AFGHANISTAN: Goodbye for Good to a War That Shouldn’t Have Been Fought July 19, 2021 Danny Sjursen takes aim at powerful Washingtonian hawks who are trying to push the U.S. back for a third time into Afghanistan. Read more →
How to Destroy a Nation in 10 Years July 2, 2021 Danny Sjursen offers a U.S. case study in Burkina Faso on how to destroy a country in a decade. Read more →
AFRICA: Deby’s Death, Chad’s Crisis & the Ghosts of Libya May 27, 2021 Danny Sjursen says it is no accident that some 60 percent of the coups in Africa over the last half century occurred in former French colonies. Read more →
Refusing Erasure: Palestinian Resistance May 20, 2021 Danny Sjursen sees the Biden administration continuing American complicity in historic injustice in the Holy Land. Read more →
How France and the US Cooperate March 8, 2021 Danny Sjursen delves into the destabilizing Franco-American Sahel “stabilization” mission. Read more →
The Perils & Absurdity of Iraq War 4.0 February 26, 2021 Danny Sjursen says more deaths of those once-invisible contractors could end up pulling the U.S. into yet another phase of hopeless, wasteful war. Read more →
Will Biden Finally Bring Troops Home from Afghanistan? February 22, 2021 Assuming the president does actually want to ditch this 19-plus year disaster, Danny Sjursen says two main sets of problems stand in his way. Read more →
Biden’s Bolt From Yemen: Not So Fast February 11, 2021 Improved language – however admirable – often masks much more stable, status quo, indecency, warns Danny Sjursen. Read more →
The Future of War in Biden’s America January 21, 2021 Danny Sjursen offers a Bidenesque tour of U.S. militarism. Read more →
Global Hot Spots You Probably Don’t Know About (But Should) December 23, 2020 The list, writes Danny Sjursen, includes the latest atrocity in northern Ethiopia – and the broader Horn of Africa chess game. Read more →