Daniel Serwer

Nearly 20 Percent Fewer International Students Traveled to the U.S. in August The data shows the steepest decline in August international student arrivals since the pandemic.

I’m only surprised that the 80% came.

How do we get out of here?

Only people can force the P5 leaders to undertake the way out of the catastrophic dead locks. Today’s perilous world crises do not allow for prolonging superpowers’ games through the UNSC.

Round peg won’t fit square hole

A lot of people could get killed in a peace operation of this difficulty. The US President should not be responsible for it.

We are going to unknown places

Trump's America is a place where freedom of speech is in doubt, right-wing violence is now the government's responsibility, and friends can't rely on support. What more could go wrong?

Will Hamas surrender, fight, or evaporate?

The Trump Administration's 20-point peace plan for Gaza calls for the unconditional surrender, disarmament and political exclusion of Hamas. It leaves the Israeli Defense Force in place and in charge for the immediate future. It also envisions an eventual…

What could go wrong?

tl;dr: Trump to Invade Venezuela

Why America can’t shake off inflation Our measure of entrenchment suggests its problem is the rich world’s worst

Our measure of entrenchment suggests its problem is the rich world’s worst

Constituent: You talked about abuses in the medicare and medicaid system and I found interesting that the president pardoned someone that defrauded the medicaid system for $1.3 billion

Nats/Mets:

How experts prevail

They can and sometimes do, provided they organize well and rely on expertise to develop norms in response to social pressure.

The protests are real, but Vucic is too

Serbian President Vucic faces serious protests, but a political alternative is lacking and he has Russian and Chinese backing. He won't yield easily.

Trump is never getting the Nobel Prize

The Europeans don't have a great record responding to aggression from the east, but let's hope this time will be different.

The CDC shooting didn’t even really register in the news and the details are absolutely insane

Ukraine: Putin 3, Trump 0

It is high time that Republicans tell Trump they will impose the needed sanctions and arms sales if he is unwilling to do so.

In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.

For the record, our division commander BANNED things called “presence patrols” in Iraq.

“If you don’t have a specific task & purpose, your ‘presence’ doesn’t do anything.”

National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC.

A complete waste of soldier’s time & effort.

peacefare.net has awakened from a month's vacation, prompted by Dusan Janjic:

Preventing structural destabilization of Serbia

Political and social crises, coupled with growing security instability, have come to dominate everyday life in Serbia.

Explainer: Gaza Humanitarian Aid – Myths and Facts - J Street Larry Garber picks apart common myths regarding humanitarian aid in Gaza, demonstrating that the best solution is to immediately surge aid into the Strip.

Larry Garber knows the facts: jstreet.org/explainer-ga...

BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?

American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.

They are going to be looking at your personal data while hiding the public data from the public: thehill.com/regulation/c...

I hadn’t seen this 2019 video of @stephencolbert.bsky.social singing with Oscar the Grouch until today, and man oh man, was it just the hopeful reminder I needed. 💞

Double your public broadcasting donation

It's by now obvious that our democracy is at risk. Keeping a space free of lies is going to be vital to preserving it.

The Ukraine war isn’t going well for anyone

The war isn't going well for anyone. But Russia's small gains on the battlefield are generating to big risks at home.

Don’t be fooled

The key to sanctions is to end Russian use of a "ghost fleet" to export oil and to end transshipment of goods to Russia from Europe and the US through former Soviet republics. 

Trump’s head fake on Russia

Trump is not serious about hardening the approach to Russia. It's a head fake. Don't be fooled.

America’s better angels reside in Kosovo

The time has come for the army commanders in Serbia and Kosovo to meet and exchange views and data. That might even hasten the day of mutual recognition.

Let us hope it is not too late

So far, we have failed to truly "learn the lessons" of Srebrenica. Let us hope it is not too late.