Mel’s Analyses presents opinions from Melvin A. Goodman (Mel). He is a foremost thinker on critical foreign policy issues and a national security and intelligence expert. Mel has written six books and published many articles.
Mel is 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.
The opinions expressed by Mel are wholly his own and do not imply in any way Florida Veterans for Common Sense, Inc. endorsement or agreement.
The Russian influence and Israel
Florida Veterans for Common Sense member, Mel Goodman’s Letter to the Editor, The Russian influence and Israel: Reckless then, dangerous now originally appeared in the Washington Post on October 31, 2023 The Russian influence and Israel: Reckless then, dangerous now by Mel Goodman In his Oct. 27 op-ed, “The U.S. walks an old tightrope with […]
Attack on USS Liberty
Photograph Source: The U.S. Navy – Public Domain Fifty six years ago today Israeli forces attacked the USS Liberty, a U.S. surveillance ship, in international waters during the early days of the Six-Day War. The attack was unprovoked. All told, 34 sailors, two marines, and one NSA employee were killed and 176 injured. Israel and […]
Mel Goodman on Putin
Below is the Letter to the Editor the New York Times published online on August 5, 2022, from Florida Veterans for Common Sense member, Mel Goodman, about Vladimir Putin and Russia. To the Editor: Re “Putin Performs for Russia, and Ukraine Is the Stage,” by Peter Pomerantsev (Sunday Opinion, July 31): Mr. Pomerantsev’s excellent analysis of […]
“American Carnage” Prediction?
by Melvin A. Goodman, As we get closer to the presidential election, and Donald Trump increasingly fears he is holding a losing hand, the bizarre description of “American Carnage” in Trump’s inauguration speech in 2017 becomes more ominously an uncanny prediction for 2020. In the 2016 presidential debates, former Florida governor Jeb Bush remarked that […]
Mel’s Analyses Blog
- Mel Goodman on Putin
- American Carnage Prediction?
- The National Security State
- Lowering the “Barr”
- Trump’s War on Ethics
- Trump’s War on America
- War on the Post Office and Census
- Trump’s War on Arm’s Control
- War on the Environment
- Trump’s Attacks on Governance
- Science Denialism
Mel’s Latest Analyses on CounterPunch.org
- The Years 1968 And 2024: Will History Repeat Itself?
- Iran and U.S. Say Enough, Will Israel Go Along?
- Spies and Their Lies: The Trials and Tribulations at Guantanamo
- Meet the Newest Apologist for Israel: Rear Admiral John Kirby
- Washington Post Believes U.S. & Israel “Can Get Back on the Same Page”
- The United States and the Middle East: the Politics of Miscalculation
- The Atlantic Joins the Chorus of Fear
- Two Wars, Five Losing Nations
- CIA’s Torture and Abuse: America’s Shame!
- Netanyahu and Israel in Decline and May Take Biden With Them
Mel’s Books
- Failure of Intelligence: The Decline and Fall of the CIA
- Gorbachev’s Retreat: The Third World
- National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism
- A Whistleblower at the CIA
- American Carnage: The Wars of Donald Trump
- The Dangerous National Security State (circa 2020)
Mel on the Air and Online
- Mel’s November 2, 2023 interview on Parallax Views with J.G. Michael. Mel talks about Israel-Palestine, the Oct. 7 Intelligence Failure, Gaza, and U.S. Foreign Policy
- Mel’s April 9, 2021 interview on WSLR‘s Surreal News with host Steve Norris. Mel discusses the Biden Administration’s changing realtionships with China, Iran, and Russia.