June 30, 2020
H.R. McMaster’s critique of restraint falls short and he doesn’t offer an alternative to the militarism that has dominated U.S. foreign policy.
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June 29, 2020
Supporters of a strong U.S.-European relationship should be mindful of the problems with this alliance beyond Trump, which have become more apparent in the context of the global pandemic.
June 29, 2020
America must reorient a significant portion of its federal budget away from defense spending and towards public health and social services to build greater internal peace and resilience.
June 29, 2020
While Americans are overwhelmed by the pandemic, the Pentagon and its boosters are exploiting the emergency to feather their own nests.
June 29, 2020
As the U.S. and Turkey move further apart diplomatically, there may be a few issues related to Iran on which they are more closely aligned.
June 28, 2020
Bolton’s book revealed his commitment to American values paled in comparison to that of the professionals who sacrificed their careers to warn us all of the president’s wanton disregard for rule of law.
June 26, 2020
H.R. McMaster swings and misses again.
June 26, 2020
The massive resources allocated to both local police and the U.S. military create supply side pressures to find, if not create, enemies.
June 26, 2020
At worst, the denuclearization horse left the barn a long time ago. At best, a nuclear-free North Korea will require an extensive period of time to come to fruition.
June 25, 2020
There’s a more constructive way forward that doesn’t involve the military or incendiary rhetoric.
June 25, 2020
In short, John Bolton is the worst of both foreign policy worlds: nihilistically nationalistic in his ends, interventionist in his means.
June 25, 2020
Faced by the human and economic ravages of COVID-19 and enduring—if precarious—stalemates in myriad conflict zones, including the Gulf, Yemen, Syria, and Libya, the region’s leaders are likely to keep well back from the brink.
June 25, 2020
The Trump administration appears to be sacrificing long-term security goals for short-term economic gains.
June 24, 2020
The fiasco Trump created by withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal has now spilled over into Iran’s compliance with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
June 24, 2020
Some are clamoring for Biden to leverage Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, but that’s a fool’s errand.
June 23, 2020
In 1967, Dr. King warned that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
June 23, 2020
There are now valid reasons for Libyans and the international community at large to fear a dangerous scenario whereby Egypt and Turkey clash with each other.
June 22, 2020
As the Democratic Party continues to shift left on issues related to Israel and Palestine, will Joe Biden resist?
June 22, 2020
A Turkish-US business council is projecting Turkey as a trading alternative to China with the help of influential US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close associate of President Donald J. Trump.
June 22, 2020
The U.S.’s use of torture in the so-called “war on terror” wasn’t something confined to the shadows, but a policy actively defended by administration officials — still to this day.
June 21, 2020
Egypt and Ethiopia, along with their friends and allies, must avoid maximalism and find a compromise on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.