Melvin A. Goodman

Political Author & Speaker

A senior fellow at the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC, and an adjunct professor of international relations at Johns Hopkins University. His 42-year government career included tours at the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense’s National War College, where he was a professor of international security.

Mel Goodman is the national security columnist for counterpunch.org.

The Politicization of Intelligence, Revisited
Published on Tuesday, April 27, 2021
The Strategic Importance of Leaving Afghanistan
Published on Tuesday, April 20, 2021
The Biden Administration and the Chaotic Middle East
Published on Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Team Biden: Diplomatic and Strategic Failure
Published on Monday, March 22, 2021
Countering the National Security State
Published on Wednesday, March 17, 2021
When Imagination Failed: Revisiting Intelligence Failures
Published on Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Biden’s Quandry: Proxy Wars and Endless Wars
Published on Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Biden’s Possible Strategic Blunder
Published on Wednesday, February 24, 2021
George Shultz’s Character Study of Robert Gates
Published on Thursday, February 18, 2021
Biden: “Boxed-In” by the Military Establishment?
Published on Wednesday, February 10, 2021

READ all Melvin’s articles @ Counter Punch

READ all Mel’s articles @ Counter Punch

“American Carnage” Prediction?
Published on Monday, October 19, 2020
The National Security State
Published on Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Lowering the “Barr”
Published on Wednesday, September 30, 2020
Trump’s War on Ethics
Published on Wednesday, September 9, 2020

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22 Mar

Team Biden: Diplomatic and Strategic Failure

If personnel is policy then it appears that the Biden administration is committed to a pursuit of a hard-line (and counterproductive) policy with both Russia and China. Biden has staffed his national security team with individuals who are known for hard-line views.

17 Mar

Countering the National Security State

Much attention is being given to the likely U.S. decision to remain in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline agreed to with the Taliban as well as to last month’s military raid against an Iranian-back militia.

Containing the National Security State

Containing the National Security State