September 10, 2021
Day of reckoning for the media handmaidens of war
It’s clear now that the invasion of Iraq and the 20-year GWOT couldn’t have happened without the Fourth Estate’s complicity.
September 10, 2021
Report: Houthis and Saudis are deliberately starving Yemenis to death
This means even those who support them, including the US, are responsible for war crimes.
September 9, 2021
VIDEO: Iraq vet Matt Gallagher on why ‘forever war’ is dirty word to some, truth to others
And why waging a generational conflict is ultimately unhealthy for the republic.
September 9, 2021
How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
9/11 at 20: A week of reflection
Responsible Statecraft looks at media complicity in the wars, the triumph and tragedy of whistleblowers, the expanded security state, havoc wrought on the Middle East, and more.
September 10, 2021
Day of reckoning for the media handmaidens of war
It’s clear now that the invasion of Iraq and the 20-year GWOT couldn’t have happened without the Fourth Estate’s complicity.
September 9, 2021
How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
September 9, 2021
How 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’ tore the Arab world apart
The seeds of destruction were already planted with prior decades of colonialism propping up corrupt, weak governments.
September 8, 2021
I blew the whistle on my government after 9/11 but fear it did not matter
The first American charged under the Espionage Act after the attacks asks whether empire has permanently replaced the republic.
September 9, 2021
How 9/11 and the ‘war on terror’ tore the Arab world apart
The seeds of destruction were already planted with prior decades of colonialism propping up corrupt, weak governments.
September 8, 2021
Time to smash the urge of imperial strategic groupthink
The hegemonic imperative has led to grand failure. Ignoring that will lead to the same mistakes when we ‘pivot’ to East Asia.
September 8, 2021
I blew the whistle on my government after 9/11 but fear it did not matter
The first American charged under the Espionage Act after the attacks asks whether empire has permanently replaced the republic.
September 7, 2021
Politico runs Lockheed Martin puff piece amid sponsorship questions
A recent article on the company’s secret weapons facility read more like promotional content.
September 7, 2021
New report: Post-9/11 US airstrikes killed upwards of 48,000 civilians
The findings come as a separate study estimates the US has so far spent $8 trillion.
September 7, 2021
As Germany lurches left, its foreign policy may go right
The current race to replace Angela Merkel will likely result in an entirely new government, and a chance for more autonomy in defense.
September 7, 2021
Iran has had weeks post-election to get back into nuke talks
Time is wasting, and as Tehran delays, it continues to accumulate enriched uranium and operate advanced centrifuges.
September 7, 2021
Intelligence reorganization in the wake of 9/11 didn’t make us any safer
If anything, bureaucratic and physical distance increased between agencies and lines became blurrier.
September 6, 2021
Iran prepares for a new “Great Game” in Afghanistan
Iran and the Taliban have mutual interests that will favor cooperation despite their long-standing rivalry.
September 6, 2021
The climate crisis and Korea
The two Koreas cannot by themselves stop the climate crisis, but they can establish a model that the rest of the world can follow.
September 6, 2021
9/11 militarized law enforcement and made every American a suspect
While a country grieved, a surveillance state bloomed and began eating away at our basic Constitutional liberties.
September 5, 2021
Afghanistan has lessons for the Gulf
Gulf states are likely to discover that they are stuck with a less committed United States. That reality will push them toward greater self-reliance.
September 4, 2021
Do the right thing: talk with the Taliban and lift sanctions on aid
Humanitarian assistance cannot depend on whether the insurgent group forms a government or what it looks like.
September 4, 2021
Is a cold war still possible in an overheating world?
By 2049, the United States and China may be far too preoccupied with climate disaster to focus on conflict with each other.
September 3, 2021
The biggest problems in how the Afghanistan story has been told
The US media’s coverage of the withdrawal focused on drama at the expense of the more important bigger picture.