Eric Margolis

As a long been a commentator on intelligence matters and a KGB-watcher, I'm appalled by the recent case of ten or perhaps eleven undercover Russian "illegals" in the U.S. rolled up and deported by the FBI. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

Americans are so steeped in militaristic propaganda and jingoism that questioning the gargantuan defense budget and foreign wars can be politically suicidal. Even so, dissent is breaking into the open. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

In Yalta in February, 1945, US President Franklin Roosevelt, Britain's Winston Churchill, and Soviet ruler Josef Stalin met to decide postwar Europe's future. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

Europeans at last week's G20 meeting rejected America's proposal to inject more stimulus spending into their withered national economies. Treating the malady of too much debt with more debt does not make sense -- except to the hopelessly addicted. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

Glory, tragedy, disaster. An army of ghosts haunt this great naval base that commands the Crimea and surrounding Black Sea. It is the site of two of history's greatest sieges. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

As this column keeps reporting, China has massive over-capacity in industry, producing a huge, dangerous bubble. China's property market is another giant bubble. When they pop, the globe will tremble. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

Netanyahu's bungling has shot Israel in both feet. To paraphrase Tallyrand, worse than crime, it was an error, and now the world is demanding Israel end its brutal siege of hungry Gaza. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

In a major policy change, Britain's new leader David Cameron, says he wants US-British relations re-evaluated and made more pragmatic. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

A weak, indecisive coalition government in London portends just when a strong, stable government is needed to confront Britain's and Europe's mounting financial crises. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

The bouzouki music has stopped. Club Med's credit cards are maxed out. The German repo men are at the door. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/

Egypt is facing a potential political eruption that could rock the entire Mideast and seriously undermine US domination of the strategic region. Eric Margolis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-margolis/