Sitemap - 2023 - Robert’s Conflict Mitigation Newsletter

228 - Wars and Renewed Wars: Both Sides of the Red Sea Inflamed

227 - Wannabe Caesars: Dangerous Loudmouths All, and Corrupt

226 - Refugees and Persons Displaced: A Tide of Despair

225 - Israel Must Win Two Wars, Not Just One

224 - Republicans Should Not Do Putin's Bidding

223 - Does Democracy Still Work?

222 - Throwing Oil Wealth Around: the UAE and Fateful Global Choices

221 - Only a New Deal at Home Can Give Israel Victory in Gaza -- and Beyond

220 - Once More Into the Cauldron: Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide in Sudan

219 – Country over Party; Patriotism over Person: A Liberian Example that Counters Creeping Fascism, and a Shock Triumph in Argentina

218 - Immigrants Need Not be Repulsed: We Need Workers

217 - Right Over Might: Autocracy Humbled

216 - The Killing Fields of Inhumanity: From Avdiivka and Gaza to Goma and Nyala

215 - Ukraine's Struggle for Freedom Needs to be Sustained

214 - Winning Wars Demands Consummate Leadership: Can Israel Meet the Challenge?

213 - Undoing Good in the World: Republicans Sabotage Soft Power

112 - Democracy Occasionally Triumphs: Poland is a Possible Harbinger

211 - Saving the World: America's Role, Especially in Transforming Rage into Smart Tactics

210 - Biden's Winning Hand in Israel: Redirecting an Agenda of Vengeance

209 - Masterful Crisis Leadership Needed to Navigate Hamas' Elimination without Irreparable Damage to Israel

208 - Colossal Carnage and Brutal Mayhem: Putin and Khamenei Profit, Not Hamas

207 - Sabotage Undermines the Global Freedom Struggle in Ukraine

206 - Corruption Complicates Defending Ukraine Against Russian Depredations

205 - How Opportunistic Politicians Worldwide Stir Up and Magnify Feelings of Status Compression and Loss of Esteem

204 - Washington Learns to Woo the World: Countering China and Russia

203 - Doing Putin's Dirty Work: His Republican Allies

202 - "Evil Cannot be Trusted," Zelensky Warns Potential Backsliders and Apostates

201 - Halting the Enablers of Putin's Invasion

200 - The Mad Hatter and the Manchurian Candidate: Putin Aligns with Trump

199 - Musk Wields Arrogant Power: Messing with Ukraine's War Strategies

198 - How Best to Rein in Rogue Nations, Especially Those That Support Putin's Invasion

197 - Are All Coups Bad? Do Militaries Provide Acceptable Alternatives to Tyranny?

196 - The New Dark Ages: What Putin and Trump Together Have Created

195 - BRICS Gives Us a More Sharply Polarized World: East v West

195 - BRICS Gives Us a More Sharply Polarized World: East v West

194 - Elections Can Still Represent the Will of a People, Except When They Don't

193 - Ukraine Battles for Control of the Skies, and the Sea: the West Needs to Act More Decisively

192 - Are Women Better Political Leaders Than Men? Could Women Improve Global Outcomes for Humanity?

191 - How to Prevent Jihadists and Russians From Gaining Sway in the Sahel

190 - Saving Humanity in a Post-Unipolar World: Exercising a Robust Responsibility to Protect, II: Rescuing Sudan from Warlords

189 - Saving Humanity in a Post-Unipolar World: Exercising a Robust Responsibility to Protect

188 - The Drones of August: Ukraine's Underdog Response to Russian Battering

187 -- Putin's Desperate Drive for Africa

186 - Electoral Autocracy Encircles the Earth

185 - A Simmering Summer of Discontent: Ukraine's Battle Needs More Muscle

184 - The Wars of the World: Avarice, Ambition, and Massive Collateral Suffering, II

183 - The Wars of the World: Avarice, Ambition, and Massive Collateral Suffering: I

182 - Not a Slam Dunk: Ukraine v Putin's Russia

181 - The Return of the Colonized: A Demographic Reprise

180 - The Politics of Perpetual Grievance, in the Shadow of Putin

179 - You Must Be Patriotic! Zimbabwe Copies Putin, Penalizes Free Speech.

178 - Graduates, and Today's Loss of Truth and Integrity

177 - Rogue Ukrainians: Unleashing Havoc Inside Russia

176 - Corruption Kills: Curbing Kleptocracy, Ending War

175 - Stilling the Killing Fields: Getting Guns off the Streets

174 - Can Ukraine Drive Through the Russian Lines? Is Victory Achievable?

173 - What Mandela Could Teach Putin: Killing Others Gains Little

172 - Wars, Killings, and the Dangerous Wages of Narcissism

171 - David v Goliath: Overcoming the Tyrant

170 - Ukraine Needs Modern Aircraft to Control its Skies and Win the War

169 - Death and Destruction: More Guns of April, III

168 - Death and Destruction: More Guns of April, II

167 - Gang Fights Become Violent: Sudan's War and Putin's Meddling

166 - Bearing False Witness: Odious Ogres, Scapegoating, Outright Lies, anti-Semitism, and the Coarsening of Discourse

165 - Ukraine and the Guns of April: Getting Ready for Battle

164 - "I'm Cooked:" Putin's Soliloquy of Despair

163 - Putin's Potential Perp Walk

162 - Israel: Existential Class Warfare and the Demise of Zionism

161 - Rescuing Haiti from its Criminal Gangs: An AmericasProblem

160 - The Possibility of Happiness Amid War and Mayhem

159 - Saving the World, and Civilization, from Putin's Destructive Drives

158 - Putin Accused of War Crimes: But Catching Him May be Harder than Arresting Trump

157 - Putin's Folly, NATO's Rise

156 - Let Freedom Ring! A Rooseveltian Answer to Putin's Aggression

155 - Pursuing Putin's Atrocities: Seeking Accountability

154 - Tyranny, Tunisia, and Putin Wannabees

153 - Putin Bullies Little Moldova, on Ukraine's Flank

152 - Can Nigeria Save Itself and Save Africa?

151 - Haiti is Being Eviscerated from Within, Ukraine Pummeled from Without

150 - A Year of Ruthless War: To What End?

149 - "Power Tends to Corrupt and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely:" Putin's Warmongering Era

148 - Russia Invades Africa, Exacerbating Internecine Conflict across the Continent

147 - Peace in Ukraine: Mobilizing a Coalition of the Determined

146 - "We Will Stand with You as Long as it Takes:" Saving Freedom and Ukraine

145 - Saving Lives by Eliminating the Payoffs of Corruption: A Russian Perfidy

144 - Saving Lives and Creating Stability in the Heart of Africa

143 - Tyranny in Myanmar: Thanks to Russian and Chinese Backing

142 - The Fight for Transparency and Freedom of Expression

141 - Cleansing Ukraine's Corruption

140 - Getting Ukraine the Arms it Needs: II

139 - Getting Ukraine the Arms it Needs

138 - Turkey is the Big Problem: Enabling Putin

137 - Starving the World's Poor

136 - Uncommon Leadership Qualities Required: Brazil 2023

135 - Positive, Inspiring Leadership is Required in 2023 and Beyond: II

134 - Positive, Inspiring, Leadership is Required in 2023 and Beyond: I

133 - Are There Any Honest Leaders Still Among Us?

132 - The New Year Brings Massive Challenges, Darkness, and Too Much Suffering