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Feb 22, 2019, 11:12 PM

Breaking the Arab-Israeli Conundrum

The EU, led by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is leading an effort to maintain the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA). Merkel believes in the adequacy of this agreement. She also says that she is fearful of Iranian designs across the...

Jan 11, 2019, 7:08 PM

Humanity’s Choice: Redemption or Anarchy

From the end of the Cold War until the Obama administration, US hegemonic dominance in both Europe and the Middle East was the presumed normal state of affairs. But the penchant of Washington's Federal Reserve (its central bank and...

Dec 28, 2018, 5:39 PM

The Future of the Iranian Sanctions and Pax Americana

The purpose of the Iran nuclear deal was twofold. It was an attempt by a Democratic Party president to alter the trajectory of both Iran's nuclear program and its regional ambitions by integrating Tehran into the world economy. On...

Dec 14, 2018, 3:54 PM

US Left-Wing Fake History

In recent weeks media and think-tank outlets in the United States have been pushing the canard that Israel has been the aggressor in its war with the Arab world and the Palestinians. Nothing could be further from the truth....

Nov 16, 2018, 4:25 PM

Is the US Democratic Party Pro-Iran?

Ex-President Barack H. Obama believed that his nuclear deal with Iran would alter its drive for regional hegemony. Obama even stated that Saudi Arabia would have to find a way to "share" the Middle East with Iran. Recent history...

Oct 26, 2018, 3:30 PM

Russia, Syria and the Collapse of the INF Treaty

In an age of world wars, the entire planet is linked through geopolitics. This is precisely why the Trump administration policy of "America First" makes little sense. America has had, and has needed, allies since the end of WWII....

Oct 12, 2018, 4:05 PM

Children at Play in the Forests of Arabia

Kenneth Boulding was a pioneer in a subject most needed in today's confused and endangered world, ecological economics. Boulding's most famous quote was as follows: "Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever is either a madman...

Sep 28, 2018, 5:24 PM

My Response to the Jordanian Ambassador

Recently Jordan's first ambassador to Israel, Marwan Muasher, published a very unique article claiming that the so-called two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is most probably at a dead end (September 15, 2018 on the publications page of the...

Sep 14, 2018, 3:30 PM

Can the Center Hold? Toward a New Foreign Policy

Why is Russia really in Syria? Can the Kremlin continue to support both Israel and Iran at the same time? What will happen to the politics of Europe if there is another wave of Syrian refugees from Idlib Province?...

Aug 31, 2018, 4:32 PM

There is a Future — National Unity!

In all probability, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu will lead the next right-wing Israeli government. The Labor Party has been dead in the water since Oslo failed at Camp David in 2000. Hence the Israeli people will not choose a...

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About Me

Steven Horowitz has been a farmer, journalist and teacher spanning the last 45 years. He resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. During the 1970's, he lived on kibbutz in Israel, where he worked as a shepherd and construction worker. In 1985, he was the winner of the Christian Science Monitor's Peace 2010 international essay contest. He was a contributing author to the book "How Peace came to the World" (MIT Press).