This Election Day, Wishing for Wendell WillkieGSTAAD-I was 13 years old when America engaged in the most consequential presidential election of my lifetime.Nov 4, 2020Nov 4, 2020
Will Young Turks Make Turkey Secular Again?GSTAAD — One hundred years ago this month, representatives from the victorious Allied Powers in World War I gathered in a porcelain…Aug 21, 2020Aug 21, 2020
President Trump’s COVID-19 Catch-22LONDON — It was in the winter of 1962, on a short weekend trip from Mexico City to San Francisco, that I first came across a novel written…May 19, 2020May 19, 2020
It’s Time for Iran to Release Siamak NamaziLONDON — Forty years ago last month, the relationship between the United States and Iran went on lock down.May 7, 2020May 7, 2020
LIVING A DIFFERENT IRONY, BUT THE SAME AGONY, AS THE SPANISH FLULONDON — This is the part of the story that I cannot get over, the magical part that is hard to believe, even now. In December of 1918, in…Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020
The Myanmar Crisis is More Than the RohingyaBANGKOK — In January of 1863, as the civil war in the United States neared its half-way point, southern Confederate soldiers in Madison…Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
The European Union and the Tyranny of the MajorityLONDON — For centuries, the accepted wisdom across Europe has been that the Swiss have used the mountain ranges that surround them and the…Dec 5, 20192Dec 5, 20192
North Korea: What Would Harry Truman Do?LONDON — Early in his presidency, Harry Truman received a distinguished visitor at the White House: Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, the…Jul 18, 2019Jul 18, 2019
Playing the Trump Card in IranLONDON — Before we consider why Iran may or may not have attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week (it definitely did)…Jun 22, 20191Jun 22, 20191
What Jordan’s Syrian Refugee Crisis Can Teach the Rest of the WorldWASHINGTON — In the summer of 1949, three years after I traded my United States Army uniform for civilian clothes, and three months after…Jun 5, 2019Jun 5, 2019
