Stephen Walt
@stephenwalt
Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.-- George Orwell
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21-06-2011 20:27:06
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MUST READ by Mark Ruffalo This is Biden's chance to end the war in Gaza. Just threaten to cut off weapons for Israel latimes.com/opinion/story/…
I had a very illuminating conversation with Stephen Walt about the declining quality of Israel's strategic decisions and how the US has abetted that trend. You can watch here or listen on the Nonzero podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=YfwX79…
Pleased to have this International Security article with Basil Bastaki and Bryan Popoola out in the world. We wanted to explore how civil wars can be stabilized - or even ended - when international peacekeeping and other forms of externally-supported peace-building are not plausible.
By now it is clear that there is nothing #Netanyahu could do or say that would lead Secretary Antony Blinken to withhold U.S. support. A more ineffectual approach to diplomacy is hard to imagine, and the failure to achieve any positive results is entirely predictable.
It's a big deal that veteran journalist Mike Barnicle has now called out his media colleagues for failing to adequately cover Trump's visibly worsening mental state. It should spur a real discussion about how to do this, before it's too late. 1/ New piece newrepublic.com/article/185622…
Steve Inskeep Steve, agree this is worth reading. That particular part, though, struck me as very important and also straw man: >>It is beyond shortsighted to give up journalistic independence out of fear that it might later be taken away.”<< *No one* is suggesting that NYT or anyone else