A new world? The Middle East tries cooperation alongside competition
Interesting signs that the region’s powers are less interested in armed conflict than they are about forms of gaining influence today.
Interesting signs that the region’s powers are less interested in armed conflict than they are about forms of gaining influence today.
There can’t be the slightest doubt: America worships its Pentagod and the weapons and wars that feed it.
George Washington was right about the US role in the world — and he also had a thing or two to say about our founding principles.
It may be too soon to erect a monument to a 20-year conflict that is ongoing and that many Americans still don’t understand.
In recent statements, Moscow seems much more realistic about the consequences of actual conflict with Kiev and Western powers.
The idea that China is planning an invasion of the island is one that demands closer scrutiny.
The short-term crisis between the two neighbors has dissipated. But in the longer term, relations have gotten a lot more complicated.
If Washington intervened in the Mideast less often, the bases and strategic alliance would matter less.
If it is to avoid going in that direction, there urgently needs to be a unified opposition and pressure from the outside.
A New York Times exposé on a previously undisclosed attack on dozens of noncombatants in Syria is indicative of DOD’s impunity.
One can loathe the man and still oppose Biden’s attempts to isolate the country with the same old coercive strategies.
As tensions rise in Ukraine, hawks in the West are promoting a more confrontational stance toward Moscow.
How Damascus could become the next arena for geopolitical competition between the region’s Arab power centers and Iran.
Reports indicate the attack on a US base last month was retaliation for recent Israel strikes. It didn’t kill anyone, but it’s only a matter of time.
Americans know that ideologues have cynically used the rhetoric of ‘freedom’ to push destructive policies on the world before.
The NSO Group is starting to face consequences for malicious cyber activity tied to its military-grade software, Pegasus.
The upper chamber’s NDAA measure is a Cold War-era strategy that needs to be stripped from the bill.
While many of his efforts fell short in practice, the Vermont senator will be leaving behind a ‘conscience gap’ on Capitol Hill.
But the training and military cooperation with other countries in the region is certainly picking up.
Pro-democracy protests have been brutally suppressed amid calls for the international community to engage.
But getting Democratic colleagues to sign on may be more difficult that he thought.