Essays on Current Political Issues

The essays linked to this page express views that are shared by many people but are usually ignored by the mainstream media and they are "pushed under the rug" in most political debates.

A. MIDDLE EAST and the BALKANS

1. The Arab-Israeli Conlict is a Symptom rather than a Cause of the Middle East Problems (First posted in August 2006)

2. When Peace and Democracy will prevail in the Middle East and the Balkans - Don't Hold your Breadth (Posted March 11, 2018) This is a first draft. I plan to expand it by including some material from "A.1" as well as from the Middle East History postings.

3. For laughs and tears: A Greek Tragedy (First posted in September 2016)

4. Review of Orhan Pamuk's "Snow" (Written in 2005)

 

B. U.S. ECONOMY

1. What is Needed to Fight Technological Unemployment (First posted in November 2011)

 

C. FAR EAST

1. What Drives China also Slows It Down (First posted on 1/25/2016. Latest revision 1/30/2016.)

 

D. ASSORTED

Essays on Our Current Sad State of Politics (Sept. 2020)

Cooperation between Turks and Greeks Saves the World (Nov. 10, 2020)


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