Sitemap - 2023 - Bruce’s Contradicciones Newsletter
Daniel Levy on the Israel-Gaza crisis and the war risks for the United States
This was the Biden Administration's view of the Russo-Ukraine War all along?
A German peace song, “Die weiße Tauben sind müde”
Richard Haass claims Netanyahu's war aim of "eliminating or destroying Hamas" is unrealistic
The Christmas Truce of 1914 and its relevance in 2023
The Biden Administration's Israel problem
The left-to-right transition phenomenon these days
National history as inspiration and nightmare: Argentina's "El Loco" version
New Phase in the US Politics of the Russia-Ukraine War
The horror show in Gaza continues...
The new phase of the Russia-Ukraine War
Israel-Gaza War: "I woke up this morning, and none of the news was good"
Bernie Sanders slams US support of war crimes by Netanyahu's government
Civilian casualties in the Israel-Gaza War and the risks of a wider war
Inflated claims in foreign policy can lead to some very bad judgment in practice
Kissinger: His legacy goes marching on
Israel-Gaza War is a real war, not an analogy
Democracy worries in the US going into 2024
Richard Haass on the Israel-Gaza War
German mainstream parties imitating the far right on refugee issues
German perspectives on the Israel-Gaza conflict
Fear and some hope in the Israel-Gaza War
Political earthquake with Javier Milei in Argentina
Demonstration reality-check from Roy Edroso
More on Christian Zionism on the politics of Israel-Palestine
Bibi's Pitch to the American public over the weekend
Jake Sullivan's "Foreign Affairs" article on US foreign policy in light of the Israel-Gaza War
The recent past and the ugly present of the Israel-Palestine conflict
What are the Netanyahu government's war aims in Gaza?
Hamas charter of 1988: a "where angels fear to tread" look
Netanyahu, "Amalek" and religious-fundamentalist politics
RJ Escrow "fisks" Biden's October 18 speech to the nation on the current Middle East crisis
Is the Biden Administration ready to put a cap on the Russia-Ukraine war?
Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars: "darkness ahead in both regions" for US policy?
Griping about "the left" and Israel
US Democrats and their chronic difficulty in fighting for their own side
Mitch McConnell on the US stakes in the Russia-Ukraine War
Netanyahu and the current crisis: prospects are discouraging
Hamas, ISIS and ... Benjamin Netanyahu?
Gideon Levy: "The pictures from Gaza are heartbreaking, and they ought to break everyone’s heart"
Israel-Hamas: Intelligence failures before October 7 and the current risks of escalation
Argentine Presidential election Sunday, Oct. 22
Before the ground invasion of Gaza
Rethinking the Biden Administration's enthusiasm for new alliance structures
US policy and the Hamas-Israel war at the end of the first week
About the Canadian Parliament honoring that Waffen-SS veteran ... (2 of 2)
About the Canadian Parliament honoring that Waffen-SS veteran ... (1 of 2)
Only wimps worry about nuclear war! (Wait, say what?!?)
Republicans and aid to Ukraine
What arguments do Republicans make against aid to Ukraine?
Austrian neutrality and Russian gas imports
From MAGA prehistory: Spiro Agnew in Jackson, Mississippi 1969
Michael McFaul visits Bizarro World in thinking about what caused the Russia-Ukraine War
What are the Very Serious People saying about Western policy toward Russia these days?
Vladimir Putin's fear of Western-backed regime change efforts
Poland: the dog that didn't bark (on Ukrainian refugees) begins to growl
European refugee policy: here we go again
Stephen Walt on practical realities and moral considerations for the US in the Russia-Ukraine War
Reminder: today's self-described Lincoln Project Republicans are, uh, *Republicans*
A clean-shaven rightwing version of German anti-refugee xenophobia
Has John Mearsheimer been frivolous in his analysis of the Russia-Ukraine War?
The 1973 coup in Chile and its continuing echoes
German pro-Russian "influencer" Aline Lipp
John Kenneth Galbraith on financial bubbles
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (12 of 12)
John Mearsheimer on the current prospects for Ukraine in the war
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (11 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (10 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (9 of 12): Historical and Geopolitical context: 1923-1933
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (8 of 12): Historical and Geopolitical context
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (7 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (6 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (5 of 12)
Timothy Snyder on banning a Trump 2nd term with the 14th Amendment
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (4 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (3 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book (2 of 12)
Anne Applebaum's "Red Famine" book on the 1932-33 Ukrainian famine (1 of 12)
Rehashing standard talking points on the Russia-Ukraine War
What will the end of the Russia-Ukraine War look like?
Fun with polling: hawkish anti-Russian nationalism edition
China's economy - including the risks to the world economy from a conflict over Taiwan
Ukraine: What does the war's endgame look like?
The short Russia-Georgia war in 2008
Michigan's Jocelyn Benson on defending voting rights
Michael Lüders on moralism and reality in the new NATO-Russia confrontation
The Trump indictment and a few thoughts on how we got to this point
Poland, Ukrainian refugees, and the fight to preserve democracy in the European Union
Ezra Klein dips into UFOlogy - and the results are pretty sad
Justice: the Hebrew prophets' version (and Greg Abbott's)
US Ambassador Julie Smith on NATO and the Russia-Ukraine War
Gene Lyons on that obnoxious song people are understandably griping about
Mystery development with now-former Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang
Your daily wars-and-rumors-of-war news: Poland, Russia, Wagner, Belarus
Does the Biden Administration have a war-termination plan for the Russia-Ukraine War? Maybe.
Timothy Snyder on humiliating Russia while ignoring nuclear war threats
The Unabomber, the infamous eco-terrorist of 1978-1995
The economic calculations around EU and NATO memberships for Ukraine
NATO meeting in Vilnius: Ukraine and NATO
The European Central Bank is planning ... a "digital euro"? Say what?
John Mearsheimer's June 23 update on the Russia-Ukraine War
More Russia reflections after the Wagner Group revolt
Ukraine negotiations: the Minsk Process
Jumping to conclusions about the Prigozhin putsch attempt (or whatever it actually was)
Voter suppression: Using direct intimidation
Deutsche Welle report on “The Arming of the American Left”
More on the horror show for refugees in the Mediterranean
How much has the Biden Administration shifted away from neoliberal economic dogma?
Recovering ex-member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's sudden end and the start of the First World War
The refugee ship disaster near Greece
Andreas Babler, Austria's new Social Democratic Party leader
China's diplomatic efforts on the Russia-Ukraine War
Surprising win for democracy and the Voting Rights Act before the Supreme Court
The "Why Are We in ... ?" question, Ukraine edition
Ukraine: separating facts and real trends from "fog of war"
Russia-Ukraine War: loose cannons on the NATO deck?
Chuck Todd loves the debt-ceiling deal - because it's "bipartisan"
Checking in with John Mearsheimer on the Russia-Ukraine War
Dark Brandon: missing-in-action on the debt-budget hostage deal
European self-defense capabilities and the shifting strategic balance
The political reception of Ukrainian refugees in the US and Europe
Nina Khrushcheva on the state of the Russia-Ukraine War
Emotions, convictions, polarization, and exaggeration in political propaganda
Refugee discussions in the EU stumble along slowly
Poland and Ukraine as suspects in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline bombing
Questioning the New Cold War narrative on the Russia-Ukraine War
Foreign influence and disinformation
Jake Sullivan and Janet Yellin on ... a "New Washington Consenus"? (2 of 2)
Jake Sullivan and Janet Yellin on ... a "New Washington Consenus"? (1 of 2)
New developments between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh
Cheerleading and war reporting are not the same thing
Roman Edict of Toleration (Edict of Serdica) and Western liberal concepts of freedom of religion
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 30: One real "heritage" of the Lost Cause ideology
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 29: James Meredith
Realist IR Theory, the Russia-Ukraine War, nuclear threats and nuclear deterrence
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 28: Reparations-a complicated project
Disputes over the Orthodox churches in Ukraine
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 27: Again on the American Revolution and abolishing slavery
Why the Dr. Strangelove approach to the Russia-Ukraine War is problematic
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 24: How the democratic tradition develops
Left-right alliance in Germany against Western support of Ukraine?
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 22: "Birth defects" of American democracy
Sen. Rafael Warnock's "political" religion
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 21: On "original sin" in US history
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 20: About the pro-slavery part of the American Revolution
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 19: The 2nd Amendment and slavery
Ukrainian grain exports causing controversy in the EU
Confederate "Heritage" Month, April 14: James Oakes on the 1619 Project (1)
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 13: Sean Wilentz on Slavery and the American Revolution
Jimmy Carter on America's "endangered values"
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 12: Slavery and white racism evolve
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 9: Fundamental criticism of the American Revolution
New Cold War rhetoric vs. Germany
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 6: The 1619 Project and the American Revolution
Trump's post-court speech to the cult
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 5: Northern troops and the end of Reconstruction
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 4: Language for talking about the Civil War
Confederate “Heritage” Month 2023, April 3: Lincoln as a small-d democrat
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing about the Russia-Ukraine War
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 2: History is about "sides" and taking sides
Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 1: Losers and Winners
Some very relevant questions and observations from William Astore on the Russia-Ukraine War
Prospects for peace negotiations in the Russia-Ukraine War as of the end of March
Secretary of State Blinken on Ukraine territorial negotiations
A critical perspective in the New York Times on the Ukrainian International Legion group
Council on Foreign Relations panel on "How Does the War in Ukraine End?"
The Carter Doctrine and the US role in the Middle East
Why US foreign policy needs to take more account of its limits
Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia and the Russia-Ukraine War
Republicans: bad (for the majority) on policy, but good at some basic politics
The new multipolar era in world politics
China's mediation attempt in the Russia-Ukraine War
China-US Relations get rockier, Russia and China sticking together?
Official US intelligence threat assessment on how Russia views Ukraine
Considering charges of genocide in the Russia-Ukraine War
How effective are the economic sanctions on Russia now?
Russia-Ukraine War geography: Moldova edition
Revisiting the Reichstag Fire, 90 years on
Stephen Walt looks at the risks of the West's triumphalist rhetoric in the Russia-Ukraine War
Chinese Foreign Minister gets a bit caustic about US policies on China and Ukraine
A glimpse back at Ukraine 2014
Can we get serious about Ukraine and the EU?
Mearsheimer and McFaul on the Russia-Ukraine War
Internal Ukrainian politics and postwar prospects for the country
War termination prospects in the Russia-Ukraine War
February 24: First year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine War
The Russia-Ukraine War, one year in
Andrew Bacevich on New Cold War triumphalism
News about Russian women going to Argentina to have their babies
Russia says Ukraine is under threat by ... Poland (?!?)
Biden's 2023 SOTU (State of the Union address)
Will Russian troops and commanders ever be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine?
The Republicans' demands over Ukraine in 2023
Biden's green energy initiative gets the EU's attention
The good (?) ole days of the "unipolar moment"
New "Frontline" documentary on "Putin and the Presidents"
Tanks going to Ukraine as the 12th month of the war begins
Business Week discovers ... Wilhelm Reich?
Germany publicly agrees that Leopard 2 tanks can be provided to Ukraine
German rearmament, the "turning point" for the EU, and the Leopard 2 tanks
Fighters in the Russia-Ukraine War: Russian, Ukrainian, and foreign volunteers/mercenaries
Slavoj Žižek on how to "change our past"
State of the Russia-Ukraine War in early January
How to advocate criminal handling of refugees if you're an Austrian conservative politician
If you ever wondered what "threat inflation" looks like, here's an example
What does a longer Russia-Ukraine War mean for the European Union?
Why the Biden Administration should publicly clarify its war goals in Ukraine