Kristin Christman
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AMERICAS
Brainwashed to violence
When brainwashed to commit violence, your conscience doesn’t prick when you kill. The barbaric actions at the Capitol on January…
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ASIA
Iran and the US holy code book of double standard morality
On January 3, 2020, the U.S. military, following President Trump’s orders, killed Major General Qassim Suleimani, respected leader of the…
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ASIA
Freedom to care: Americans’ unconcern enables wrongdoing abroad
By Kristin Christman If you were Iranian and learned that U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton wanted to attack your…
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AMERICAS
Rethink weapons exports
By Kristin Christman How do we treat opponents? In strong democracies, we engage them in cooperative dialogue. In weaker democracies,…
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ASIA
It wasn’t the threat that worked, it was reduction of fear
By Kristin Y. Christman Americans are instructed that North Korea is an aggressor that violates international agreements and doesn’t negotiate. Until…
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ASIA
Humanity sadly lacks in Koreas
By Kristin Christman In 1905, Japan made Korea its protectorate. Under the Japanese, Koreans were deprived of land and food,…
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AMERICAS
Commentary: Take torture off agenda
By Kristin Y. Christman Consider ending violence in a nonviolent way According to President Donald Trump, people who are tortured deserve…
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INTL CONFLICTS
U.S., Russia must repel greed, fear
By Kristin Y. Christman John D. Rockefeller was incensed. It was the 1880s, and oil drillers had struck such enormous wells…
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AMERICAS
Make serving in war an option, not an order
By Kristin Y. Christman Josef Beno didn’t want to go to war. A Czech, he didn’t want to kill his fellow Slavs,…
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INTL CONFLICTS
Parallel standards offer way out of violence
By Kristin Christman One step to a change in Mideast relations is a change in the U.S. mindset Ten thousand…
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