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Humpty Dumpty Has Had a Great Fall

May 1, 2019

The Russians, Chinese, Iranians, and North Koreans know that no agreement with America means anything and that Washington speaks only with a forked tongue.

What Next for the Korean Denuclearization?

Mar 8, 2019

Achieving denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula will bring peace and stability not only to the Korean Peninsula, but to all Northeast Asia and beyond.

U.S. Bases in Okinawa Are a Threat to Freedom

Jan 7, 2019

Occupying Okinawa with tens of thousands of armed US troops does nothing positive for peace and freedom; instead, it just threatens both.

Paris Cyber Agreement – Déjà Vu All Over Again?

Dec 14, 2018

Failing to get the major cyber aggressors on board with the Paris Cyber Agreement risks the agreement becoming nothing more than a paper tiger.

Rethinking Nuclearism: Thirty Years Later

Oct 6, 2018

The worst offenders of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty are the nuclear weapons states who abuse it to maintain their own dominance over other nations.

Korea Should Reunify Outside the Empire

Sep 26, 2018

The two Korean governments and the Korean people are willing to resolve their differences, but the US government is standing in their way.

North Korea Thinks Pompeo Has Reneged On the Deal

Jul 9, 2018

Let this be a lesson to Putin, as if he needs another one, that no deal with Washington can be trusted.

Altruism and Sadism in Public Policy

Jun 25, 2018

There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S. military budget, altruism, and sadism.

Putin’s Peace Efforts Are Coming to Naught

May 24, 2018

Now that Washington and Israel have sabotaged Putin’s diplomacy, Putin’s hope is that the result will isolate Washington from Washington’s European and British vassal states rather than isolate Russia, Syria, Iran, and North Korea from the rest of the world.

Peace Comes to Korea: Let’s Understand Why

May 1, 2018

The best thing that could happen for peace would be for the US to immediately get its missiles, its military, and its nose out of the Korean peninsula.

Crisis in the Congo: Where is the International Community?

Jan 30, 2018

The international community should make a greater effort to engage with the Congolese pseudo-dictator Joseph Kabila to entice him to step down voluntarily—while doing their upmost to ensure his people do not suffer any additional harm.

Endings and Beginnings: A Commentary on 2017 to 2018

Jan 4, 2018

The UN as constituted by its Charter gives control of global policymaking to the richest and strongest states, while the president of the world’s superpower poses an apocalyptic threat.

Trump’s National Security Speech

Dec 20, 2017

The American people, regardless of who they elect, have no voice, no input, no representation. An oligarchy rules, and Trump has become nothing more than its mouthpiece.

Associated Press Associates Itself With War

Oct 27, 2017

Associated Press propaganda about the situation with North Korea leaves writes out all possibilities of a peaceful resolution.

The Real Reason behind Trump’s Angry Diplomacy in North Korea

Oct 19, 2017

President Donald Trump is trying to scare off North Korea’s traditional ally, China, and disrupt China’s economic, political, and military ascendency.

China-Trump Trade Policy Leading into the Final Quarter of 2017

Oct 13, 2017

While some of US’s and China’s policy aims may be at odds, the two countries are finding areas where their interests overlap, and neither wants a trade war.