Sitemap - 2022 - Robert’s Conflict Mitigation Newsletter
131 - Investing in Ukraine's Future, to Save America and the World
130 - Wooing Africa: Combating China and Russia
129 - The Corruption Curse, II: Prevention and Accountability
128 - The Corruption Curse: How Ukraine, Argentina, Malawi, and the U. S. Battle High-level Fraud
127 -- Overcoming Corruption Helps Ukraine Fight the War
126 - How to Stop Wars Without End: Ukraine, Tigray, and Central Africa
125 - South Africa Teeters on the Edge of Chaos
124 - The Merciless Wars of Africa, III: Battling for Ambazonia
123 - The Merciless Wars of Africa, II: Jihadists in the West
122 - Give Thanks to Ukraine, and Saving Civilian Lives
121 - On Losing, Losers, and Democracy
120 - The Merciless Wars of Africa, I: the Congo's Killing Fields
119 - We Are Not Alone: and More Are Coming
118 - Ending the War: But on Ukraine's Terms
117 - Carnage and Resilience, II: An Affirmation of Democracy
116 - Carnage and Resiliency: The Lessons of the Midterms
115 - Good News, Bad News, and Our Elections
114 - Outer Mongolia, Inner Russia, and Murderous Myanmar
113 - Brazil's Important Triumph Over Trumpist Fascism
112 - The Doomsday Clock Approaches Midnight: How Can We Reclaim the Moral Center?
111 - Who is Truly Helping Ukraine Defend Itself?
110 - Desperate Days in the Horn of Africa
109 - How Solving the Cyprus Problem for Turkey Could Help Ukraine Win
108 - Parliamentary Systems Have Their Advantages
107 - Stopping Cruise Missiles and Kamikaze Drones Could Contribute Critically to Peace
106 - Out of Africa: Unexpected Good News from Nigeria
105 - Ethiopia's Abiy Forfeits His Nobel Peace Laurels
104 - How Best to Rescue and Revive Haiti?
103 - An Epidemic of Deceit: Trump and Putin
102 - Politically Potent Anger at Immigrants: But We Need Them
101 - Another Critical Choice in the Contest against Fascism: Brazil
100 - Strengthening American Backing for Ukraine
99 - The Fascist Upsurge: Feeling Victimized Drives It
98 - Putin Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine, and Beyond: Energy Crises
97 - Legitimacy is Fundamental to Keeping Power and Pursuing War
96 - A Gift of Leadership: Mobilizing Believers for Freedom
95 - Long Live the King: And the Commonwealth?
94 - Winning the Global Battle Against Kleptocrats
93 - "Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely"
92 - Ukraine and Afghanistan: Biden's Meaningful Recovery
91 - Six Months of War: Ukraine Resilient
88 - The Other Invasions that Kill Innocents: I
87 - Identity Politics Persist in Africa, as in the Americas
86 - Good News Coming Out of Ukraine?
85 - How Today's Kenyan Election Speaks to American Tribalism
84 - We Need More Mugwumps: Their Return Could Save the Nation
83 - How to Extinguish Democracy
82 - Putin the Fascist: War without End
82 -Putin the Fascist: and a War without End
81 - The Battle for Africa: Fallout from Ukraine
80 - Russian Thievery Without Shame
79 - The Possibilities of Civil Disobedience: Sri Lanka, Sudan, Russia
78 - A Coming Global Demographic Cataclysm
77 - Speaking Truth to Power: An Exhortation of Conscience on Bastille Day
75 - Ending the Suffering: A Radical Rethink Required
74 - Putin Puts Moldova Next: Aggression Runs Amok
73 - Independence Day: What Do We Now Celebrate?
72 - Follow the Money: Putin, Oligarchs, and Syria
71 - Corruption and Chaos in the Congo, plus the CIA and Lumumba's Death
70 - Conniving with Putin-like Strong Men Rarely Pays: Myanmar and Sri Lanka
69 - Turning the War Tide: Is it Possible?
68 - Does the Rule of Law Prevail?
67 - Colombian Voters Select Leftist, Kenyan Voters Contemplate Cannabis
66 - An Upcoming Choice in Colombia: A Trump or a Sanders?
65 - Darkness and Light in the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Somaliland, Ethiopia, and South Sudan
64 - 400 Million Guns, Endless Killings
63 - Peter the Great, Vladimir the Puny
62 - Another Putin Emulator: Tunisia
62 - Another Putin Emulator: Tunisia
61 - A Path to Peace: Appeasing Dictators No More
60 -Putting the U. S. Back in Play: Regaining Real Influence in the Middle East and Africa
59 - Other Senseless, Devastating Wars
57 - Haiti: Mayhem Close to Our Shores, II
56 - Haiti: Mayhem Close to Our Shores
55 - Corruption and a New Instrument of World Order
54 - Russia's Soft Underbelly: Alcoholism and Corruption
53 - The Cossacks, Earlier Staunch Defenders of Ukraine
52 - Two Triumphs for Somalia, One Pending New Disaster
51 - Putin Wins Again, Scoring an Own Goal
50 - Wars without End, Too Few Mitigated
49 - Risk-taking and Nuclear Dangers: the Putin Paradigm
48 - Corruption in Paradise (not Russia)
47 - A Widening Conflagration: the War Matures and Intensifies
46 - Putin's Big Day: and the War to Come
45 - Going After the Islands: Competing for Caribbean and Oceania
44 - The Lies Proliferate, along with Expediency: Washington and the World
43 - Crimea in the Desert: A Frozen Conflict Persists
42 - Putin-like Compatriots, VII: Cameroon's Biya and More Russians in Africa
41 - The Wages of Expediency: Turkey and Russia
40 - Putin-like Compatriots, VI: the Rapacious Rajapaksas
39 - Paying for Putin's Destruction
38 - Putin-like Compatriots, V: Rwanda's Kagame
37 - "Have You No Shame?" The Big Lie, and More Lies
36 - Thinking Big: Taking the War to Russia
35 - Nigeria: A Failed State Where Things Fall Apart
34 - Menacing the Sahel: Jihadists and Russians
33 - The Heart of Africa's Darkness, now with Russians
32 - Celebrating Patriot's Day: Freeing Ukraine
31 - A Web of Deceit Enmeshes Russia and China: the Wages of Disinformation
30 - It is Time to Give Ukraine More Potent Weapons: Calling Putin's Bluff
29 - Putin-like Compatriots, IV: Sudan and the Russians
28 - Putin-like Compatriots Elsewhere, III: the War in Tigray and Ethiopia
27 - Getting the Oligarchs, Saving Ukraine
26 - Atrocities and Accountability: Russian War Crimes
25 - "Pull the Plug: Don't be an Accomplice"
24 - Putin-like Compatriots Elsewhere, II: Hungary and Serbia
23 - Putin-like Compatriots Elsewhere, I: Myanmar
22 - What Can We Do to Assist Ukraine?
21 - Can Morality Prevail in Ukraine?
20 - "We Should Not Lose Vigilance"
19 - Limiting Russia's Ability to Wage War
18 - Regime Change: Is It Possible?
17 - To Save Europe is to Save the World
16 - Thugs and Autocrats Run Amok
12 -Resistance: Symbolism and Boycotts
11 - Russia's Grand Corruption
10 - Stopping the Killing Fields
9 - Strong Leadership Distinguishes Good and EVil
7 - Stopping Russian Exports of Precious Metals, Uranium, and Coal
6 -- Boycotting Russian Gas and Oil: What it Means
Putin's Private Army: Using Mercenaries Against Kyiv
The Noose Tightens: Will Russia Remove Putin?
Cutting Oil Imports Will Help: But There is Far More to do to Help Ukraine