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Peace in Korea is possible: Talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un will define the future

Peace in Korea is possible: Talks between Trump and Kim Jong-un will define the future

April 22, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Foreign policy cliques in D.C. are eager to shut down this process: America’s choice is to join or risk isolation A few weeks ago, it was sensible to ask where the Trump administration intended to take the diplomatic process on…

Trump and allies approach World War III in Syria, on literally no evidence

Trump and allies approach World War III in Syria, on literally no evidence

April 15, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

How much do we really know about the alleged chemical attack in Syria? Almost nothing. Has anyone noticed? “… to punish President Bashar al-Assad for a suspected chemical attack…” Do we all understand what is gravely wrong with this phrase?…

Italian writer Edoardo Nesi on the illusions of global capitalism: “We have lost our way”

Italian writer Edoardo Nesi on the illusions of global capitalism: “We have lost our way”

April 8, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Novelist and essayist Edoardo Nesi tells the story of one city’s decline. It’s also the decline of our civilization We all know all about globalization and its consequences, to note the obvious. But how many of us know how well…

The Skripal snafu: Whose interests are served by confrontation with Russia?

The Skripal snafu: Whose interests are served by confrontation with Russia?

April 1, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Theresa May is pushing a global showdown with Moscow over a shadowy poisoning case. Who stands to gain from this? Britain, the United States, numerous Continental allies, Canada, Australia and even NATO piled on the Skripal case this past week…

Will John Bolton ruin the chances for peace on the Korean peninsula?

Will John Bolton ruin the chances for peace on the Korean peninsula?

March 25, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

South Korea’s president has created a major opening for peace with the North — if America will give it a chance Korea now gets more kinetic by the day and deserves the close attention of anyone curious to know what…

Behind this week’s Russia headlines: A mystery, a leap to conclusions and a fateful turn

Behind this week’s Russia headlines: A mystery, a leap to conclusions and a fateful turn

March 18, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Did the Russians try to murder a former spy? Maybe. But that has little to do with the larger Russophobe narrative What a week for the Russophobes. The British government pins an unsolved murder attempt on Moscow, and the French,…

Trump’s summit with Kim could be a breakthrough — if the generals allow it to happen

Trump’s summit with Kim could be a breakthrough — if the generals allow it to happen

March 11, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Trump said yes to Kim Jong Un — and threw the foreign policy elite into turmoil. It might be his only good idea Is Washington caught once again with its trou down around its ankles? So it would seem. This…

Team Trump seems bent on undoing the Iran deal: So what happens next?

Team Trump seems bent on undoing the Iran deal: So what happens next?

March 4, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Major global disorder lies ahead if the McMaster clique dismantles the Iran deal. In some ways that might be good We had better brace ourselves for a further descent into global disorder: The next round in the Trump administration’s determined…

Syria’s tragedy, America’s crime: The collapse of national sovereignty

Syria’s tragedy, America’s crime: The collapse of national sovereignty

February 25, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Of all the tragedies befalling Syria and its people over the past seven years, there is one that cannot — or cannot precisely — be measured in casualty counts, ruined towns and cities, or the number of refugees now wandering…

Bibi’s downfall: Is the most dangerous man in the Middle East done for?

Bibi’s downfall: Is the most dangerous man in the Middle East done for?

February 18, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Benjamin Netanyahu has set Israel, and the entire Middle East, on a path toward doomsday. Will his fall matter? The political future of Benjamin Netanyahu is at last in doubt. With the Israeli police report recommending criminal charges against the…

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