May 196 minA Machiavellian US in the Middle East.The war in Syria has dropped out of the news, like almost everything else, in a time when the Ukraine war seems to dominate all discourse...
May 184 minStopping the bad being stronger than the good.Do we, especially our politicians and media, focus more on threats than on opportunities, dwell on loses more than on gains, and learn...
May 154 minMaking the world more equal.Maybe, after all, there is an argument for saying that the world needs more violence not less if we are to make its societies more equal....