Centrist former USG official, sustainability promoter, Stimson Chairman Emeritus. “…and to the Republic for which it stands.” Words to live by.
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My full remarks in Paris on June 21 at the Iran resistance gathering in support of regime change from within: youtu.be/-bjhONVvRsA?is=_vaS… via @YouTube
Lincoln Bloomfield Jr retweeted
“It’s time to focus all of our policy efforts on supporting the 92 million citizens of Iran.”
- @LBJunior
#ParisFreeIranRally
#100kFreeIranRally
April 21 Interview about Iran crisis with Steve Scully on his Sirius broadcast "The Briefing": drive.google.com/file/d/13Ay…
A brief explanation of why so many Western policymakers, analysts, and media correspondents amplify false narratives about Iran and its organized resistance — and why the regime’s survival depends on it. Berlin, 8 February 2026: youtu.be/unID4vfxHRg?si=H4hp… via @YouTube
Essay on Iran uprising co-authored with Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad. The media campaign surrounding Reza Pahlavi misreads the Iranian people’s clear aversion to dictatorship - monarch or mullah: nationalinterest.org/blog/mi…
After 46 years of inability to reform the Tehran regime, time for the U.S. to pursue accountability for the clerics’ atrocity crimes, block Iranian weapons to proxy forces threatening Israel, and stand with the Iranian people seeking a democratic republic. nationalinterest.org/feature…
September 7 remarks reflecting my research and conclusions examining the 60-year history of the MEK - the nucleus of Iran’s organized resistance. For too many policymakers it has been an untold story: youtu.be/MGkQ2kX08lk?si=Zq-k… via @YouTube
Remarks at April 8 Senate luncheon calling for hearings aimed at an effective bipartisan policy to guard against the malign activity by Iran’s regime: youtu.be/TNubk3YX0oQ?si=XSvv… via @YouTube
On March 26 I sent an Open Letter to the Congressional Research Service regarding its Issue Brief on a core part of the the Iranian organized resistance, the MEK/PMOI: palmercoates.com/wp-content/…
The CRS Issue Brief FYI: congress.gov/crs-product/R48…
Level-set on the Ukraine conflict -- nothing over the past three years has persuaded me to change my initial assessments:
1. Putin was and remains the aggressor; Russia bears full responsibility for all the harm that has been done: 1/3 thehill.com/opinion/internat…
2. The only way to end Russia's aggression and the threat of future aggression is to persuade Putin that he must stop: 2/3 nationalinterest.org/feature…
3. Ukrainians have endured brutal damage and losses because they believe their survival depends on repelling and then deterring the Russian aggressor - one has seen no credible evidence that they no longer believe this: 3/3 nationalinterest.org/feature…
My Iran remarks in Berlin on October 26: western governments must now stand against Tehran’s deceptions and crimes, respect the resistance, and encourage change from within... youtu.be/K9zT4yic7OU?si=hBAu… via @YouTube
On this election eve, a little music video to fit the times.
A song written-recorded 2 years ago, released December 2023, video released for the election.
Please enjoy and share! Kelakos - Back To Me (Official Music Video) youtu.be/t1ZfICx4P5c?si=NYa1… via @YouTube
The media rarely addresses how Donald Trump handled the job of President. Here I explain that as President, Trump marked himself as a “geopolitical pushover” - someone “manifestly incapable of securing American interests”. palmercoates.com/wp-content/…
Lincoln Bloomfield Jr retweeted
Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield Jr., former Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs addresses Congressional Briefing on US Iran Policy,
September 10, 2024.
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The Tehran clerical regime's gravest crimes are now confirmed by the UN. Nuclear enrichment, proxy warfare, drones against Ukraine, covert threats across the West -- to stop these, the world must stand with the protesters in Iran, still being executed at alarming levels.
My essay on the regime in Tehran, its dark and untold history, and what the West must do about it. palmercoates.com/wp-content/…
