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Decapitation Wars: The Latest Strategy Of An Empire In Crisis – OpEd

Descriptions of the current U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah pay considerable attention to innovations in military technology

30.03.2026 3

Eurasia Review

Richard E. Rubenstein

Trump’s Ignoble Interventions: How “Regional Imperialism” Leads to World War

Shortly after Donald Trump was elected president for the first time, someone asked me in a public forum whether I thought he was a fascist.  I...

21.01.2026 20

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Richard E. Rubenstein

Never Mind the South African Whites: Let the U.S. Open Its Doors to Palestinians and Israeli Jews

Donald Trump’s offer of U.S. sanctuary to white South Africans is rightly considered a racist gesture not justified by any serious discrimination or...

04.06.2025 20

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Richard E. Rubenstein

The Trump Assault On Government And The US Need For A New Progressive Program – OpEd

Progressives in the United States need to put aside their justifiable detestation of Donald Trump long enough to answer this

24.03.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Richard E. Rubenstein

USAID “Marxists”?  Once Again, Elon Musk Again Displays His Invincible Ignorance

According to Elon Musk, USAID, America’s chief foreign aid agency, “deserves to die.”  Why? Because it is “a viper’s nest of radical-left...

04.02.2025 10

CounterPunch

Richard E. Rubenstein

Political Taboos And The Failures Of Conflict Resolution – OpEd

Thirty-five years ago, the great American peacemaker Elise Boulding offered a group of scholars and activists essential advice on how

21.01.2025 10

Eurasia Review

Richard E. Rubenstein