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.
The 17-year Nicaraguan president is now jailing his election opposition and rivals, many of them fellow ex-Sandinistas, now in their 70s.
The expected winner will probably focus more attention on auditioning to replace the Supreme Leader.
The American and Russian presidents can use this week’s summit to start a new era of strategic dialogue.
Maximum pressure has undermined centrists and reformers, setting up a rigged election with an increasingly certain outcome.
Before they were prime minister, two Israelis were leaders of violent political movements that killed innocent people.
Bringing about this turn of events will depend on the actions of the United States as the most important external actor.
The charges against the al-Khoe’i Foundation were so wild that the State Department had to step in and disavow the story.
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.
As their summit approaches, some serious thoughts on how Biden and Putin can pursue a negotiated peace in a fractured land.
The journalistic ‘voice of God’ is often used to defend interventionist policies or push our leaders to do something about, well, everything.
Far from withdrawing from the war in Yemen, the Emirates is pursuing a hard-line and establishing itself as a military power for the long haul.
Encouraging Seoul to do more militarily was an unplanned result of the recent summit between Joe Biden and Moon Jae-in.
Few empires that have been able to unclench their fists and let go of self-destructive commitments.
Conflict between the United States and China is both undesirable and imprudent, but appears inevitable given our current leadership.
Many of the countries now lumped under this made-up rubric are wary of being drawn into a great power rivalry between the U.S. and China.
Both sides have an interest in demilitarizing the region and enhancing cooperation.
Aircraft carriers are expensive and ultimately of limited value in any potential great power conflict.
Biden’s withdrawal plan should include Afghans who directly supported U.S. troops and are now vulnerable to Taliban reprisals.
Biden’s new course should run parallel to geopolitical competition.
FDD hawks tried to launder public allied intel docs in an effort to halt JCPOA talks, but a closer look reveals a house of cards.
The breadth of support for blocking the bomb sale shows that opposition to uncritical military support for Israel is growing.