Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on July 29, 2016
America has lost sight of the benefits that have accrued to the country and the whole world as a result of globalization. Globalization has become bad word of late. It has been the punch line for the Leave supporters of Brexit, a campaign platform—if indeed he has such a thing—for US presidential candidate Donald Trump, […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at The Cipher Brief on July 26, 2016
So, why America’s apparent turn toward nationalism, nativism, and even isolationism? How could the nation most responsible for leading this great and grand strategy to move mankind out of insularity to unprecedented prosperity now wish to effectively take a wrecking ball to the whole lot? Former U.S. Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson attributes it to America’s […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on July 7, 2016
The war, battle or campaign against Islamic extremism is one that only Muslims can lead. After at least 15 years of violent extremism within its ranks, Islam has still not organized an effective counter campaign toward the proponents of extremist Islam, such as the Islamic State (IS), al-Qaeda and others. One need only look at […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at The Cipher Brief on June 15, 2016
Despite a semblance of rocky ties between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, bilateral relations between the two countries remain vital to the U.S. and extremely vital to Saudi Arabia. Throughout history, there have been various times in the U.S.-Saudi relationship where we’ve experienced inflection points. The first major inflection point was back in the late […]
Published on by Gary Grappo
Published first at Fair Observer on Juned 14, 2016
The unspeakable violence of the Middle East that we have come to abhor has come to America. Like so many people around America, my wife and I awoke Sunday morning to the incomprehensible news of the horrendous slaughter of innocents at a downtown nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Only for us, it came as a special […]