Jim Lobe

Seattle

Contributing Editor at Responsible Statecraft

Personal tweets from Jim Lobe, Contributing Editor @RStatecraft, director @LobeLog.com (2007-19), DC bureau chief, Inter Press Service (1980-85, 1989-2016).

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Poll: Americans underwhelmed by Trump foreign policy

2 weeks ago | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Some of President Donald Trump’s key foreign policy initiatives have not been gaining traction with most Americans, according to the results of a new survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
16 yrs ago, Chas Freeman was smeared out of a job at DNI, too

1 month ago | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Almost exactly 16 years after the Israel lobby won a bitter high-profile battle against a key appointment by the then-director of national intelligence, it seems to have one won another, virtually without firing a shot.
Poll: Europeans see US as 'necessary partner' not 'ally'

2 months ago | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Europeans increasingly see the United States as a “necessary partner” rather than an “ally,” according to a new poll of 14 European countries released Wednesday by the European Council on Foreign Relations. The survey of more than 18,000 adults across the continent was conducted in the weeks following the U.S. presidential elections on Nov. 5, in which Donald Trump defeated his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris.
New neocon manifesto: Keep US troops in the Middle East

2 months ago | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

A leading neoconservative for most of the last half century has released a comprehensive series of recommendations on Middle East policy for the new Trump administration nearly all of which are ideas that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud Party would happily embrace.
42 years ago today: The Sabra & Shatila massacre

Sep 17, 2024 | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

After nearly a year of U.S. presidential frustration with Israel’s conduct of its war in Gaza, it seems appropriate to recall another time when Israel defied Washington in another bloody conflict in which Palestinians were the principal victims. This week marks the 42nd anniversary of the massacres in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut carried out by the Israel-backed Christian Phalangist militia.
Poll: Middle income Global South really likes China

Jul 9, 2024 | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Middle-income countries of the Global South hold significantly more favorable views of China and its influence than those held by high-income countries of North America, Europe, and Northeast Asia, according to newly released findings of a poll of 34 countries released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
That stinks: Global opinion of US goes down the toilet | Responsible Statecraft

Jun 10, 2024 | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Washington’s Gaza policy is the likely culprit
US public increasingly rate Russia, China containment, Mideast peace as top priorities

Apr 24, 2024 | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Americans give higher priority to countering the power and influence of Russia and China and finding a solution to the conflict between Israel and Palestinians than they did six years ago, according to a new survey released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center.
Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion

Apr 22, 2024 | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Total military spending by nations reached a record high of $2.443 trillion in 2023, according to a new report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or SIPRI. Across the globe, military expenditures increased by 6.8% in real terms over 2022, the steepest rise since 2009, according to the Swedish think tank which has tracked the military spending by countries based on open sources since the 1960s.
Pro-Israel org reels in big fish: a former CENTCOM commander

Mar 25, 2024 | responsiblestatecraft.org | Jim Lobe

Despite serious concerns about possible Israeli war crimes and even “plausible” allegations of genocidal acts in its war in the Gaza Strip, the former chief of U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, has accepted a fellowship from one of Washington’s most hawkish pro-Israel organizations. The Jewish Institute for National Security of America, or JINSA, announced last week that Gen.