by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 9, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Robert Service’s The End of the Cold War 1985-1991 is foremost a retelling of the nuclear arms control negotiations between the US and the Soviet Union during the Gorbachev era. Other issues are found in the chapters that form the last two...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Aug 22, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe As unfit for the presidency as Donald Trump may be, he got the 2016 election campaign off to a good start by providing an opportunity to examine the assumptions that had guided U.S. foreign policy over the past half century. Should we renounce...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Aug 11, 2016 | Monitor
By Joan Wadelton, Guest Contributor When King Augeas asked Hercules to clean out his stables, Hercules – seeing that the task was impossible by normal means – rerouted two rivers to wash out the years of filth. A tale those of us in Washington should heed, lest the...
by Patricia Lee Sharpe | May 16, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee Sharpe So Trump won’t be able to greet the new mayor of London at the White house—or even let him into the country—because he’s a Muslim. That’s only the beginning—think of all the other leaders who’ll be on the persona non grata list for religious...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Apr 18, 2016 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Shortly before the Easter weekend, the State Department quietly published a partial breakdown of 2015 diversity statistics on its website. This endeavor was apparently only done at the prodding of a senior Senator. Except for data covering...
