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Syria’s collapse and the global balance

In the course of just ten days, starting November 28, the system of (Baath Party + military) governance that the Asad family had maintained…

Dec 13

Syria’s collapse and the global balance

Dec 13

After the Trump win: The fierce urgency of Palestine in U.S. political life

During their fairly lengthy meeting in the Oval office Wednesday, Biden and Trump reportedly discussed the ongoing crisis in West Asia…

Nov 16

After the Trump win: The fierce urgency of Palestine in U.S. political life

Nov 16

Washington’s Israeli Rottweiler: Is it on or off the leash?

In the 40-plus years I’ve been studying the US-Israeli relationship up close, my views of its dynamics have changed (as have the dynamics…

Oct 12

Washington’s Israeli Rottweiler: Is it on or off the leash?

Oct 12

Some thoughts on today’s perilous situation in West Asia and the world

Back in October of last year, I was already writing that Israel, in its reactions to Hamas’s breakout of October 7, was acting in a…

Oct 5

Some thoughts on today’s perilous situation in West Asia and the world

Oct 5

Israel’s deadly escalations in Lebanon & their background

There is so much to be said about the horrrendous escalations that Netanyahu’s government and military have been undertaking in Lebanon…

Sep 23

Israel’s deadly escalations in Lebanon & their background

Sep 23

Israeli society, institutions continue to implode

Just quickly, here are some of my thoughts on the implosion of key Israeli institutions, and to some extent of Jewish-Israeli society…

Aug 3

Israeli society, institutions continue to implode

Aug 3

USA takes sledgehammer to international law

The great artist Michaelangelo completed his “David” and some other seminal works before he turned 30. Imagine if, a few decades later, he…

Jul 25

USA takes sledgehammer to international law

Jul 25

Chaos, collusion, and catastrophe: Biden and the genocide in Gaza

Pres. Biden’s disastrous performance in the June 27 debate sent waves of horror through all supporters of the U.S. Democratic Party and…

Jul 6

Chaos, collusion, and catastrophe: Biden and the genocide in Gaza

Jul 6

Israel’s path to defeat: The implications

Today, nearly nine months into Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, the evidence is mounting that the country’s political-military leadership is…

Jun 22

Israel’s path to defeat: The implications

Jun 22

Biden’s super-fuzzy Gaza plan

It is certainly a welcome development that the President of the United States is now- at last- openly on the record calling for a “durable…

Jun 1

Biden’s super-fuzzy Gaza plan

Jun 1

Helena Cobban

Helena Cobban

Veteran analyst of global affairs, w/ some focus on West Asia. Pres., Just World Educational. Writes at Globalities.org.

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