Tag: Politics
The Presidential Election of 1972: Analysis of Soviet Bloc Opinion
Link to The Text Message, at the National Archives
The state of the State Department is concerning but not dire
The state of the State Department is concerning but not dire by William P. Kiehl First published in Lancaster LNP November 26, 2017. Every so often, a topic for commentary comes along that focuses the writer more intently than the … Read more
Let’s Not Get Distracted by “Shiny Objects,” President Trump’s “America First” Foreign Policy is Out of Sync with the Problems of the 21st Century
by Dr. John R. Murnane The 2016 election of President Donald J. Trump has certainly heightened public interest in national politics, sparking debate about American values, social justice, and the role of the United States in world affairs. Arguments have … Read more
A Life Lived in CIA, the White House and the Two Koreas
Review by Ted Wilkinson Pot Shards: Fragments of a Life Lived in CIA, the White House and the Two Koreas by Donald Gregg, New Academia Publishing, 2014, ISBN-13: 978-0990447115, 332 pages, $38.00 (Hardcover), $26.00 (Paperback), $7.99 (Kindle). Apart from its … Read more
Canada’s Midterm Blues: The Harper Government Hits Rocks
Review by James L. Abrahamson
Military Security, Energy Resources, and the Emergence of the Northwest Passage: Canada’s Arctic Dilemma
by Steve Dobransky
The Craft of Political Analysis for Diplomats
Reviewed by John H. Brown
The Craft of Political Analysis for Diplomats by Raymond F. Smith, Washington: Potomac Books Inc., 2011, ISBN-13: 978-1597977296, Paperback, 161 pp.
Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy
Review by Henry E. Mattox
Michael H. Hunt, Ideology and U.S. Foreign Policy, Yale Univ. Press, 1987, Republished 2009, Afterword copyright 2009, ISBN 978-0300139259, 261 pp.
Blacklisted By History
The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies
Reviewed by Henry E. Mattox, Contributing Editor
Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies. By M. Stanton Evans (Crown Forum, 2007, 660 pages
The Middle East: What Do We Do Now?
The author of the following comments, who has had decades of experience in and study of the Middle East, used this text as the basis for two talks he gave recently to audiences of mature adults, interested in foreign affairs, … Read more