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This is the Season of Pardons, the time at the end of the term of an executive, governor, or President, when for reasons no one seems to know, it is safe or appropriate or reasonable or prudent, or just plain a good idea, suddenly to pardon people or to commute their sentences, people who in some cases deserve pardons or commutations when the executive first assumed office, not as he or she was leaving it.
Those lucky enough to visit the Museo Del Prado – the justly revered museum of Spanish and European art in central Madrid – would encounter the stunning, terrifying, but mesmerizing painting, The Colossus.
The elimination of chief Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, has led to all kinds of speculative interpretations.
The most common cliché is to say that the assassination aimed to undermine the prospect of Joe Biden’s re-entering negotiations with Iran.
The sycophancy displayed by Republican members of Congress – individuals with sufficient strength of personality, drive, endurance, and leadership – to the presidency of Donald Trump was puzzling.
Many so-called experts have already closed the chapter titled the Syrian civil war. For them, the war is over, Assad won, and now we can go back to deal with the least non-existent but most talked-about conflict in the Middle East, that is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Iran has been a state sponsor of terrorism. Iran has sought to expand the Islamic revolution and its influence. It cooperates with the Taliban, an extreme Islamist group in Afghanistan, and is also expected to interfere in the recent conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Israel could have a role in reducing tension in the Caucasus and should seek a resolution or a plausible armistice agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
It is arguably the case that momentous events are happening in the Middle East with regard to Israel’s position there. Put in sum, the political outcome of them is the transformation of Israel’s role from being the hated bogey man out of the system of Middle East regional relations to becoming a legitimate actor within this very system.
We often try to make sense of the world, particularly those parts of the world that are unfamiliar, by comparing them to the things more familiar, things we know something about. We say something is like something else, someone reminds us of someone else, that situation is not unlike one we have seen before in certain relevant respects.
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The tragedy of Lebanon
Implications of Florida’s
New Election Laws
Latin America:
Challenges to the United States
Compelling and Practical Analysis of the Middle East Peace Process
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem
Crisis in the Middle East” An analysis of the current situation in the region
Challenges and risks of America’s dependency on China for prescription drugs and antibiotics
Race relations and law enforcement
Contemporary Genocide with Dr. Joel Levin
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