All Purpose Tools with Destruction in Mind
It was hard to swallow the various initiatives and proposals that flooded from the White House and indeed Trump’s lips this week. Where does one start - with Gaza and…
The Difficult Course of US-China Relations
Many anticipated, and or feared, the flood of Executive Orders from the second Trump White House these past weeks. The barrage of Executive Orders follows a playbook conceived from a…
The Trump Weakening of America and Multilateralism
Well, I guess we shouldn’t have been surprised. But since I’ve never spent time listening to Trump speeches - I thought I would listen to Trump’s Second Inaugural . As…
Struggling with Global Leadership
So, with the last several Posts here at Alan’s Newsletter, I have been transitioning - altering my mindset, and bidding farewell to the Biden administration and contemplating the reality of…
“What Can We Expect?”: A Second Look At America’s Presidential Transition
Well, hello, we’re back! I do hope the holidays proved to be a warm time and filled with family and friends. Now, I was ‘chomping at the bit’ to return…