Trump Abandons Ukraine, Europe Military-Tech-Security Politics & Society Trump Abandons Ukraine, Europe Richard Silverstein February 12, 2025 Donald Trump smashed decades of US foreign policy today by abandoning not only Ukraine, but all of... Read More Read more about Trump Abandons Ukraine, Europe
To Coup or Not to Coup? That is the Question Mideast Peace To Coup or Not to Coup? That is the Question Richard Silverstein March 22, 2023 Israel stands on the brink of a legislative coup. It has already given final passage to a... Read More Read more about To Coup or Not to Coup? That is the Question
Israel’s New Batshit-Crazy Fascist Ministers Mideast Peace Israel’s New Batshit-Crazy Fascist Ministers Richard Silverstein February 10, 2023 New Article: My latest piece for The New Arab, The fatal flaw of Israel’s anti-government protests, was... Read More Read more about Israel’s New Batshit-Crazy Fascist Ministers
Nations Dither in Face of Israeli Fascism Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Nations Dither in Face of Israeli Fascism Richard Silverstein November 2, 2022 Middle East Eye published another piece of mine that covers other impacts of the election. This post... Read More Read more about Nations Dither in Face of Israeli Fascism
The Global Triumph of Religious Nationalism Politics & Society The Global Triumph of Religious Nationalism Richard Silverstein September 5, 2022 Over the past two decades a wave of religious nationalism has swept the world. Supremacist, and even... Read More Read more about The Global Triumph of Religious Nationalism
Democracy, Theocracy and Rushdie Mideast Peace Democracy, Theocracy and Rushdie Richard Silverstein August 14, 2022 The attack on Salman Rushdie has shaken many of us to our core for many reasons. First,... Read More Read more about Democracy, Theocracy and Rushdie
Independent Jewish Voices Webinar on Clash Between Judaism and Zionism Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Independent Jewish Voices Webinar on Clash Between Judaism and Zionism Richard Silverstein March 4, 2021 A few weeks ago I wrote an essay on a subject that has bothered me for years:... Read More Read more about Independent Jewish Voices Webinar on Clash Between Judaism and Zionism
Democracy: the Noose and the Coffin Mideast Peace Politics & Society Democracy: the Noose and the Coffin Richard Silverstein January 6, 2021 After today’s horrific events, I was reminded of some of the darker days in the history of... Read More Read more about Democracy: the Noose and the Coffin
Poland’s Holocaust Denial Film-TV-Media Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Poland’s Holocaust Denial Richard Silverstein February 5, 2018 In an irony of ironies, Poland’s legislature has crafted a sort of Holocaust denial law which is,... Read More Read more about Poland’s Holocaust Denial
Rouhani Victory Crimps Trump-Israel-Sunni Axis Mideast Peace Rouhani Victory Crimps Trump-Israel-Sunni Axis Richard Silverstein May 20, 2017 Two remarkable events coincided this week in the Middle East. Donald Trump made his first presidential visit abroad... Read More Read more about Rouhani Victory Crimps Trump-Israel-Sunni Axis
Jeffrey Goldberg Tweets Iranian Jews are “Animals” in “Petting Zoo” Because They Voted in Elections Mideast Peace Jeffrey Goldberg Tweets Iranian Jews are “Animals” in “Petting Zoo” Because They Voted in Elections Richard Silverstein March 1, 2016 Despite the P5+1 nuclear deal between Iran and western powers including the U.S., there are many members... Read More Read more about Jeffrey Goldberg Tweets Iranian Jews are “Animals” in “Petting Zoo” Because They Voted in Elections
Trumping Democracy Mideast Peace Trumping Democracy Richard Silverstein November 23, 2015 I’ve witnessed many presidential elections. The first one I took a serious interest in was in 1968.... Read More Read more about Trumping Democracy