Michael J. Brenner

Michael Brenner is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. [Texas, United States]

Understanding Saudi Arabia: The Legitimacy Paradox

To retain their royal power, the House of Saud is prepared to take the world down with them.

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Saudi Arabia: Six Questions the United States Must Ask

On Iran, the Middle East and terrorism, it does not behoove the United States to play an understudy to Saudi Arabia.

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The True Genius of America’s Sports Empires

Unlike FIFA, professional teams in the U.S. have no need to resort to criminality or corruption to enrich themselves.

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Obama Goes Atlantic: Between Vanity and Reflection

How U.S. Presidents focus on shaping their image for posterity.

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The United States: Still Trapped by Fear

What is keeping Americans in a September 2001 mentality almost a decade and a half later?

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Treating U.S. Terror Psychosis

Has the attempted cure for 9/11 made the fear more real?

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Obama: Master of Dissociation

What happens when the world’s presumably most powerful man plays the role of participant-observer while still in the Oval Office?

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How Clintonism Loses the White House

How Clintonism sabotaged Democrats, aided Republicans and tripped up Hillary Clinton herself.

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Known Unknowns: Left in the Dark on Mideast Policy

What is the state of U.S. media and political class 14 years into the “war on terror”?

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Ending the War in Syria and Iraq: Strategic Steps

A responsible military and political plan to isolate ISIS geographically, militarily and diplomatically.

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