Posts Tagged: Trump dictators
Turkey’s Pyrrhic Victory in Syria
Turkey’s military incursion into northeastern Syria had an ostensibly happy ending on its seventh day, with all state and non-state actors in the Syrian theater...
Why Jews Should Care About the Hong Kong Democracy Protests
JNS.org - It’s more than 30 years since pro-democracy student demonstrators were brutally crushed by Chinese security forces at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square -- a graphic...
Donald Trump’s North Korea Embrace Endangers the World — and Israel
There was a time when conservatives and Republicans led America’s charge against communist regimes that starved millions in the Ukraine, tortured to death hundreds of...
Trump’s Saudi Arms Sale Is About Politics and Economics, Not Security
President Trump wants to use his emergency powers to sell billions of dollars’ worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia on national security grounds. Congress wants...
Why Does the Trump Administration Want to Give American Weapons to Antisemitic Governments?
JNS.org - At a time when violence against Jews is on the rise around the world, should the United States provide advanced weapons to a...
Will Turkey’s Erdogan Era Come Crashing Down?
The result of the recent municipal elections in Turkey represents a major shift in public sentiment toward Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It is true...
Saudi Prince Leaves G-20 Confident and Bolstered After Khashoggi Murder
First there was a high-five from Vladimir Putin. Then, for Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi, it was business as usual. At home, Saudi Arabia’s media trumpeted Crown Prince Muhammad bin...
‘America First’ Undermines American Ideals — and Our Humanity
While stunningly counter-intuitive, the critical gap between technical intelligence and human empathy is more insidious than ever before. In response, one fundamental question should spring...
Talking to Rouhani: Is Trump Shooting from the Hip, or Reading From a Script?
Donald Trump’s announcement that he is willing to meet unconditionally with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took many by surprise. It threatened to reinforce the impression,...
Trump, Kim, and the ‘Good Citizen’
JNS.org - One of the many memorable scenes in The Lives of Others -- an exemplary German movie whose plot centers on the Stasi secret police...
Trump Betrays Kurdistan
JNS.org - It is difficult to look at the scandalous international response to the Kurdish independence referendum and not think, at the same time, of the...
