William Pfaff (December 29, 1928 – April 30, 2015) was a globally respected political commentator and author on international relations, contemporary history and U.S. policy.
William Pfaff (December 29, 1928 – April 30, 2015) was a globally respected political commentator and author on international relations, contemporary history and U.S. policy.
William Pfaff / TruthdigOct 15, 2014
The notion that Iraq will "destroy" Islamic State at American behest is an illusion, and so is the notion that the coalition just formed can do it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigOct 8, 2014
The decision of President Barack Obama to wage air war against the Islamic State still is swimming in a sea of confusion and doubt. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigSep 30, 2014
China may be said to confront four current categories of challenge, with a possible return to horrors past. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigSep 24, 2014
Cutting off the heads of aid workers and journalists is nothing in comparison with the degradation and dehumanization being inflicted on the pathetic people of the Middle East by all sides. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigSep 17, 2014
A hollow laugh might be permitted at the alliance now announced as the result of Secretary of State John Kerry's latest journey through the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigSep 10, 2014
It seems evident that Barack Obama today still does not understand how much he owes to President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigAug 26, 2014
Given the current dismal state of the European Union economy, which is now firmly under German control, one must ask why Angela Merkel and her government continue to champion austerity, seemingly against all reason. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigAug 20, 2014
Nearly every intelligent witness to the nearly seven decades of Israel's alliance with the United States and Western Europe now understands that the affair is about to be over. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigAug 14, 2014
President Barack Obama, in the interview given last weekend to The New York Times' Thomas Friedman, provided illumination on his foreign policy thinking, at this moment of fraught drama in both Iraq and Ukraine, but the counsels concerning the two didn't match. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigAug 6, 2014
The antagonization of the Russian people and the betrayal of Russian leaders by the United States and NATO Europe could have very dangerous consequences. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigJul 30, 2014
Israeli attacks on a hospital and refugee camp playground in Gaza on Monday brought the total of Palestinian dead to 1,200, with more no doubt to come. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
William Pfaff / TruthdigJul 16, 2014
When Israel's President Benjamin Netanyahu and his propagandists repeat and repeat that Gaza's Hamas is responsible for this crisis, they are wrong. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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