Tag Archives: Obama

Yemen Undone

Posted on March 24, 2015 by jackgoldstone

It shouldn’t really be a surprise to anyone that Yemen has collapsed (again).  A country that has split and been pulled together before, with the youngest and fastest growing population in the region, running low on oil and water, with … Continue reading →

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What China Wants

Posted on November 18, 2014 by jackgoldstone

Last week’s APEC meeting in Beijing shed new light on China’s relationship with America and the world. It has become increasing clear what China wants. China seeks a role in Asia comparable to the role that America has enjoyed with … Continue reading →

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Three cheers (almost) for Obama vs. ISIS

Posted on September 10, 2014 by jackgoldstone

President Obama’s speech touched on all the right and necessary notes — as good a speech as he has given. Obama clearly separated the terrorists behind ISIS from both the Muslim faith and the broader Muslim populations that it has … Continue reading →

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Obama and the world

Posted on August 29, 2014 by jackgoldstone

If President Obama wished to give substance to his belief that the U.S. is no longer the world’s sole superpower, or a superpower of any kind, he has certainly done so this week.  By admitting that has no strategy for … Continue reading →

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Ukraine is getting ever more dangerous

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jackgoldstone

On CNN last Sunday, Stephen Cohen suggested that we are only two steps away from another Cuban missile crisis. Is that possible, or hyperbole? Revolutions create great risks because they create uncertainty and anxiety. The strength and policies of the … Continue reading →

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And the next political disaster is…

Posted on October 20, 2013 by jackgoldstone

The Affordable Care Act signup website.  You would think that the Health and  Human Services department would have realized that (1) the most immediate, direct, and widespread contact that Americans would initially have with Obamacare would be the process of … Continue reading →

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It’s a New Day (again)

Posted on October 4, 2013 by jackgoldstone

Day 4 of the Federal Shutdown — and the sky has not fallen, the earth has not stopped spinning.  In fact, it is a beautiful sunny day here in Washington DC, traffic is light, and except for the odd crazy … Continue reading →

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Putin plays his hand well – but with what result?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by jackgoldstone

President Vladimir Putin has skillfully taken advantage of the opening given, almost by accident, by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, for Russia to frame the debate on what to do about the civil war raging in Syria. Russia’s strategic … Continue reading →

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Deaths in Egypt

Posted on August 15, 2013 by jackgoldstone

I have seen reports in recent days of the death of democracy in Egypt (when was it ever alive — perhaps just barely?)  I have seen reports that the Arab Spring is “over,”  “dead” or “being reversed.” All of these … Continue reading →

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Public Spending, Private Wealth

Posted on July 27, 2013 by jackgoldstone

“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.”  — Matthew 19:24 “The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” … Continue reading →

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