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  • August 15, 2017 | Russia as the great white power: Behind Trump’s and the Alt-right’s love of Putin
  • August 11, 2017 | North Korea crisis: The risks of accidental nuclear war
  • August 10, 2017 | Democratic consciousness in America in 2017 — and the urgent need to think and act
  • July 26, 2017 | Trump supporters, in and out of Congress, are undermining democracy and the rule of law
  • July 22, 2017 | Trump’s implementation of Putin’s goals
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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, elections, State Department, Trump and Putin, Vladimir Putin August 15, 2017

Russia as the great white power: Behind Trump’s and the Alt-right’s love of Putin

“REPRISE: Russia as the great white power: Behind Trump’s affinity to Vladimir Putin,” first published January 12, 2017. *** See Alan Feuer and Andrew Higgins,…

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Donald Trump, Nuclear Proliferation, nuclear war, self-defense, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, Vladimir Putin

North Korea crisis: The risks of accidental nuclear war

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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Dictatorship, Donald Trump, History, propaganda

Democratic consciousness in America in 2017 — and the urgent need to think and act

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Donald Trump, elections, Russia, sanctions, Trump and Putin, U.S. Congress, U.S. news coverage

Trump supporters, in and out of Congress, are undermining democracy and the rule of law

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Trump’s implementation of Putin’s goals

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Russia threatens U.S. if seized compounds in Maryland and New York not returned

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Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Donald Trump, elections, History, International Law, Russia, sanctions, Trump and Putin, Trump-Putin meeting, U.S. Congress, use of force, Vladimir Putin

“It is an honor to be with you”: Trump and Putin at G-20 in Hamburg

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Bahrain, Egypt, International Law, Middle East, Qatar, UAE

Saudi-led blockade of Qatar continues, in flagrant violation of international law

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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Donald Trump, elections, International Law, Russia, sanctions, United States, Vladimir Putin June 28, 2017

Trump’s attitude of appeasement toward Russia makes big inroads among Republican voters

See Evan McMullin, “Republicans are risking becoming the party of Putin,” Washington Post, June 28, 2017 (6:33 PM). Evan McMullin is a former CIA operations…

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