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Ukraine Crisis; February 24, 2015  (pdf)

Postscript on a Solution to the Ukrainian Crisis; February 27, 2015  (pdf)

Needed: Leaders Like JFK and Khrushchev; February 27, 2015  (pdf)

Ukraine Crisis; February 27, 2015  (pdf)

Simple Things; March 14, 2015  (pdf)

Needed: Leaders Like JFK and Khrushchev; March 3, 2015  (pdf)

Yemen Redux; April 3, 2015  (pdf)

Coping with the Sense of Drift and Disorder in World Affairs, Part 1;  May 13, 2015   (pdf)

A Fable for Our Times; May 24, 2015  (pdf)

Toward a National Strategy to Cope With a New World; June 25, 2015  (pdf)

Toward a Rational US Strategy (Part 2); July 1, 2015  (pdf)

What not to do about the Middle East; July 3, 2015  (pdf)

How to Begin to Understand Violent Political Movements: Part I; August 4, 2015  (pdf)

Under the Banner of Religion: Terrorism and Guerrilla Warfare Today: August 25, 2015  (pdf)

Some Reflections on Nuclear Weapons; August 28, 2015  (pdf)

Pushing the Edge on Nuclear War; August 28, 2015  (pdf)

The Law Governing American Use of Force in Foreign Affairs, January 13, 2014 (pdf)

The Law of Nations, American Law, Wars and Attempts to Stop Them, Jan. 24, 2014 (pdf)

No End of a Lesson -- Unlearned, June 12, 2014 (pdf)

Djibouti: U.S. soldiers to be flown to Africa to provide specialist training, May 30, 2014 (online)

We Should All Be Frightened by What's Happening in Israel; July 9, 2014 (online)

The Struggle For Palestine, August 3, 2014 (pdf)

JFK advisor warns against military intervention in Iraq, August 14, 2014, (online)

The Struggle For Palestine Part 2, August 31, 2014 (pdf)

The Struggle For Palestine, Part 3, September 26, 2014 (pdf)

A New Crusade?; October 24, 2014 (pdf)

Strategy versus Tactics:  Is America Losing Its Way?, November 5, 2014 (pdf)

Banking Crimes, November 14, 2014 (pdf)

The Iraq War’s Pricy Ticket, November 15, 2014 (online)

Ukrainian crisis, December 15, 2014 (pdf)

Shaping The Deep Memories Of Russians and Ukrainians; December 15, 2014 (pdf) (new)

The Syrian Maelstrom;  March 4, 2013 (pdf)

On the Syrian Brink, August 30, 2013 (pdf)

Your Labor Day Syria Reader, Part 2, Sept. 2, 2013 (online)

What would be the cost of intervention in Syria?, Sept 9, 2013 (movie-on TV)

Reflections on the Syrian Chemical Weapons Issue and Beyond; September 15, 2013 -

An American's Death, Still A Greek Mystery 65 Years Later, October 27, 2013 (pdf)

Syrian Civil War Rooted in Drought Years Before Fighting Began, October 31, 2013 (online)

Part 1 - Understanding Syria, November 6, 2013 (pdf)

Part 2 - Understanding Syria, (future)

First Essay on Syria, November 7, 2013, (pdf)

Understanding Syria, November 6, 2013 (online)

Understanding Syria From Pre-Civil War to Post-Assad, December 10, 2013 (online)

Chemical Weapons, November 28, 2013 (pdf)

Sayyid Qutub’s Fundamentalism and Abu Bakr Naji’s Jihadism, Dec. 1, 2013 (pdf)

Libya, March 31, 2011 (pdf)

Revised Rationale, March 31, 2011 (pdf)

President Obama and the Palestine conflict, May 29, 2011 (pdf)

The Decade of 9/11, June 14, 2011 (pdf)

Mis-step in Afghanistan, January 15, 2010 (pdf)

Meeting of the Oxford Union, January 24, 2010 (pdf)

Legitimation Crisis in Afghanistan, April 1, 2010(pdf)

Legitimation Crisis in Afghanistan, April 1, 2010 (The Nation on April 19) (online)

Afgh, June 27, 2010 (pdf)

US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: Lessons from Humpty Dumpty, June 28, 2010 (pdf)

Spirt Level Review, June 30, 2010 (pdf)

Impressions of Afghanistan, August 24, 2010 (pdf)

Steps Toward Withdrawal, August 22, 2010 (pdf)

Foreign Policy Expert: Afghan War Not Sustainable, September 15, 2010 (online)

International News - France 24 on 10/25/2010 (online)

The Danger of War in the Middle East, April 16, 2009 (pdf)

Dear Friends, April 19, 2009 (pdf)

Website for 2009, July 23, 2009 (pdf)

The Georgian War, August 5, 2009 (pdf)

William Polk on the Afghanistan Folly, August 31, 2009 (pdf)

An Open Letter to President Obama, The Nation on Sept. 30, 2009 (online)

Revised Policy 11, November 10, 2009 (pdf)

Notes for lectures at the Economic Club of Phoenix and the Committee for the Republic in Wash. D.C., March 1 (pdf)

IRAN: Danger And Opportunity, March 18 (pdf)

Talk at Bennington College students and faculty on September 15, 2008 (pdf)

Talk before the 21st Century Club of Cleveland, Ohio, September 20, 2008 (pdf)

Address to the Progressive Caucus and the Out of Iraq Caucus of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday, January 12, 2007 (pdf)

The cost of Iraq war and the savings to be effected by withdrawal, January 2007 (pdf)

The United States and Iran: A Tragic Friendship, April 8, 2007 (pdf)

The Palestine Tragedy, June 5, 2007 (pdf)

Fact Sheet on the Iraq War, June 8, 2007 (pdf)

Executive Summary of the Conclusion to Violent Politics, July 4, 2007 (pdf)

Broadsheet for Congress, July 4, 2007 (pdf)

Revised Congress, September 19, 2007 (pdf)

India’s Unknown Revolution; November 8, 2007  (pdf)

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India’s Representative Government & Education; November 18, 2007 (pdf)

Talk before Foreign Policy Association - September 1, 2006 (pdf) (Updated: 8/2007)

Moves toward War with Iran: Part 1 - October 9, 2006 (pdf)

Moves toward War with Iran: Part 2 - October 10, 2006 (pdf)

Moves toward War with Iran: Part 3 - October 11, 2006 (pdf)

Moves toward War with Iran: Part 4 - October 11, 2006 (pdf)

When U.S. Occupation in Iraq Ends the Violence is More Likely to Subsid,  December 4, 2006 (pdf)

Comment on Baker-Hamilton - December 15, 2006 (pdf)

The Results of Saddam Husain’s trial and execution - December 31, 2006 (pdf)

A Time for Leaving, Jan. 17, 2005 (pdf)

Une sombre affaire, Jan, 2005 (pdf) (French Language)

Lessons of Iraq, March 26, 2005 (pdf)

Toward A Successful American Foreign Policy, June 18, 2005 (pdf)

North Korea, Iran and the Untied States in the dangerous game of nations, June 20, 2005, (pdf)

Chieu Hoi, August 28, 2005 (pdf)

Another Winning Formula for Iraq, September 7, 2005 (pdf)

American Religious Fundamentalism, November 15, 2005 (pdf)

La inspiración de los neoconservadores, January 25, 2004 (online)

What is to be done in Iraq, February 1, 2004 (pdf)

La Revolución Neoconservadora, February 3, 2004 (online)

Understanding and Dealing with Terrorism, February 4, 2004 (pdf)

What does the Bush administration really want in Iraq?, February 4, 2004 (pdf)

Individual Terrorism, February 9, 2004 (pdf)

Group Terrorism, February 10, 2004 (pdf)

“The Self-Determination of Peoples”, February 12, 2004 (pdf)

What to do about the “Unsatisfied Nations", February 13, 2004 (pdf)

Worldwide Terrorism, Part I, February 26, 2004 (pdf)

Worldwide Terrorism, Part II, February 26, 2004 (pdf)

A Constitution for Iraq, March 9, 2004 (pdf)

Reflections on the Killing of Sheikh Ahmad Yasin, March 24, 2004 (pdf)

The Capture of Saddam Husain, April 2, 2004 (pdf)

Two Great Architects, April 16, 2004 (pdf)

The Wrong Road Ahead, April 18, 2004 (pdf)

Outsourcing the War, April 20, 2004 (pdf)

Thoughts on Torture, May 6, 2004 (pdf)

Filling the Educational Gap In China, May 21, 2004 (pdf)

Chinese Money – How much is there? Where is it Going, May 22, 2004 (pdf)

The World of the Future, Pudong, China, May 24, 2004 (pdf)

Nanjing, the City with a long Memory, May 26, 2004 (pdf)

The Chinese Far West, May 27, 2004 (pdf)

The Tourist’s Dream, a Modern Shangri-la, June 3, 2004 (pdf)

The Fate of the Giant Panda Bear, June 8, 2004 (pdf)

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The Height of Luxury – Soon only a Memory, June 10, 2004 (pdf)

Letter on China Trip, June 16, 2004 (pdf)

Countdown in Iraq, Sept 19, 2004 (pdf)

Random dots on the page, Sept 20, 2004 (pdf)

Israel and Palestinians, October 2, 2004 (pdf)

Syria the Neighbor, October 4, 2004 (pdf)

Iran in the "Axis of Evil", October 5, 2004 (pdf)

Eastern Pivot of the “Axis of Evil” -- North Korea, Oct 8, 2004 (pdf)

Connecting the “Dots” on the Map, October 13, 2004 (pdf)

American Options for Iraq, November 5, 2004 (pdf)

 The War to Continue War;  Nov. 18, 2004 (pdf)

What Kind of a World Will Our Grandchildren Face? March 23, 2002 (pdf)

Defining Terrorism, July 19, 2002 (pdf)

Freedom versus Secrecy, August 18, 2002 (pdf)

Build-up to War in Iraq, September 11, 2002 (pdf)

The Iraq Crisis compared to the Cuban Missile Crisis, September 11, 2002 (pdf)

The Bush Doctrine, September 21, 2002 (pdf)

Fear, Oct 7, 2002 (pdf)

Analysis of Intelligence, October 11, 2002 (pdf)

Encounters with Ibn Khaldun, March 7, 2001 (pdf)

Toward a Solution to Terrorism, October 2, 2001 (pdf)

Iraq: A New Leaf, February 18, 1999 (The New York Review of Books) (online)

Iraq: A New Leaf, February 18, 1999 (pdf)