Thoughts -- 6 July 2008

Thoughts -- 6 June 2008

Thoughts -- 12 May 2008

Thoughts -- 16 April 2008

Thoughts -- 15 March 2008

Thoughts -- 7 February 2008

Predictions 2008 -- 12 January 2008

Thoughts -- 10 December 2007

Thoughts -- 7 October 2007

Thoughts -- 3 September 2007

Thoughts -- 1 August 2007

Thoughts -- 17 June 2007 including special attention to Ethanol developments

Thoughts -- 3 May 2007 including travel notes on Salt Lake City, Utah w/photos and updates on Charleston and Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Thoughts -- 1 April 2007 including Passover Notes and Cute Photos

Thoughts -- 5 March 2007

Thoughts -- 7 February 2007

Predictions 2007 - 3 January 2007

Text of Limmud Speech 25 December 2006, Nottingham, England. Countdown to WWIII?

Notes from 2006 Limmud Conference

Thoughts: 13 November 2006: Post-Election World View.

Thoughts: 1 October 2006: Paninis, Middle East, World and US Politics, Business Travel

Thoughts: 20 August 2006: Countdown to World War III

Thoughts: July 9, 2006

Thoughts: 11, 2006

Thoughts: 7 May 2006

Thoughts: 9 April 2006

The Truth About the H1B Visa Program: 10 April 2006

Thoughts: 5 March 2006

Thoughts: 7 February 2006

Thoughts: 4 January 2006 with Predictions

Thoughts: 4 December 2005

Thoughts: 7 November 2005

Thoughts and Trip Notes (DC, Chicago and Greenbrier) -- 2 October 2005

Ivan Op-Ed Article Published in Jewish Week September 16, 2005 re Pakistan/Israeli Meetings with Saudi Blessing

Letter to NY Senator Schumer re Verizon and Airline Industry Abuses -- 5 Sept. 2005

Thoughts -- Hurricane Katrina, Gaza Withdrawal & Aftermath -- 5 Sept. 2005

Israel & Pakistan Talks -- Stepping Stone to Something Bigger? -- 5 Sept. 2005

Notes -- August 2005 World Issues; Travel Notes and Visit to Toronto & Langdan Hall

Notes -- July 2005 and Visit to Blantyre

Notes -- Israel Visit, Germany and Other Random Global Thoughts -- 1 June 2005

Global Thoughts -- April 2005

Travel Notes Round the World -- Cyprus (Greek and Turkish), Amman, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore -- April 2005 (with internal link to photo tour at end of article).

Global Thoughts -- 7 February 2005

Year End Thoughts and Predictions for 2005 -- 28 December 2004

Global Thoughts -- Post-Election America; Post-Arafat Middle East; the UN -- 15 November 2004

Global Thoughts -- The 2004 American Presidential Election -- 22 October 2004

A Short Humorous Primer on American Tax Policy -- 22 October 2004

Global Thoughts -- Spanning the globe a month before American elections -- 4 October 2004

Global Thoughts Update 25 August 2004

Global Thoughts (assorted issues) -- 30 June 2004

Global Thoughts (assorted issues)-- 4 May 2004

Global Thoughts: Presidential Race; Various World Issues; Gay Marriage; Gender Roles and Religion;  H1 Program -- 21 March 2004

Presidential Thoughts: John Kerry's Platform and Message followed by Ivan Ciment's Platform and Message: Which One for You? -- 21 March 2004

Global Thoughts -- Predictions for 2004 -- 3 January 2004

Global Thoughts Thanksgiving Day 2003 -- 27 November 2003 

Global Thoughts -- The US as Global Citizen -- 5 October 2003

Global Thoughts September 11, 2003 -- US Foreign Policy in Middle East; Israel-Palestine; Economy; Bush 2004; Montreal Travel

Global Thoughts -- Hot Spots -- 23 June 2003

Global Thoughts -- World Issues, Euros and Good Eyeglass Cleaner for Travel -- 11 May 2003

Global Thoughts -- After the War: Assessments, Lessons Learned, Future Prospects -- 15 April 2003

Predictions for 2003 and Year-End Notes -- 4 January 2003

London What's New & Limmud Conference Notes -- 31 December 2003

Address to 2002 Limmud Conference at the University of Nottingham, UK -- 23 Dec. 2002

Global Thoughts – 1 December 2002 
Iraq; Israel Elections and Palestinian Affairs; Bush Legacies; World Superpower Watch; Highlights of Trip Journal; Principles of Respect vs. Tolerance.

How much Freedom should we trade for our Security? 
Submitted to the Economist Essay Competition August 2002 -- Posted 1 December 2002

Global Thoughts -- 15 September 2002
Family Weekend in the Country; 9/11 One Year Later; Regional Politics Selected Issues; State of the World at the High Holidays: On Internet Connectivity, Evil, Knowledge and the Ever-Increasing Value of 1:1 Human Relations. 

Global Thoughts – 23 June 2002
Markets, Post 9/11 America and Foreign Policy Shifts, Iran and Saudi Arabia, 
Israel/Palestine; Child Sacrifice: Biblical Perspective

Global Thoughts -- 3 February 2002
Charleston South Carolina, Economy, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, Afghanistan, Anthrax, Pakistan/India/Kashmir, Bill Clinton One Year Later, Gulf Region / Iraq (Notes from Conversation with Richard Perle), Israel-Palestinian Affairs; Day School Tuition.

Year End Predictions, Latest Travel Tips -- 31 December 2001

Thoughts on Assorted Subjects -- 4 December 2001

Global Thoughts -- 12 November 2001: Letter from NY; The War Effort; Shifts in Foreign Policy; Israel/Palestinian Situation; Buy Recommendations; Yassir & Yossi Show; Forecasts

Global Thoughts on the Situation and Report from the Middle East -- 28 October 2001

Commentary & Recommendations Following September 11-- 23 September 2001

Revised Economist Estimates: More Bad News Coming -- 30 July 2001

Current Thoughts -- 4 July 2001

Current Thoughts: Middle East, Asia, Economy, Life Issues -- 15 May 2001

The Bear Market Explained -- 22 March 2001

Talking Politics: Current Issues (US, Middle East); Thoughts About American Currency -- 20 January 2001

Global Trend: Transfer of National Political Power As Family Franchise -- 20 January 2001

Ivan's Reading List -- Media IC Monitors -- 20 January 2001

Year-End Predictions 2000: 31 December 2000

Global Trends: 19 November 2000
US Elections; Middle East; Oil Markets; Hamas and the Flood

Global Trends: Troubling Signs Ahead -- 29 October 2000

Global Trends: US Elections & Other Issues (Economic Markets, Genetics & Insurance, Serbia, Middle East Demographics, North Korea) -- 25 October 2000

Opening up the Anti-Ballistic-Missile Treaty: Star Wars Revisited -- 6 June 2000

State of the Markets: Stocks and the Coming Real Estate Recession -- 28 May 2000; 
Also: Quick Comment on Israel's Lebanon Withdrawal: Lessons Learned

India/Pakistan Alert; Post Super-Tuesday Primaries -- 3/10/00

Revised Predictions for Year 2000 Elections -- 6 March 2000

The Haider Phenomenon -- An Analysis of Austria, the Holocaust, Decency & Nationalism -- 10 February 2000

American Presidential Race (McCain Factor); Syria & Palestinian Tracks -- 10 February 2000

Predictions: Ivan's End of the Year Predictions -- 12/30/99

Archive Selections

China: What to Expect in the Coming Decades -- 21 April 1999

Serbia: Opinion of the Situation -- 21 April 1999

Foreign Policy Rethink -- 4 September 1998

IRAQ / Clinton Impeachment

Bombing Iraq, Impeachment Vote & Prediction of Effects on American Politics -- 18 December 1998

Position on Impeachment -- 11 December 1998

Clinton Outlook, Turkish Pipeline & Middle East -- 11 November 1998