June 18, 2021
The Biden-Putin Summit: How bad is “normal”?
On a host of issues, especially Ukraine, Biden kicked the can down the road. Let’s hope it’s not a grenade that’ll explode in our faces.
June 18, 2021
In Georgia, has the EU overtaken the US?
The recent political crisis has established the EU as Georgia’s most important Western partner.
June 18, 2021
Trita Parsi takes on FDD’s Goldberg over Iran
WATCH: The two sides couldn’t be farther apart on the JCPOA and why security in the region is actually more fragile today.
June 18, 2021
Bacevich: Get out of NATO, shut down combatant commands
In his new book, the long time US foreign policy critic says some radical approaches are in order, ‘After the Apocalypse.’
June 18, 2021
Why we need a ‘Green BRAC’
There are a lot of great ideas for cleaning up and repurposing old military bases in the US — the Pentagon just needs a little push.
June 18, 2021
US hawks push hardline presidential candidate in Iran
Ibrahim Raisi is expected to win the election; American regime change proponents have been cheering him for years.
June 17, 2021
Human rights won’t happen in a vacuum in Cuba
Normalizing relations with the island would go a long way towards promoting one of the president’s “core pillars” of US foreign policy.
June 17, 2021
Any new US aid to Israel should prioritize peacebuilding, not more weapons
American taxpayers already replenish the country’s defenses; we should rethink how any additional assistance is used.
June 16, 2021
Rep. Massie: sell off the U.S. embassy compound, get out of Iraq
Republican lawmaker wants a repeal of the ‘blank check’ 2002 AUMF, calling the president’s war powers “disturbingly broad.”
June 16, 2021
Biden heads home with a mixed bag from Geneva
The summit with Russian President Putin elicited some modest progress, but on the big security questions, a missed opportunity.
June 16, 2021
Conservatives throw weight behind repealing Iraq War AUMF
Saying the 2002 authorization for military force has been “stretched beyond belief,” they hope to help pass a bipartisan bill on Thursday.
June 16, 2021
Daniel Ortega: from revolutionary to absolute overlord
The 17-year Nicaraguan president is now jailing his election opposition and rivals, many of them fellow ex-Sandinistas, now in their 70s.
June 16, 2021
Iran’s next president unlikely to seek deals with the US
The expected winner will probably focus more attention on auditioning to replace the Supreme Leader.
June 15, 2021
How Biden and Putin can work together to limit nuclear arms
The American and Russian presidents can use this week’s summit to start a new era of strategic dialogue.
June 15, 2021
Why Iran’s next hardline president should thank Donald Trump
Maximum pressure has undermined centrists and reformers, setting up a rigged election with an increasingly certain outcome.
June 15, 2021
A reunified Korea could be a formidable power in East Asia
Bringing about this turn of events will depend on the actions of the United States as the most important external actor.
June 15, 2021
How we conveniently ignore the ‘terrorists’ among our allies
Before they were prime minister, two Israelis were leaders of violent political movements that killed innocent people.
June 14, 2021
US-funded media spreads bizarre conspiracy theory about Shi’a Muslims
The charges against the al-Khoe’i Foundation were so wild that the State Department had to step in and disavow the story.
June 14, 2021
Netanyahu’s legacy: Allying with US hawks and fomenting division in Washington
Israel’s longest serving prime minister beat the Iran war drums for years and finally got the ear of an American president in Donald Trump.