Category Archives: Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren- ‘A Foreign Policy For All

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat From Senator Elizabeth Warren Foreign Affairs Magazine “ENDING ENDLESS WAR A foreign policy that works for all Americans must also be driven by honest assessments of the full costs and risks associated with going to war. All three … Continue reading →

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Mal Partisan: ISIS Must be Destroyed, But it Won’t be Easy: Time For a Coalition of The Able and Willing to Destroy ISIS

Posted on November 20, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: Mal Partisan: ISIS Must be Destroyed, But it Won’t be Easy: Time For a Coalition of The Able and Willing to Destroy ISIS For anyone to say that this is just about revenge for what happened in Paris and … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: Sandy Kozel- Deal Reached Over Iranian Nuclear Program

Posted on July 14, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus From what I’ve seen of the Iranian nuclear deal so far, it looks very good to me. The only issue that I have with it is the part where Iran, … Continue reading →

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Foreign Affairs: Opinion- ‘Michael T. Klare- Hard Power, Soft Power & Energy Power’

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat I’ve been thinking about this myself, but up until now have never gotten around to blogging about this. But what if in response to Russia invading Ukraine and threatening to cut off Ukraine and Europe from oil … Continue reading →

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Foreign Affairs: Opinion: Jose W. Fernandez & Eric Lorber: Opening Cuba to American Telecommunications Investment

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Foreign Affairs: Opinion: Jose W Fernandez & Eric Lorber: Opening Cuba to American Telecommunications Investment This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on WordPress I agree that opening up the Cuban telecommunications industry and allowing for others to … Continue reading →

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Brookings Institution: FIXGOV- William Galston- The American People to its Leaders: Ground Troops Against ISIS and a Stronger National Defense

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus I think its pretty clear about what we’ve learned in the last thirteen-years or so in our Middle East adventures. That if you try to defend and govern a country … Continue reading →

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Brookings Institution: Martin S. Indyk- A Return to The Middle Eastern Great Game

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Plus Support Middle Eastern dictators in the past may have worked in the past up until 1978 or so with the fall of the Shah of Iran, as far as maintaining … Continue reading →

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The New Republic: Opinion: William J. Dobson: A Victory For Democratic Foreign Policy

Posted on September 19, 2014 by Erik Schneider

This post was originally posted at FRS FreeState on WordPress, May, 2011 and then reposted The New Republic: Opinion: William J. Dobson: A Victory For Democratic Foreign Policy I had just turned five years old and was in kindergarten when … Continue reading →

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Slate: Opinion: Jamelle Bouie: Neocons Already Destroyed Iraq: Why Neoconservatives Should be Ignored on Iraq

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld Slate: Opinion: Jamelle Bouie: The Neocons Already Destroyed Iraq Once There’s an old American expression “fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me”. Which basically translates if you are dumb enough … Continue reading →

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Foreign Affairs: Opinion: Omar Al-Nidawi: How PM Nouir Al-Maliki Lost Iraq

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki Foreign Affairs: Opinion: Omar Al-Nidawi: How Maliki Lost Iraq It would be easy and perhaps even tempting to blame crisis going on in Northern Iraq and the fact that it is now under control by Islāmic … Continue reading →

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