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David Anderson, J.D. articles

David Anderson is an Australian-American lawyer in NYC with an education in (Middle East) politics and psychology and a career background in finance and law.

Worst Houseguests Ever: The Palestinians

December 28, 2023 by David Anderson, J.D. 1 Comment

Worst Houseguests Ever: The Palestinians

Arab states hesitate to accept Palestinian refugees, citing historical conflicts, strained relations, and concerns about regional instability.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Israel, Middle East, Palestine

There Are No “Two Sides” in Gaza

October 17, 2023 by David Anderson, J.D. Leave a Comment

More astounding than events in Israel last week was the much larger than expected support for the atrocities by the woke left.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Israel, Middle East, Palestine

Africa’s Francophone Spring?

September 22, 2023 by David Anderson, J.D. 1 Comment

Just like during the 1970s, coups in Africa have become trendy again. And I mean “trendy”: many human actions are more contagious than we give them credit for.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, France, Gabon, Russia

Sudan’s Collapse and Passports

August 4, 2023 by David Anderson, J.D. Leave a Comment

Sudan’s Collapse and Passports

Weak passports trap citizens during crises, like Sudan’s impending collapse, limiting escape options and emphasizing the privilege of international movement.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Sudan

What “Pro-Palestine” Student Groups Get Wrong

May 3, 2022 by David Anderson, J.D. 1 Comment

Back then – as now – this fit into a “colonialist” narrative of European Jews oppressing Arabs – an easy, eye pleasing but intellectually lazy fit.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Israel, Middle East, Palestine

What We Get Wrong About Putin’s Motivations. And Money.

April 18, 2022 by David Anderson, J.D. Leave a Comment

7 weeks into the Ukrainian invasion our collective media is still wasting time kvetching about Putin’s wealth and the oligarchs surrounding him.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Equatorial Guinea, Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Worldwide Corruption

On The Anti-Asian Hate ‘Crime Wave'”

March 27, 2022 by David Anderson, J.D. 1 Comment

The anti-Asian pogrom is yet another phony moral panic fed by grifters, profiteers and activists who can’t get a real job and their useful idiots.

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Putin’s Rolodex of Fake States

March 7, 2022 by David Anderson, J.D. 3 Comments

Donetsk and Luhansk are the latest in a number of “fake states” in the former USSR. Putin has a rolodex full of them because he made them.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Dictatorships, Europe, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

On The Dynamics of Abortion. And Argentina.

January 19, 2021 by David Anderson, J.D. Leave a Comment

Dynamics of Abortion

There’s big news from Argentina lately. By a fair margin abortion was finally legalized there last month after decades of grassroots activism.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Religion and Democracy, South America, Women and Democracy, Women Voting Rights

The Financial Criminality of Trumpworld: An Expert Perspective

December 18, 2020 by David Anderson, J.D. 1 Comment

The Financial Criminality of Trumpworld: An Expert Perspective

$650 a night for Secret Service agents at hotels, golf cart rentals of $1M, Chinese trade marks etc, are not where the real graft was for four years of malfeasance.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: American Corruption, Money Politics, Republicans

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