September 13, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: China, Graham Fuller, Japan, North Korea, nuclear weapons, Russia, South Korea, US •
North Korea—the Deeper Issues Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 13 September 2017 It’s hard to make up a character like Kim Jong Un—his demeanor that reeks callow youth, corpulent self-indulgence, bathing in the adulation of his attendant military brass who sport the highest crowned military visors in the business, the adoring public applause as he presides […]
August 22, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: China, global order, global polliceman, Graham Fuller, Russia, US •
Global Disorder- What Are the Options? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 22 August 2017 Global disorder is on the rise. What can the US do about it? There are two fundamentally different approaches one can take—it all depends on your philosophy of how the world works. The first school thinks primarily in terms of law, order […]
August 8, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Bahrain, Graham Fuller, Iran, Oman, Persian Gulf, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Wahhabis, Yemen •
Dark Signs in the Persian Gulf Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 8 August 2017 The political and economic assault against Qatar by a Saudi-led coalition so far shows no signs of succeeding in bending Qatar to its will. More seriously, it raises ominous signals for the future of geopolitics in the Arabian Peninsula. That future may […]
July 22, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Graham Fuller, Iran, Russia, Syria, Trump •
Trump Pulls the Plug in Syria Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 21 July 2017 Every once in a while President Trump manages to get something right. This time it is the decision to call off the broad US covert assistance to the Syrian opposition forces fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Asad. Asad has been notoriously brutal […]
July 11, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Caliphate, Graham Fuller, ISIS, Mosul •
The Fall of ISIS—A Major Landmark in Muslim History Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 11 July 2017 The fall of the primary ISIS stronghold in Mosul in Iraq represents a turning point strategically, politically, ideologically and even religiously in the Muslim world. Mosul has been the largest symbolic center of the ISIS “Caliphate” over which the […]
June 28, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Donald Trump, Graham Fuller, US leadership, US politics •
Is Trump “Objectively Progressive?” Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 28 June 2017 What on earth does “objectively progressive” mean—and how could Donald Trump be viewed as a “progressive” of any kind? It may have been Karl Marx who first used the term—in a way that turns reality upside down. Basically it means that a leader or […]
June 5, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: European security, Graham Fuller, NATO, Russia, Trump, US •
Trump—Blundering into European Truths Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 5 June 2017 President Trump’s ignorant, oafish and crude foreign policy style rivets our attention, arouses our indignation. But the drama of the diplomatic mayhem he wreaks while traveling abroad also distracts from recognizing more serious underlying problems of US policy— deep negative trends that predate Trump. […]
May 10, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Erdogan, Graham Fuller, Kurds Syria, Turkey, US policies •
Destroying Turkey’s Promise Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 9 May 2017 Nearly all the indicators coming out of Turkey continue to be bad—for Turkey and for nearly everybody else. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to be the only one profiting from the ongoing dark course of events. Taking advantage of an unexplored and murky coup attempt […]
April 17, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: American South, American War, apocalyptic novels, Graham Fuller, Middle East, Omar El-Akkad •
“American War”— An Apocalyptic Novel of Our Times Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 17 April 2017 It’s hard these days to avoid glimmers of an apocalyptic future, domestic and international, breaking into our daily consciousness. President Trump represents its most obvious face today, but its roots go back at least to a blinkered American triumphalism emerging […]
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The Future of the Kurds
September 22, 2017 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Graham Fuller, Iranian Kurds, Iraqi Kurds, Syrian Kurds, Turkish Kurds •
The Future of the Kurds Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 23 September 2016 Of all the peoples of the Middle East who have suffered through various wars and manipulations by the US and other foreign powers over the past century, the Kurds are probably the only people whose national cause has actually improved during the more […]
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