September 23, 2021
Biden bends to the nuclear bureaucracy
A top-level Pentagon official has reportedly been dismissed for the crime of being skeptical about our nuclear weapons policies.
September 24, 2021
House defeats measure to demilitarize the police
The Biden administration should now act to stem the flow of military-grade equipment to local law enforcement.
September 24, 2021
Study finds anti-Asian bias in economic espionage cases
U.S.-China tensions are fueling racism here at home.
September 24, 2021
Why Colby’s strategy of denial is aggression packaged as ‘management’
The realist author says we just need to check China’s hegemony. But that bag carries too many explosives to be considered responsible.
September 24, 2021
US continues to push China and Russia together at its own peril
It’s called institutionalizing hubris, and it’s taking U.S. global foreign policy nowhere fast.
September 23, 2021
House passes measure ending US support for Saudi war on Yemen
Rep. Ro Khanna has again pushed through this important amendment, but will other forces collude to kill it?
September 23, 2021
Europeans see US engaged in new cold war but want no part of it
But there’s a prevailing view that the EU is more aligned with Washington’s military competition with China and Russia.
September 23, 2021
The Chadha effect: how SCOTUS put a chokehold on congressional powers
Three senators want to pass a work-around that will claw some of its war authority back from the president.
September 23, 2021
London arms expo protest sign of anti-militarism sentiment in Europe
While European leaders promise more defense spending, their people aren’t necessarily on board.
September 23, 2021
The real Gen. Milley story is the president’s sole authority to launch nukes
News that the Joint Chiefs chair sought to block Trump from starting a war has highlighted absurdities in our nuclear weapons policies.
September 22, 2021
Biden doesn’t understand the ‘new Cold War’
The president says he doesn’t want ‘a world divided into rigid blocs’ while at the same time dividing the world into rigid blocs.
September 22, 2021
Why the Taliban takeover is a mixed bag for China and Pakistan
The prospect of new extremist threats pouring into or igniting within these states or just over the border is a real security issue.
September 22, 2021
Biden’s Middle East policy is just sugar-coated business as usual
The president’s actions speak louder than his lofty rhetoric on democracy and human rights, as autocrats cash in.
September 21, 2021
Groups call on Congress to rein in military budget
They say adding $25 billion more than what Biden requested for the Pentagon ‘sends exactly the wrong message.’
September 21, 2021
Critical House vote could end support to Saudi in Yemen
With Biden continuing Trump-era policies, it’s up to Congress now to yank the purse strings and end the brutality.
September 21, 2021
Congress wants to put even more troops in Russia’s backyard
It may just be grandstanding for domestic purposes, but the effort poses grave implications for American and international security
September 21, 2021
An opportunity to energize multinational diplomacy on Syria
An upcoming UN report will show whether a US-Russian agreement on providing humanitarian aid is working.
September 20, 2021
Groups urge Congress to strengthen rules on defense lobbying
The greased revolving door from the Pentagon to the weapons industry gives former officials easy access for influence peddling.
September 20, 2021
Not just about subs, AUKUS expands US military footprint in Australia, too.
This would add to 750 existing American bases abroad, according to a new Quincy study hot off the presses today.