Tag Archives: cold war

Autocrats, Real and Imagined

Posted on September 22, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, September 22, 2022 The two immediate crises faced by everyone on Earth stem from the same source – the trend toward autocrats and the cults that support them. Our future may hinge on the actions of two men, … Continue reading →

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Unintended Consequences

Posted on August 2, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 2, 2022 Some people plan everything they do in agonizing detail. Others, like me, play things by ear, trusting that we can adapt to changing conditions as they arise. That’s not to say we never think about … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Andrew Yang, atomic bomb, centrists, Civil Rights, cold war, COVID, FDR, fossil fuels, guns, health care, insurrection, korea, nuclear arms race, Obama, planning, reagan, Science, social security, Soviet Union, supreme court, taxes, Trump, Ukraine, vladimir Putin, Volodymir Zelensky, white supremacists, women's right, worst case scenarios | Leave a comment

Ukrainian Brinksmanship

Posted on June 5, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, June 5, 2022 If history has taught us anything, it is that civilizations rise and fall. The ancient Mesopotanians, Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Incas, Aztecs, were all-powerful in their day. In the post-Christ era, the united Caliphate, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged ancient civilizations, Canticle for Leibowitz, china, cold war, iran, Jihad, Joe Biden, Korean War, mutually assured destruction, Nikita Khrushchev, North Korean, Olaf Scholz, rise and fall, russia, Vietnam War, vladimir Putin, Walter M Miller, world wars | Leave a comment

A Ray of Hope?

Posted on April 25, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 25, 2022 The second world war ended with the nuclear destruction of two Japanese industrial cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Nazis had been forced to abandon their atomic weapons development program during the war, and Russia’s program … Continue reading →

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A Deadly Game of Brinksmanship

Posted on June 4, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, June 4, 2021 Brinksmanship is like poker. You may be holding a winning hand. You may be bluffing. More than one player may believe he has a winning hand, and some players may behave irrationally. If that happens … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged America One Network, bluffing, cold war, cuban missile crisis, gun control, intimidation, mutually assured destruction, negotiation, Nikita Khrushchev, personal freedom, poker, transfer of wealth, white supremacy | 1 Comment

Presidential Christmas Messages

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, December 25, 2020 It wasn’t too long ago that the worst thing we had to bear on Christmas was a presidential address filled with empty platitudes. One of the more heartfelt was Harry Truman’s first such address in … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged bill clinton, cold war, Communism, Dwight Eisenhower, george w bush, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, John F Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, nine-eleven, Nulear arms race, richard nixon, roy cohn, vietnam, watergate, World War 2 | 2 Comments

Guns And Nukes

Posted on March 12, 2018 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, March 12, 2018 I learned important lessons about guns and nuclear weapons when I was growing up. Living across the street from a Brooklyn firehouse as a child, I was frequently awakened in the middle of the night … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 2018 election, ar-15, assault weapons, cold war, gun safety, iran, Kim Jong Un, negotiations, North Korea, NRA, students, Tillerson, Trump, voting | Leave a comment

Korea

Posted on July 7, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 7, 2017 Given the history of Korea since World War II, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that it’s the mess it is today. We like to think of the Korea problem as an example of the Good Guys … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged china, cold war, deal making, diplomacy, douglas macarthur, Hyundai, ICBMs, japan, Kim Jong Un, korea, North Korea, nuclear threat, Samsung, soviet expansion, Trump, United Nations | 1 Comment

Russia

Posted on April 12, 2017 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 11, 2017 Stephen F. Cohen is a Professor Emeritus in Russian Studies from Princeton and New York Universities. Over the last few months he’s often been interviewed on cable and network news programs concerning the charges that … Continue reading →

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