Dear Friends,
The columns, stories and essays below run from last November to this week.
I found fascinating Gates's take on the bully, Trump, and on the role of emotion in international affairs that No Drama Obama seems to miss. (On that score, also take a look at the obituary for Benedict Anderson, whose writings about Indonesia may hold the real key to Obama's personality.)
The columns, stories and essays below run from last November to this week.
I found fascinating Gates's take on the bully, Trump, and on the role of emotion in international affairs that No Drama Obama seems to miss. (On that score, also take a look at the obituary for Benedict Anderson, whose writings about Indonesia may hold the real key to Obama's personality.)
I am also quite proud of the "Have Terrorists Won" story, which centers on an interview with Gilles Kepel (the answer is no, but the West could still lose); and the stories in the aftermath of the November 13 attacks.
I think the articles about Le Pen go a way toward helping us understand the woman who may be the next president of France, and the essay on guns and slavery in America, which grew out of solid research for my book, Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South, surprised and shocked many readers.
All the best, Chris
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Sec Def Gates Slams Trump
Jan 25, 2016 12:13 AM EST
The former CIA director and defense secretary isn't saying who he likes in the current presidential... MOREARTICLE
The Global Marauders of ISIS
Jan 14, 2016 10:01 AM EST
They may not be an 'existential threat,' but attacks like the ones that hit Indonesia have been... MOREARTICLE
Have Terrorists Won Since Charlie Hebdo?
Jan 5, 2016 12:01 AM EST
A year after the 'Charlie Hebdo' slaughter, France is a different place.... MOREARTICLE
Marine Le Pen's Gruesome Twitter War
Dec 17, 2015 5:19 PM EST
Comparing extremists of ISIS to extremists of Le Pen's National Front is a stretch.... MOREARTICLE
Mass Murderer Confesses on the Radio
Dec 16, 2015 1:00 AM EST
Chilean man tells the nation that he disappeared bodies for General Pinochet.... MOREARTICLE
The Man Who Foresaw 'No-Drama Obama'
Dec 14, 2015 1:05 PM EST
Benedict Anderson, the scholar famous for 'Imagined Communities' who died this weekend, detected... MOREARTICLE
Has Marine Le Pen Been Trumped?
Dec 14, 2015 8:47 AM EST
Not a single French region fell to the National Front, but its momentum remains strong and the...MOREARTICLE
How Le Pen Becomes France's President
Dec 7, 2015 9:06 PM EST
The stunning victories of Marine Le Pen's National Front in regional elections could point her... MOREARTICLE
America's History of Guns and Slavery
Dec 6, 2015 8:31 AM EST
The grim history of gun violence in the United States goes way back, aided and abetted by the same... MOREARTICLE
How ISIS Profits From Climate Change
Nov 30, 2015 2:33 PM EST
The Paris climate summit is also about national security, with jihadist groups snatching up land...MOREARTICLE
ISIS's Voice of Death Hiding in France?
Nov 22, 2015 12:01 AM EST
Fabien Clain may have been the real brains behind the attacks, and he may still be hiding out in... MOREARTICLE
The ISIS Poster Boy Is No Mastermind
Nov 18, 2015 8:21 AM EST
Belgian fanatic Abdelhamid Abaaoud has been named as the brains behind the Paris terror attacks.... MOREARTICLE
Why Is NATO a No-Go in ISIS War?
Nov 16, 2015 5:05 PM EST
France might invoke NATO's Article 5 calling for a common response to an act of war. But then what? MOREARTICLE
ISIS Targeted Muslims in Paris
Nov 15, 2015 6:42 PM EST
The so-called caliphate has a special hatred for 'apostate' Muslims who adopt Western ways—and... MORE
