Recent Op-Eds by John Davenport

Over the last six years, I have written several op-eds focused on constitutional reform in the US and global governance issues, and two major books on fixing our fundamental institutions at the global and national level.

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Recent Op-Eds on Constitutional Amendments, Elections, and Foreign Policy

• The NJ Star-Ledger and NJ.com, August 2024: Americans do not want a gerontocracy. Here’s what we can do about it.
  
• The Defense Post, August 2024: Why the US and Its Allies Are Losing the New International Hostage Game
• The Balkinization law blog: Progressives Should Support a National Constitutional Convention: Answering the Doubters
  
• Newsweek May 2024: Nations Must Unite to Demand Two-State Peace between Israel and Palestine
• Newsweek June 2024: Gaza, Human Shields, and the Problem of a Bomb-First Strategy
• Fordham News, March 2024: Should America's Primary Election System be Reformed? 
• Conversations magazine, April 2024: The perils and promise of teaching politics in 2024
• NorthJersey / USAToday network: NJ Voters Need the Right to Initiate Public Ballot Questions by Petition: Constitutional Reflections
• NorthJersey / USAToday network: New Jersey Must do Better on Housing Policy to Aid Low-Income Families
• Albany Times Union: Make Puerto Rico a State
• America: Eleven Ways to Improve Voting in the United States
• The Defense Post, June 2023: Escalation or Defense? Unveiling Errors in Discussing Military Aid to Ukraine
• The National Catholic Reporter, July 2022: Mearsheimer's Shared Blame for Russia's War is Irrational
• The Defense Post, March 2022: Europe’s Refusal to Fight and Democratic Weakness
• Ms. Magazine July 2022: The International Boycott for Choice and Women's Rights
• Salon, June 2022: The NRA's Endless Arms Race
• NYDN: The Democracy We Deserve: On Puerto Rico Statehood, and Fair Voting reforms
• HNN: For Deep and Lasting Reform, Amend the Constitution: on primaries, ranked-choice, gerrymandering, campaign finance, and the filibuster
• LNP: Christians Should Not Vote for Donald Trump: the religious argument against stealing Supreme Court seats as a means to one's goals
• Gotham Philosophical: The Only Way to Save America: Constitutional Amendments and the Convention Idea

         Older Op-eds on Global Governance

• The Conversation: Beyond NATO: New Alliances Could Defend Democracy and Counter Putin
• America magazine:Just War Theory and Ukraine: Why Military Action Against Russia is Justifiable
• Salon: How An Alliance of Democracies Could Help Prevent Future Pandemics
  

        Interviews

• Fordham Conversation: Beyond
  
• America magazine:Just 
• Fordham Conversations on Audacity: A discussion of Biden's agenda, Puerto Rico and DC statehood
  

• • Huffington Post: Oct. 2017 Statehood for Puerto Rico Now
    
  • Huffington Post: Oct. 2017 Tax Cut Lies: Bankrupting the Nation, Selling Out our Children
    
  • Huffington Post: June 2017 Trump's Failing Middle East Policy will not Stop ISIS
  • Huffington Post: June 2017 Syria Deniers: The New Scourge of the Alt-Left
  • August 2014: How to Defeat ISIS: Stop Assad, Support Moderate Sunnis
    
  • Dec. 2014: Sochi, Gay Rights, Ukraine, and Syria
  • Feb. 2015: The Key to Defeating ISIS is Clear Steps to End Assad's Reign of Terror
    
  • Oct. 2015: Key Points on the US Response to the Syria Conflict
  • 2012: What is Putin Doing?
  • History of the Syrian Civil War
    

For more information, email me at Davenport@fordham.edu

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