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Ukraine and China

Posted on February 18, 2023 by alanpzendell

Alan zendell, February 18, 2023 As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches its first anniversary…I find it difficult to even finish this sentence. The very idea of a vicious war raging in Europe for a full year with no end in … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Finland, india, iran, kevin mccarthy, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Munich, NATO, North Korea, nuclear weapons, sovereignty, Soviet Union, Taiwan, vladimir Putin, volodymyr zelensky, Wang Yi | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Articles | Tagged 9/11, a canticle for leibowitz, cold war, communications media, democracy, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, New York Attorney General, nuclear weapons, Soviet Union, Ukraine, vladimir Putin, Walter M Miller | Leave a comment

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

The Nuclear Endgame

Posted on April 14, 2022 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, April 14, 2022 As a fan and writer of science fiction, I have read several apocalyptic/dystopian novels and published one myself (The Portal, https://https://www.amazon.com/Portal-Alan-Zendell/dp/1523721049.) As reader and writer, I have always been fascinated by the authors’ conceptions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged apocalptic novels, china, dystopian novels, famine, Middle East, mutually assured destruction, NATO, natural gas, oil, russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, wheat | Leave a comment

Kabul, a Disquieting Echo of Saigon

Posted on August 16, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, August 6, 2021 “Do not let my party pretend to be outraged by this. Both the GOP and Dems failed here. Time for Americans to put their country over their party.” That was Representative Adam Kinzinger (R, IL) … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Adam Kinzinger, bipartisan failure, Dwight Eisenhower, george w bush, Ho Chi Minh, iran, Iraq, nine-eleven, Osama bin Ladin, Ronald Reagon, saudi arabia, Soviet Union, Taliban | 2 Comments

Leaving Afghanistan, Triage on a Global Scale

Posted on July 9, 2021 by alanpzendell

Alan Zendell, July 9. 2021 Triage is an unpleasant but necessary concept. Sometimes, we can’t save everyone no matter how deserving or worthy they are. It happens on battlefields, during epidemics, and in routine hospital settings, as when there are … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles | Tagged Al Qaeda, allocating resources, COVID, infrastructure, intelligence failures, ISIS, Jihad, nation building, nine-eleven, osama bin laden, revenge, Soviet Union, Taliban, warlords | 1 Comment

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Tag Archives: Soviet Union

Ukraine and China

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