David Pollock 73, Brilliant Scholar & Voice for Peace, Passes Away
David Pollock 73, Brilliant Scholar & Voice for Peace, Passes Away \ Newslooks Magazine conveys its heartfelt sympathies to the family of Dr. David Pollock, who passed away at the…
Read MoreISRAEL’S POWER SHIFT: TO BIBI, OR NOT TO BIBI
ISRAEL’S POWER SHIFT: TO BIBI, OR NOT TO BIBI Political power in Israel has clearly shifted sharply rightward since the November 1 election, but expert views still differ intensely about…
Read MoreRussia’s Move on Ukraine Polls Poorly in Arab Gulf
RUSSIA’S MOVE ON UKRAINE POLLS POORLY IN ARAB GULF – BUT SO DOES THE U.S. As the Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, some Americans are hoping that the major…
Read MoreUkraine, Russia and Israel: Mission Improbable But Important
Ukraine, Russia and Israel: Mission Improbable But Important Last Saturday the world witnessed the extraordinary spectacle of Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett, flying unexpectedly to Moscow — to become the…
Read MoreTHE UKRAINE CRISIS: EAST MEETS MIDEAST?
For the past few weeks, and almost certainly for the next few, the world’s top foreign policy concern is the crisis provoked by Russia’s new military threats against neighboring Ukraine. …
Read MoreIRAN ‘S NUKES: THIS TIME THE WOLF IS HERE
IRAN‘S NUKES: THIS TIME THE WOLF IS HERE About 25 years ago, as a junior State Department bureaucrat, I was tasked with introducing a senior American official to his Israeli…
Read MoreHundreds of convictions, but a major mystery is still unsolved 3 years after Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Members of far-right extremist groups. Former police officers. An Olympic gold medalist swimmer. And active duty U.S. Marines. They are among the hundreds of people who have been convicted in…
Read More‘The Real Love Boat’ launching as a dating show
A new TV series called “The Real Love Boat,” inspired in part by the old show “The Love Boat,” will be part of CBS’s fall lineup. CBS is going with…
Read MoreHELPING SYRIA’S KURDS WEIGH THEIR OPTIONS
HELPING SYRIA’S KURDS WEIGH THEIR OPTIONS Amidst today’s strident new debate “normalization” with Bashar Al-Assad’s brutal but tenacious regime in Syria, one key piece of the puzzle is missing: the…
Read MoreChina and Mideast Leverage:Hiding in Plain Sight
China and Mideast Leverage:Hiding in Plain Sight For the past decade and more, U.S. foreign policy, under Democratic and Republican presidents alike, has been struggling to “compete with China” through…
Read MoreDodgers turn things around against Padres
The Los Angeles Dodgers aren’t quite out of the running yet in NL West, thanks to turning things around against the San Diego Padres late in the game. Corey Seager’s…
Read MoreHow Not to Repeat My History with The Taliban
How Not to Repeat My History with The Taliban? The Taliban reconquest of Kabul is a trauma for many Afghans – but, one must admit, a triumph for others. Each…
Read MoreAlgeria-Morocco Rupture: An Unfunny Comedy of Errors
Algeria-Morocco Rupture: An Unfunny Comedy of Errors Amidst all the bad headlines lately about Afghanistan, most readers undoubtedly missed another, less fateful yet still sad and significant one, at the…
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