Sam Vaknin
Political Polarization as a Gender War
One much-neglected aspect of political polarization the world over is the gender war. In the USA, 31% of…
Clerical pillar of new autocracies
The post-modern variant of autocracy is a thinly disguised plutocracy or oligarchy, buttressed by a populist swell of…
The Durov Case: Regulate the Internet, Finally!
Pavel Durov was arrested on 24 August 2024 in France by its anti-fraud office, which is attached to…
How to Confront Fake News, Misinformation, and Disinformation
There are two types of fake info: goal-oriented and narrative-minded. The motivations behind these twin operations are different…
Ceasefire-Hostage Deal is Irrational Choice: Hamas-Israel (and Hezbollah and Iran)
With Gaza already reduced to rubble, its population decimated and displaced, and the IDF largely out of the…
Hostage Deal with Hamas: Israel’s Cognitive Dissonance
Israeli advocates of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as part of a hostage deal with Hamas, proffer the…
Iran Rules the Middle East
Intimidated by Iran’s belligerent and suicidal proxies, pressured into submission by a craven, isolationist USA, countries such as…
Circumventing Western sanctions: barter and countertrade in Russia, China, Iran
Belgium (Brussels Morning Newspaper), Western sanctions have effectively cut off Russia, Iran, and North Korea from the financial…
Shame-based Politics: Hezbollah, Iran, Russia, Trump
As I survey the increasingly more dystopian international scene, the role of shame and reputational costs in political…
Post-modern Autocracy Made in USA
Autocracy is nothing new, but it has a post-modern version, replete with the following characteristics: (1) The trappings…
Israel on the Path to the Nuclear Samson Option
Israel is in possession of about 300 nuclear warheads of varying yields and launchable from a variety of…
Trump’s Insurance: Rogue SCOTUS
Brussels (Brussels Morning Newspaper) - Trump is now a weaker candidate than he was only a week ago:…
Narcissistic Mortifications: Netanyahu, Biden, Trump
Trump, Netanyahu, and Biden suffered egregious public humiliations: having lost the 2020 Presidential elections, having suffered the indignities…
Psychology of Political Assassins
Would-be assassins of political figures engage in dichotomous thinking (splitting): evil vs. good. The politician is all evil,…
Uvalde, Be’eri: Work Ethic is Dead
On May 24, 2022, law enforcement officers amassed outside the Robb Elementary School as a gunman mowed down…