The folks over at Responsible Statecraft published an interesting piece last week from a former U.S. analyst and adviser, George Beebe. He made a persuasive case for why it is becoming more and more of a priority for Joe Biden to change his course of eschewing diplomacy and favoring instead…

I’ve been meaning to write this for years. Today, January 10, 2023, is the seventh anniversary of David Bowie’s death. I have been a Bowie fanatic since I was nine years old and first heard what was, at the time, his most recent release, the greatest hits compilation, “ChangesOneBowie.” I…

Like so many, I have some thoughts on the Kyrie Irving debacle. First of all, I should make it clear that this is something that hits me on many levels, not the least of which is the fact that I am a Jewish Brooklyn Nets fan (have been since they…

A great deal of politics, domestic and international, is theater, meant to elicit responses from the public more than to advance specific goals. By no means does that describe all politics and diplomacy; often that theater is mixed in with the actual policy or tactical decisions being made. But the…

[Originally published on July 12, 2022. Updated on February 23, 2023] In a disturbing development, the United States’ lone centrist anti-war think tank, the Quincy Institute, has been experiencing some controversy recently. Two key members — Joe Cirincione, a non-resident fellow there, and retired Gen. Paul Eaton, who had been…

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, one of the many responses to it was a tidal wave of finger-pointing, from the usual directions. This was the fault of Jill Stein and Susan Sarandon, people said. The calamitous outcome was laid at the feet of all those 2016 voters…

A few days ago, I published an article defending the Mapping Project. You won’t find it anymore as I took it down. After reflecting on the article and discussing it with some friends and colleagues, I decided that the piece was a flawed analysis. I stand by some of what…

Few people thought the patchwork Israeli government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid would last even a year. That they did is notable. But lasting that year was also a testament to just how successful Israel, and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have been at erasing the entire idea of…

I published, at ReThinking Foreign Policy the full, 98-page text of a draft opinion leaked to the newspaper, Politico, that completely overturns Roe v Wade. It is an awful opinion. Unfortunately, it capitalizes on the fact that Roe itself was a poorly thought out and badly written opinion that qualified…