by Charles Cameron | Mar 16, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a veritable rule of thumb ] , ** Let me steer clear of both foreign policy and presidential candidates, and simply quote Cheryl Rofer from her recent twitter fusillade re Neil deGrasse Tyson: One of the things science can teach its...
by zen | Mar 4, 2016 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski / “zen“] The Strategist: Brent Scowcroft and the Call of National Security by Bartholomew Sparrow In writing The Strategist, Bartholomew Sparrow has demonstrated that his talents as a biographer match his skill as a scholar. Cautious...
by zen | Sep 14, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] One of the signs that the Westphalian state system was approaching its zenith was the gradual extinction of legal private warfare in Europe (and in America , east of the frontier). While this trend predated the French...
by Adam Garber | Aug 7, 2015 | Monitor
This week, the President announced a new historic action to cut harmful carbon pollution, advocated for the Iran deal, celebrated his 54th birthday, and inaugurated a new class of Mandela fellows. read more
by Mae Bowen | Aug 6, 2015 | Monitor
Yesterday, President Obama spoke on the Iran deal at American University's School of International Service. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy also delivered a historic foreign policy speech at American University. Just eight months after the Cuban Missile Crisis,...
