Robert Matthews

Robert Matthews, former professor of history and politics at New York University, is an analyst of US foreign policy for Seminario de Investigación para la Paz (SIP) in Zaragoza, Spain.

The Trump-Netanyahu meeting: a hint of policy behind the Trump-speak?

During the joint press conference held by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu this Wednesday, the US president appeared to break with the two-state position.

By Robert Matthews

/ 16 Feb 2017

A triumph of rage over reason

The dark question looms: can a candidate who helped create the worst campaign in US history avoid becoming its worst president?

By Robert Matthews

/ 11 Nov 2016

To a large extent Petraeus, four star general and chief spy, was a political and media invention. Take a closer look at the Petraeus record and a spectre starts to appear: of just how blind love can be.

By Robert Matthews

/ 10 Dec 2012

Foreign policy expectations from a Romney presidency

What US foreign policy should we expect if Romney was to win in November? His statements during the campaign suggests adherence to his neocon advisers' hard line stances on many topics, including hawkish positions on China, Iran and Russia. One week before the election, Commander-in-chief Romney r

By Robert Matthews

/ 30 Oct 2012

A country armed and dangerous, but no end to the mayhem

While some Americans think of firearms only in terms of sporting and hunting guns, many others believe weapons offer a measure of security in somehow allaying their fears of a changing - and in many respects declining - US society.

By Robert Matthews

/ 26 Jul 2012

Military intervention and Syria

From the Cold War onwards there is a long trail of misery stemming from military solutions to intricate situations that were clear, simple and wrong. Also in this oS Analysis debate:Mariano Aguirre, on why force would intensify the conflict. Steven Heydemann and Reinoud Leenders disagree, urging t

By Robert Matthews

/ 14 May 2012

Madrid through American eyes

Through a haze of early morning sleep on Thursday 11 March, I heard the National Public Radio announcer intone the words terrorism, tragedy, and Spain on my clock radio in

By Robert Matthews

/ 29 Apr 2004

Robert Matthews

The Trump-Netanyahu meeting: a hint of policy behind the Trump-speak?

A triumph of rage over reason

Infatuation and the US Army

Foreign policy expectations from a Romney presidency

A country armed and dangerous, but no end to the mayhem

Military intervention and Syria

Madrid through American eyes