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.
Trump’s Debate: A Victory for Pathological Liars Everywhere
The following is an excerpt from Melvin Goodman’s article, Trump’s Debate: a Victory for Pathological Liars Everywhere. It first appeared in CounterPunch on July 1, 2024. Melvin is a long-standing […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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
- Donald the Destroyer Versus Civil Society
- Danger: Global Security is Now in the Hands of Trump, Rubio and Hegseth
- Trump’s First 100 Days: Meaner, More Mendacious, More Unstable
- Why the Supreme Court May Ultimately Side With Trump in the Abrego Garcia Case
- The Meltdown of the United States
- The Obscenity and Futility of US and Israeli Air Power
- The Insecurities of Airman Teixeira and Secretary of Defense Hegseth
- The Washington Post’s David Ignatius Remains the Leading Apologist for the CIA
- Trump’s Lying Band of Brothers
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.