Sam Vaknin
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…
The 2nd American Revolution
The USA is declining and decomposing and the Republican party have zoomed in on the sole agents and…
Judges, Prosecutors Terrified of Vengeful Dictator Trump
Why would other judges indefinitely delay criminal cases against Donald Trump, or suddenly postpone his sentencing following his…
SCOTUS vs. USA: Unraveling the Union
Public trust in the Supreme Court of the USA is at an all-time low and for good reason:…
Israel: Jewish Ghetto in a Roiled World
Jerusalem (Brussels Morning) - The southern and northern regions of Israel have become uninhabitable, reducing the state to…
The Growing Unease with New Technologies
Belgium (Brussels Morning) - Innovation has alternated between teamwork and individual genius, focusing on inputs and outputs rather…
Hamas Won This War Decisively
2. It stopped dead in its tracks emigration to Israel (Aliyah) and encouraged immigration by those who can…