Biden/Blinken

[Prefatory Note: this is a modified, updated version of an article published in CounterPunch, January 30-31, 2022.][*] The Problematics of Middle Eastern Diplomacy: The Case of Iran   When a nuclear agreement with Iran was reached by U.S.- led multilateral diplomacy in 2015, despite vigorous opposition from Israel, it was widely viewed as the greatest […]

Listen Closely to the Israeli Discourse in an American Liberal Idiom: Geopolitical Dreams, Ethical Nightmares Thomas Friedman is both an echo of the liberal establishment and a media force to be reckoned with when it comes to post-cold war, post-Trump America. Known for championing the excesses of modernity by conceiving of technology, markets, capital flows, […]