Gary Leupp

Gary Leupp is Emeritus Professor of History at Tufts University, and is the author of Servants, Shophands and Laborers in in the Cities of Tokugawa JapanMale Colors: The Construction of Homosexuality in Tokugawa Japan; and Interracial Intimacy in Japan: Western Men and Japanese Women, 1543-1900 and coeditor of The Tokugawa World (Routledge, 2021). He is a contributor to Hopeless: Barack Obama and the Politics of Illusion, (AK Press). He can be reached at: gleupp@tufts.edu

Trump’s Jerusalem Decision and Ongoing U.S. Decline

Jared, Jerusalem, and Possible Jail Time

Is the President a Head Case?

Tillerson: I Will Continue to Serve Under the Moron

Manafort News: a Blockbuster or Nothingburger?

Why Would 58% Favor U.S. Bombing of North Korea?

The Rationality of Kim Jong-un (and His Nukes)

Ten Points on Korean History of Potential Current Relevance

Manafort and the Big Nothingburger

Hardcore Politics: Trump and His Base

Trump’s About-Face on Afghanistan

Trump: Pakistan Must Change Immediately to Become Civilized

Trump and the Impending Statue Battles

Why There’s No Reason to Worry About War With North Korea

Liberating Europe from Russian Gas

The Trump Revolution Devouring Its Own Children

CNN: “Russia is an Adversary, Ukraine is Not.”

Trump’s Embrace of the Saudi Crown Prince, and a Qatar Nightmare Scenario

Observations on the Korea Crisis and Donald Trump

Immanuel Kant on Electoral Interference

Trump, Qatar and the Danger of Total Confusion

Russia’s Calm, But Firm, Response to the US Shooting Down a Syrian Fighter Jet

Necessary Open Letter to Kathy Griffin

The Weirdness of Now

An Al-Qaeda Attack in Mali:  Just Another Ripple of the Endless, Bogus “War on Terror”

The Extraordinary Array of Those Questioning Trump’s Legitimacy (and Their Various Reasons)

The Utter Stupidity of the New Cold War

Seven World-Historical Achievements of the Iraq Invasion of 2003

An Urgently Necessary Briefing on Syria

Reaping the Whirlwind: Kerry, al-Nusra, Russia and Syria

Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Against Russia

Samantha Powers Condemns Russia for Condemning a U.S. War Crime

Hope for the Philippines?

The US Election: an Exercise in Mendacity

Could a Russian-Led Coalition Defeat Hillary’s War Plans?

Finally: the Eruption of the Clinton Foundation Scandal

Russia, Syria and the US: Hillary’s Foreign Policy Priority

Who Leaked the Damning DNC Emails? What Difference Does It Make?

The Coming Crisis in U.S.-Turkey Relations

Don’t Call Him “Bernie” Anymore: the Sanders Sell-Out and the Clinton Wars to Come

Putin’s “Threats” to the Baltics: a Myth to Promote NATO Unity

Imagining a Different Europe: Brexit and the Future of NATO

Why God Created the Two-Party System

Bernie’s Capitulation and Hillary’s Syrian War to Come

On “Islamic” and “Islamist Terrorism”

Some Sober Lessons for Bernie Sanders Supporters

Hillary’s Foreign Policy Speech: Queen Galadriel Before Her Magic Mirror

Rules for TV News Anchors, on Memorial Day and Every Day

The Bathroom Bills Controversy: “The Biggest Issue in America Since Prayer was Taken Out of Schools”

Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy Resumé: What the Record Shows