit Turkey with Visit, Pledges $15 bn in New Investment" by AFP on "Informed Comment," Aug 16, 2018
- "Demography Is Not a Threat" by Mitchell Plitnick on "LobeLog," Aug 15, 2018
- "The unintended consequences of U.S. disengagement in the Middle East" by David Ignatius in "The Washington Post," Aug 14, 2018
Added 8/14/18 - Part 7
Book:
- Sanger, David E., The Perfect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, 2018
- "North Korea's Nuclear Program Isn't Going Anywhere" By Ankit Panda and Vipin Narang in "Foreign Affairs," Aug 13, 2018
- "A Plea for a Fact-Based Debate About Charter Schools" by David Leonhardt in "The New York Times," July 22, 2018
- "U.S. and Europe clamp down on migration even as arrivals drop" on "PBS News Hour," July 9, 2018
- "When Is American Democracy No Longer Democratic?" by Max Fisher and Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," June 29, 2018
- "The Immigration Law No One Is Talking About" by snackdoodle on "Daily Kos," June 21, 2018
- "Implementation of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of RefugeesImplementation of the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees" by UNHCR, July 7, 1989
Added 8/14/18 - Part 6
Articles:
- "Erdoğan’s Achilles Heel" by Gönül Tol on "The Cairo Review of Global Affairs," Summer 2018
- "Turkey’s currency crisis rages on" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Russia’s endgame in Idlib" by Robert S. Ford on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Abadi’s high-wire act" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Ghazni’s fall" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 13, 2018
- "Documenting ‘Slavery by Another Name’ in Texas" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times, Aug 13, 2018
- "What Jared Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’ Would Mean for Palestinian Refugees" by Anne Irfan on "Informed Comment," Aug 11, 2018
- "Are you still sure there’s no need to worry?" by Anne Applebaum in "The Washington Post," Aug 10, 2018
- "The Saudi Problem: Wildly Erratic, and Savagely Lashing out from Yemen to Qatar to . . . Canada?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 9, 2018
- "Europe, Russia, China defy Trump on Iran Sanctions" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 8, 2018
Added 8/14/18 - Part 5
Articles:
- "Axios World: Trump vs. Erdogan, Netanyahu's secret trip, Global language gap" by David Lawler on "Axios," Aug 13, 2018
- "Yemen War Challenges Saudi Moral Authority" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Aug 12, 2018
- "Will US sanctions bring Iran back to the negotiating table?" by Ahmad Majidyar on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 6, 2018
- "Trump’s elusive Middle East peace deal" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 6, 2018
- "The death of a scientist" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," Aug 6, 2018
- "Axios AM: Mike's Top 10" by Mike Allen on "Axios," Aug 4, 2018
- "Settler Violence: A Rotten System, Not Just Rotten Apples" by Libby Lenkinski on "Lobe Log," Aug 3, 2018
- "Competition in the Eastern Mediterranean: Is Trump Missing the Point?" by James Dorsey on "Lobe Log," Aug 3, 2018
- "Trump’s War Hysteria Against Iran Ignores Middle East Realities" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," Aug 1, 2018
- "Will the Trump Administration Attack Iran?" by William D. Hartung on "Lobe Log," July 31, 2018
Added 8/14/18 - Part 4
Articles:
- "Can I Ruin Your Dinner Party?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," Aug 7, 2018
- "Burning Fossil Fuels risks Tipping Earth into ‘Hothouse’ State: Study" by Kerry Sheridan on "Informed Comment," Aug 7, 2018
- "The Struggle for Palestinian Rights: Then and Now" by James J. Zogby on "Lobe Log," Aug 4, 2018
- "Jared Kushner Tries to Strip Refugee Status, Aid from Millions of Displaced Palestinians" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," Aug 4, 2018
- "It’s time to get out of Afghanistan. Here’s how." by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," Aug 2, 2018
- "Fact-Checking Pompeo on Iran" by Rick Gladstone in "The New York Times," July 25, 2018
- "With Nationality Law, Israel openly Declares Apartheid and Racial Supremacy" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 20, 2018
- "Russia might have been lost from the start" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 19, 2018
- "11 Years of Blockade: How Despair Has Made Gaza Unlivable" by Telesur on "Informed Comment," July 20, 2018
Added 8/14/18 - Part 3
Articles:
- "1 big thing: Media bias extends way beyond politics" by Sara Fischer on "Axios," July 31, 2018
- "Trump’s flip-flopping bluster comes at a staggering cost" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," July 26 2018
- "Entering a 1984 World, Trump-Style" by Michael T. Klare on "Lobe Log," July 24, 2018
- "Pompeo, Religion, and Regime Change in Iran" by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on "Lobe Log," July 20, 2018
- "Islamist Hardliners Are Threatening Iran’s Very Survival" by Shireen Hunter on "Lobe Log," July 20, 2018
- "Iran’s Destabilization Is Not in U.S. Interest" by Shahed Ghoreishi on "Lobe Log," July 11, 2018
- "Supreme Court’s Decision Affirms Trump’s Animus Toward Muslims" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," July 2, 2018
Added 8/14/18 - Part 2
Articles:
- "Benedict Trump" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 19, 2018
- "What exactly did Trump Promise Putin on Syria, START Nuclear Treaty?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," July 18, 2018
- "This sad, embarrassing wreck of a man" by George F. Will in "The Washington Post," July 17, 2018
- "The Murder-Suicide of the West" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," July 16, 2018
- "Things will not be okay: NATO's global peace is unraveling, and we can't stop it" by Robert Kagan in "The Washington Post," July 12, 2018
- "Big Business Reaps Trump’s Whirlwind" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," July 5, 2018
- "Fred Rogers and the Loveliness of the Little Good" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," July 5, 2018
- "The fighter jet that could break US-Turkey defense relations" by Sitki Egeli on "Middle East Institute," June 26, 2018
Added 8/14/18 - Part 1
Articles:
- "Stabilization of Afghanistan: The Little Engine That Couldn’t" by Diana Ohlbaum on "Lobe Log," July 6, 2018
- “Can China build an anti-U.S. alliance?” by Catherine Rampell in “The Washington Post,” July 5, 2018
- “Trump’s summit with Kim could foretell catastrophe with Putin” by George F. Will in “The Washington Post,” July 4, 2018
- "To Hackers, We’re Bambi in the Woods" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times," July 4, 2018
- "Saudi Religious Diplomacy Targets Jerusalem" by James M. Dorsey on "Lobe Log," July 4, 2018
- "For Many Young American Jews, Trump-Bibi Axis is the Enemy" by Edo Konrad on "Lobe Log," July 4, 2018
- "If Congress Changes Food Stamp Requirements, Kids Will Go Hungry" by Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott & Annie Hardison-Moody in "The New York Times," July 1, 2018
- "Of Course, It Could Not Happen Here" by Rogert Cohen in "The New York Times," June 29, 2018
- "Toxic History, Poisoned Water: The Story of Flint" by Parul Sehgal in "The New York Times," July 3, 2018, reviews of What the Eyes Don’t See by Mona Hanna-Attisha and The Poisoned City by Anna Clark
- Clark, Anna, The Poisoned City: Flint's Water and the American Urban Tragedy, 2018
- Hanna-Attisha, Mona, What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City, 2018
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Added 6/29/18
Articles:
- "How America’s Wars Fund Inequality at Home" by Stephanie Savell on "Lobe Log," June 28, 2018
- "Turkey, Iraq and China defy Trump on new Iran Sanctions, Act to Hold Tehran Harmless" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 28, 2018
- "Why Do We Value Country Folk More Than City People?" by Will WInkinson in "The New York Times," June 27, 2018
Added 6/28/18
Articles:
- "Corruption Perceptions Index" on "Transparency International" <undated>
- "Europe's migration crisis: Could it finish the EU?" by Katya Adler on "BBC News," June 28, 2018
- "Nazi Sympathizers Pushing to Take Over Europe’s Spy Agencies" by Christopher Dickey, Josephine Huetlin & Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian on "The Daily Beast," June 26, 2018
- "A Children’s Gitmo on the Border" by Karen J. Greenberg on "Lobe Log," June 26, 2018
- "As Israel Pushes to Build, Bedouin Homes and School Face Demolition" by David M. Halbfinger & Rami Nazzal in "The New York Times," June 24, 2018
- "IG Report Shows Afghanistan Failing To Fight Corruption" by Charles Tiefer in "Forbes," June 6, 2018
Added 6/24/18
Articles:
- "The Immigration Law No One Is Talking About" on "The Daily Kos," June 21, 2018
- "World to Refugees: Go to Hell" by John Feffer on "Lobe Log," June 21, 2018
- "The War in Afghanistan is Killing More People Than Ever" by Edward Hunt on "Lobe Log," June 20, 2018
- "The Rise of the Amnesty Thugs" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," June 18, 2018
- "Why Dutch teenagers are among the happiest in the world" by Senay Boztas in "The Guardian," June 17, 2018
- "Hiding the Occupation Doesn’t Make It Go Away" by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man on "Lobe Log," June 17, 2018
- "Israeli Lawmaker: Supremacy of ‘Jewish Race’ Explains Support for Netanyahu" from "Middle East Monitor" on "Informed Comment," June 16, 2018
- "Just the Fear of a Trade War Is Straining the Global Economy" by Peter S. Goodman, Ian Austen & Elisabeth Malkin in "The New York Times," June 16, 2018
- "The Trump Doctrine Is Winning and the World Is Losing" by Kori Schake in "The New York Times," June 15, 2018
- "G.O.P. to Americans With Health Problems: Drop Dead" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," June 14, 2018
Added 6/15/18
Articles:
- "The Big Scary Question Hanging Over the Trump-Kim Meeting" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," June 15, 2018
- "This should have been the real headline of the Trump-Kim summit" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," June 14, 2018
Added 6/14/18, Part II
Articles:
- "Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea and Iran: Let the Comparisons Begin" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2018
- "120 Nations Condemn Israel for Gaza Shootings, including Russia, China, France & 11 other European States" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 14, 2018
- "The Middle East in Trump’s Wake" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," June 14, 2018
- "8 million teeter on the brink of famine. America is complicit." by the Editorial Board of "The Washington Post, June 13, 2018
- "Trumpism is creating a global power vacuum. Who will fill it?" by Robert J. Samuelson in "The Washington Post," June 13, 2018
Added 6/14/18, Part I
Articles:
- "Iraq’s election recount goes up in smoke" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "Idlib’s fragile stability" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "Oil, soccer, and Syria: Saudi-Russian diplomacy" by Jean-François Seznec on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "An increasingly isolated Iran" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "Ghani’s olive branch" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
- "The future of Al Udeid" by Bilal Y. Saab on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 11, 2018
Added 6/13/18
Articles:
- "Syria–Turkey barrier" on "Wikipedia" [undated]
- "Yemen: US won’t stop UAE from Launching 'Bloody, Prolonged' Battle for Hodeida" by Fawaz al-Haidari on "Informed Comment," June 13, 2018
- "Promoting Islamophobia in America" by Arnold Isaacs on "Lobe Log," June 13, 2018
- "Trump Was Outfoxed in Singapore" by Nicholas Kristof in "The New York Times, June 12, 2018
- "Earth Will Survive. We May Not." by Adam Frank in "The New York Times, June 12, 2018
- "Trump: Trying to Remake America in His Own Image" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times, June 12, 2018
- "Pompeo Digs a Deeper Hole for US Iran Policy" by Daniel Brumberg on "Lobe Log," June 10, 2018
- "With G7 in Disarray, Putin & Xi court Iran at Shanghai Cooperation Council" by Becky Davis on "Informed Comment," June 10, 2018
- "After Trump’s G-7 summit fiasco, be afraid" by Jennifer Rubin in "The Washington Post," June 9, 2018
- "Anthony Bourdain: The Only Mensch on Gaza" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 9, 2018
- "The EU Must Realize That Populism Is a Symptom of Real Policy Failure" by Angelos Chryssogelos on "Chatham House," May 31, 2018
- "What Happens Now With Iran? Here Are 5 Scenarios" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," May 11, 2018
Added 6/6/18, Part I
Articles:
- "America, Hold on to Your Allies. You’ll Need Them." by Bonnie S. Glaser in "The New York Times," June 5, 2018
- "In Memory of Razan al-Najjar" by Orly Noy on "Lobe Log," June 5, 2018
- "Somalia and the Gulf Crisis" by International Crisis Group on "Lobe Log," June 5, 2018
- "Jordan’s Prime Minister Quits as Protesters Demand an End to Austerity" by Rana F. Sweis in "The New York Times," June 4, 2018
- "Resilient Jordan now needs to be adaptive" by Nasser bin Nasser on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 4, 2018
- "In Syria, Iran is playing the long game" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 4, 2018
- "FATA merges with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 4, 2018
- "The Gulf crisis at one year" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," June 4, 2018
Added 6/6/18, Part II
Articles:
- "The Millionaires Are Fleeing. Maybe You Should, Too." by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," June 2, 2018
- "Betsy DeVos Loves Charter Schools. That’s Bad for Charter Schools." by Conor P. Williams by Ruchir Sharma in "The New York Times," June 2, 2018
- "Convergence in the Tale of Two Cities" by Ginia Bellafante in "The New York Times," June 1, 2018
- "Response to False FBI Rumors" by Trita Parsi on "National Iranian American Council," June 1, 2018
- "Why Can’t North Korea Keep Up With the Neighbors?" by Marc Champion on "Bloomberg," May 23, 2018
Added 6/1/18
Article:
- "Syria’s Assad gives Kurds option of Negotiation or War, Demands US Leave" from AFP on "Informed Comment," June 1, 2018
- "Hate Speech Advocate, who got Roseanne Barr Fired, Running Trump Mideast Policy" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," June 1, 2018
- "North Korea is even less likely to give up hacking than nukes" by Derek Hawkins in "The Washington Post," June 1, 2018
- "One Reform to Save America" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," May 31, 2018
- "US officials plan to limit visas for Chinese tech students" from the AP on "CNBC," May 30, 2018
- "Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy" by Nellie Bowles in "The New York Times," May 18, 2019
- "Qatar and the Kushners: What to Watch For" by Timothy L. O'Brien in "Bloomberg," May 17, 2018
- "Time for Europe to Join the Resistance," editorial by Klaus Brinkbäumer in "Der Spiegel," May 11, 2018
- "Why Did a Creepy Israeli Intel Firm Spy on Obama Alums?" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times," May 7, 2018
- "Global debt is at historic highs and governments should start cutting levels now, the IMF says" by Cheang Ming on "CNBC," April 18, 2018
Added 5/31/18
Articles:
- "Netanyahu Twice Told Mossad Chiefs to Prepare Attack on Iran" on "The Daily Beast," May 31, 2018
- "Motivations for the Dead-End Policy on Iran" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 31, 2018
Added 5/29/18
Articles:
- "Reform in Reverse in Saudi Arabia" by The Editorial Board of "The New York Times," May 25, 2018
- "The Hidden Meaning of American Decline" by Alfred W. McCoy on "Lobe Log," May 25, 2018
- "Twelve Demands for the US: An Unreasonable Proposal?" by Gordon Adams on "Lobe Log," May 24, 2018
- "Israeli Gov’t directly involved in Cyberbullying, Stalking of our US Students: MESA" by Judith E. Tucker on "Informed Comment," May 23, 2018
- "Trump’s Destructive Policies in the Mideast" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," May 23, 2018
- "How Pompeo’s 'Severest Sanctions' on Iran will Backfire" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 22, 2018
- "Get to know Elliott Broidy, the next major Trump scandal figure” by Paul Waldman in “The Washington Post,” May 22, 2018
- "Bolton is the new Dr. Strangelove” by Richard Cohen in “The Washington Post,” May 21, 2018
- "The Banana States of America” by Dana Milbank in “The Washington Post,” May 21, 2018
- "What Moral Heroes Are Made Of" by David Brooks in "The New York Times, May 21, 2018
Added 5/21/18, Part II
Articles:
- "The Myth of the Gaza 'Border'” by Amjad Iraqi on "Lobe Log," May 21, 2018
- "Religion Corrupting Policy—and Vice Versa" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 20, 2018
- "Israel and Evangelicals: New U.S. Embassy Signals a Growing Alliance" by David D. Kirkpatrick, Elizabeth Dias & David M. Halbfinger in "The New York Times," May 19, 2018
- "China picking up Iran Gas Deal Trump forced France’s Total to Give Up… In Yuan, not Dollars" by Julien Girault on "Informed Comment, May 19, 2018
- "A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine" by Tom Engelhardt on "Lobe Log," May 19, 2018
- "Israel Needs to Protect Its Borders. By Whatever Means Necessary." by Shmuel Rosner in "The New York Times," May 18, 2018
- "Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy" by Nellie Bowles in "The New York Times," May 18, 2018
Added 5/21/18, Part I
Articles:
- "The Moral Rot That Threatens America" by Roger Cohen in "The New York Times," May 18, 2018
- "Did Trump Galvanize Europe over the Iran Deal? by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," May 18, 2018
- "How Trump’s 2000 lies are Termites chomping at the Foundations of Democracy" by Karen J. Greenberg on "Informed Comment," May 18, 2018
- "Is Trump the Second Coming of Reagan?" by Susan B. Glasser in "The New Yorker: The Daily," May 18, 2018
- "Did China Just Bribe Trump to Undermine National Security?" by Paul Krugman in "The New York Times," May 17, 2018
- "The Gaza Violence: How Extremism Corrupts" by David Brooks in "The New York Times," May 17, 2018
- "Calls for stripping Natalie Portman of Israel Citizenship for criticizing Shooting Palestinian Protesters" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 22, 2018
Added 5/18/18
Articles:
- "Trump vs. the 'Deep State'” by Evan Osnos in "The New Yorker," May 21, 2018
- "Maine's Fitful Experiment With a New Way of Voting" by Russell Berman in "The Atlantic," April 11, 2018
- "Maine’s Radical Democratic Experiment" by Colin Woodard on "Politico," March 27, 2018
- Preble, Christopher A., The Power Problem: How American Military Dominance Makes Us Less Safe, Less Prosperous, and Less Free, 2009
Added 5/16/18
Articles:
- "They Want War With Iran, They’re Settling for Economic War" by Esfandyar Batmanghelidj on "Lobe Log," May 16, 2018
- "An Indecent Disrespect" by the Editorial Board of "The New York Times," May 15, 2018
- "Michael Hayden: The End of Intelligence" by Michael V. Hayden in "The New York Times," April 28, 2018
Added 5/15/18, Part II
Articles:
- "Trump’s New, Confrontational Foreign Policy and the End of the Iran Deal" by Robin Wright in "The New Yorker," May 21, 2018
- "The Danger of Process-Free Foreign Policy" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 14, 2018
- "A look at Robert Jeffress, the controversial figure giving the prayer at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem today" by Eugene Scott in "The Washington Post: The Fix," May 14, 2018
- "Robert Jeffress, Pastor Who Said Jews Are Going to Hell, Led Prayer at Jerusalem Embassy" by Matthews Haag in "The New York Times," May 14, 2018
- "Trump’s Jerusalem decision destabilizing West Bank and Gaza" by Nathan Stock on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "Zarif on diplomatic offensive after Trump’s nuclear deal withdrawal" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "China, India may keep Iranian oil exports afloat" by Ruba Husari on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "May government courts Erdogan" by Gonul Tol on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 14, 2018
- "Beyond the proxy powder keg: the specter of war between Saudi Arabia and Iran" by Bilal Y. Saab on "Middle East Institute," May 14, 2018
- "John Cuneo’s 'The Swamp'” by Françoise Mouly in "The New Yorker," by May 14, 2018
- "Don't Let Israel and Saudi Arabia Drag the U.S. Into Another War" by Bruce Riedel on "The Daily Beast," May 14, 2018
Added 5/15/18, Part I
Articles:
- "Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War" by Michael Klare on "TomDispatch," May 13, 2018
- "Trump’s decision to blow up the Iran deal is a massive attack on Europe" by Carl Bildt in "The Washington Post," May 12, 2018
- "Saudi-financed Belgian mosques teach hatred of Jews, gays: report" from AFP on "Informed Comment," May 12, 2018
- "Less cramming. More Frisbee. At Yale, students learn how to live the good life." by Susan Svrluga in "The Washington Post," May 12, 2018
- "Trump has put America in the worst of all possible worlds" by Anne Applebaum in "The Washington Post," May 11, 2018
- "Trump, having Violated Iran Treaty, Insists Tehran Continue to Submit to Inspections" by Andrew Beatty on "Informed Comment," May 11, 2018
- "Iran Deal: When The Tumult and the Shouting Dies" by Robert E. Hunter on "Lobe Log," May 11, 2018
- "Why Netanyahu Really Wanted Trump to Scuttle the Iran Deal" by Bernard Avishai in "The New Yorker," May 10, 2018
- "Trump Trashes Diplomacy, Opens Path to War with Iran" by William Hartung on "Lobe Log," May 9, 2018
Added 5/11/18
Articles:
- "What Happens Now With Iran? Here Are 5 Scenarios" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," May 11, 2018
- "The Dragon and the Lion: How China will Win Big from Trump’s Scrapping of Iran Deal" by Neil Thompson on "Informed Comment," May 10, 2018
- "The Cybersecurity 202: Now that Trump's out of the nuclear deal, Iran may flex cyber muscle" by Derek Hawkins in "The washington Post," May 9, 2018
- "Trump Warmonger moves on Iran are from Iraq Playbook" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," May 9, 2018
- "Trump Trashes Diplomacy, Opens Path to War with Iran" by William Hartung on "Lobe Log," May 9, 2018
- "Assessing the Iran deal pullout" by Graham Allison in "The Harvard Gazette," May 8, 2018
Added 5/9/18
Articles:
- "Regime Changer Trump Puts World at Risk with Iran Deal Decision" by Mitchell Plitnick on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2018
- "Hold the Deal-Killers Accountable" by Paul Pillar on "Lobe Log," May 8, 2018
- "Why Did a Creepy Israeli Intel Firm Spy on Obama Alums?" by Michelle Goldberg in "The New York Times, May 7, 2018
- "The 10 graphs that explain Vladimir Putin’s Russia" by Owen Matthews on Spectator/USA," April 27, 2018
Added 5/8/18
Articles:
- "Trump’s goal in Iran is regime change" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 7, 2018
- "Lebanese election not a broad win for Hezbollah" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 7, 2018
- "Abadi expected to win in Iraqi elections" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," May 7, 2018
- "The Navy is resurrecting a fleet to protect the East Coast and North Atlantic from Russia" by Alex Horton in "The Washington Post," May 6, 2018
- "We’re Setting Ourselves Up for Disappointment or Worse on North Korea" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," May 4, 2018
- "Trump’s Dangerous Global Retreat" by Bret Stephens in "The New York Times," May 4, 2018
- "Why Are American Troops in the Yemen War?" by the Editorial Board of "The New Yorjk Times," May 3, 2018
- "Army Special Forces Secretly Help Saudis Combat Threat From Yemen Rebels" by Helene Cooper, Thomas Gibbons-Neff & Eric Schmitt in "The New York Times," May 3, 2018
Added 5/4/18
Articles:
- "Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America’s Troops" by Phil Klay in "The Atlantic," May 2018
- "Why Can’t the World’s Best Military Win Its Wars?" by Arnold R. Isaacs on "Lobe Log," May 1, 2018
- "Iran and Israel come to blows" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute" Monday Briefing," April 30, 2018
- "Pompeo’s Saudi sortie" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute" Monday Briefing," April 30, 2018
- "Turkey’s new reality" by W. Robert Pearson on "Middle East Institute" Monday Briefing," April 30, 2018
- "Pashtun protest in Pakistan" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute" Monday Briefing," April 30, 2018
Added 4/30/18
Articles:
- "The Spy Who Came Home" by Ben Taub in "The New Yorker," May 7, 2018
- "Netanyahu Makes a Case for the JCPOA" by Paul R. Pillar on "Lobe Log," April 30, 2018
- "Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 30, 2018
- "Who Will Win the New Great Game?" by Jochen Bittner in "The New York Times," April 26, 2018
- "Donald Trump and the Next Crash: Making the Fed an Instrument for Disaster" by Nomi Prins on "TomDispatch," April 26, 2018
- "The Natalie Portman Affair" by Daniel Amir on "Lobe Log," April 26, 2018
- "Iraqi Oil for Israel? 15 Years later, new Light on the Iraq War" by Gary Vogler on "Informed Comment," April 26, 2018
- "Unconditional Love for Israel, Silence for Palestine" by Maj. Danny Sjursen on "TruthDig," April 23, 2018
- "France's Macron urges EU to shun nationalism" on "BBC News," April 17, 2018
Added 4/20/18
Articles:
- "Who Is an Arab?" by W. Montgomery Watt & Pierre Cachia on "University of Pennsylvania-African Studies Center" [undated]
- "The US Doesn’t Even Care About Syria — But We Keep the War Going" by Stephen Kinzer in "The Boston Globe," April 13, 2018
- "The Syrian Kurds: Israel's forgotten ally" by Rauf Baker on "Israel International News," Oct 16, 2017
- The English Patient (1996) - At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.
Added 4/19/18
Article:
- "Trump’s Erratic Threats to Bashar al-Assad" by George Packer in "The New Yorker," April 23, 2018
- "Friedman: Does Iran’s Quds Force really Control four Countries and is Israel-Iran War Near?" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 19, 2018
Added 4/18/18
Articles:
- "A Brief History of How America Came to Love Small Wars" by Max Fisher & Amanda Taub in "The New York Times: The Interpreter," April 18, 2018
- "Syria: bottom line questions" by Graham E. Fuller on "Lobe Log," April 18, 2018
- "Are Iran and Israel Headed for Their First Direct War?" by Thomas L. Friedman in "The New York Times," April 15, 2018
Added 4/17/18
Articles:
- "President Trump, Remove Assad From Power, Or You’re Just Like Obama" by Emile Nakhleh on "Lobe Log," April 13, 2018
- "The man who thinks Europe has been invaded" by Nick Thorpe on "BBC News," April 6, 2018
Added 4/13/18 (after meeting)
Book:
- Allison, Graham, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?, 2017
Added 4/13/18 (before meeting)
Article:
- "Robert Morrison Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship to Study Islamic Influence on the Renaissance" by Tom Porter on "Bowdoin News," April 10, 2018
- "Assad’s chemical warfare" by Robert S. Ford on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 9, 2018
- "Sheikh Tamim visits the White House" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 9, 2018
- "Lebanon at a crossroads" by Randa Slim on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 9, 2018
- "Western Sahara simmers again" by Gerald Feierstein on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 9, 2018
- "Iran and India’s new partnership" by Alex Vatanka on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 9, 2018
- "Gaza Protests" on "MSNBC," April 8, 2018
Added 4/9/18
Articles:
- "Iran’s Range Of Options" by Nader Entessar and Kaveh L. Afrasiabi on "Lobe Log," April 6, 2018
- "Trump is right: China’s a trade cheat" by Fareed Zakaria in "The Washington Post," April 5, 2018
- "Bring troops home from Syria now" by Ron Paul on "USA Today," April 5, 2018
- "Top 5 Ways Iran is not very much like Hitler’s Germany" by Juan Cole on "Informed Comment," April 4, 2018
Added 4/3/18
Report:
- "New World Disorder" - highlights from the 31st Annual Camden Conference, Feb 2018
- "Violence in Gaza" by Paul Salem on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 2, 2018
- "Gulf Shield-1 is primarily about Iran" by Bilal Y. Saab on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 2, 2018
- "Taliban hard-liners still hold the cards" by Marvin G. Weinbaum on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 2, 2018
- "Syria summit" by Charles Lister on "Middle East Institute: Monday Briefing," April 2, 2018
- "Saudi Prince: War with Iran in 10-15 Years w/out new Sanctions" by Juan Cole on "Informed Coment," April 1, 2018
- "War With Iran Won’t Be Iraq All Over Again. It’ll Be Much Worse." by Trita Parsi on "HuffPost," March 30, 2018
- "Trump’s Art of the Deal Isn’t Working in Foreign Policy" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," March 29, 2018
- "Facebook, Google, Your Reign May Soon Be Over" by Fareed Zakaria on "fareedzakaria.com," March 22, 2018