United States and Cuba after Fidel
Brothers Raúl and Fidel Castro By Ralph E. Stone March 4, 2009 Raúl Casto recently reshuffled Cuba’s government, replacing or moving twelve cabinet members a year after assuming the presidency…
What’s Next in Afghanistan?
By Ralph E. Stone February 17, 2009 President Obama announced today he is sending 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Â But he is still faced with a decision about what…
What About Hamas?
By Ralph E. Stone February 13, 2009 Critics of Israel’s most recent military raid into Gaza often hear the justification that Israel had to do something about Hamas’ rocket and…
Israeli Elections Bodes Ill for Peace Negotiations
By Ralph E. Stone February 12, 2009 In the recent Israeli elections, the moderate Kadina party won one more seat in the Israeli Knesset or parliament than the right-wing Likud…
Darwin’s 200th Birthday: His Theory of Evolution
Still Controversial
Charles Darwin By Ralph E. Stone February 10, 2009 February 12 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth. Darwin’s theory of evolution as set forth in his “Origin of…
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict:
A Bit of Background
Analysis by Ralph E. Stone January 8, 2008 Much of the reportage on Israeli’s response to the Hamas rocket and mortar attacks gives the reader the impression that the Israeli-Palestinian…