United Nations – Schirach Report

The West Is Impotent Regarding North Korea Kim Jong Un has atomic weapons; but he runs an impoverished country, with a decrepit economy

WASHINGTON – North Korea is at it again. Apparently dictator Kim Jong Un ordered another atomic test, claiming that...

Despite GOP Opposition, Iran Nuclear Agreement Here To Stay Too much international momentum behind pact. Almost impossible to reopen the issue

WASHINGTON – The acrimonious Washington debate about the Iran nuclear deal is mostly noise –and almost entirely for domestic...

Kissinger: We Are Managing Proliferation, Not Preventing It The emerging deal with Iran is only about delaying its nuclear program. Iran will eventually get nuclear weapons

WASHINGTON – Sometimes good thinkers manage to correctly summarize a complex issue highlighting its most critical feature.

Obama’s “Ferguson Remarks” In His UN Speech Provide Ammunition To America-Haters Bad idea to place in the same sentence slaughter in the Middle East and one killing in America

WASHINGTON – In an otherwise good UN speech (September 24, 2014) focused on the need to fight for international law...

Poroshenko Came To Washington Asking For Help And Got Nothing Plenty of applause and expressions of solidarity. But no weapons to fight against the Moscow funded insurgents

WASHINGTON – Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s speech to the US Congress got lots of applause and several standing ovations....

With Or Without A Major Crisis In The Ukraine, Putin Determines The Agenda A timid West is in a reactive mode, mostly hoping that Putin will calm down and be nice

By Paolo von Schirach Related piece: https://schirachreport.com/index.php/2014/03/03/ukraine-crisis-end-game-putin-gets-keep-crimea/ March 4, 2014 WASHINGTON – What is truly worrisome about the ongoing...

Ukraine Crisis End Game: Putin Gets To Keep The Crimea Sadly, the West has no stomach to engage in a protracted confrontation with Moscow. Europe is weak. America is impotent

By Paolo von Schirach March 3, 2014 WASHINGTON – The official Russian description of what is happening in the...

Putin Loses The Ukraine, But He Gets To Keep The Crimea – Happy Ending? Russia takes a calculated risk because it sees America as powerless.

By Paolo von Schirach March 1, 2014 WASHINGTON – Let me give you my ultra simplified assessment of what...

No Deal Between Washington And Tehran On Nuclear Issues Does Iran want a genuine deal, or is it simply interested in winning a public relations battle leading to a softening of the economic sanctions regime?

By Paolo von Schirach November 10, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Geneva negotiations between the West and Tehran on Iran’s nuclear program...

Too Early To Call The US-Russia Deal On A Road Map Leading To The Destruction Of Syria’s WMDs “A Success” The Geneva agreement is just the first step. Good faith implementation is another matter. In case of Syrian cheating, Obama has no stick

By Paolo von Schirach September 14, 2013 WASHINGTON – The rather optimistic headlines are that the US and Russia reached...