The Army is shooting blanks in pivot to Asia
Their objections to budget cuts have nothing really to do with who is best positioned to fight, but losing out on the spoils.
Their objections to budget cuts have nothing really to do with who is best positioned to fight, but losing out on the spoils.
It’s a craze sweeping the nation’s capital and beyond: We need to do x, y, or z or succumb to the threat.
The former official helped steer US policy in Syria away from fighting ISIS and toward countering Iran and Russia.
In response, General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic offered no evidence to refute the claims.
The panel with no diversity of views was meant to reinforce a forgone conclusion: more money for more weapons.
A prominent DC think tank has offered a way forward that most in the foreign policy establishment have refused to consider.
The 60 Minutes anchor repeatedly tried to bait the secretary of state into taking a more militaristic approach.
Proponents of diplomacy with Iran say the measure may have been meant to complicate the ongoing talks in Vienna.
Defense industry CEOs recently assured investors that the world is still unstable enough to keep the money flowing.
The ‘Vandenberg Coalition’ appears to be picking up where two previous defunct neocon outfits left off.
It’s easy to distract Washington reporters from the realities of high stakes diplomacy.
A new report found that military spending around the world got a boost last year despite floundering economies due to COVID-19.
A letter to the president says he should ‘follow through on his call for urgently-needed humanitarian relief to Iran.’
The piece opposed Biden’s Afghanistan troop withdrawal and originally didn’t disclose the author’s financial stake in that view.
‘At the end, we might face Iranians who decide to retaliate,’ a former aide to Bibi Netanyahu said recently.
Nearly 300 Iranian artists, authors, and academics urged their government to stay on course for JCPOA reimplementation.
A prominent figure in Iran’s pro-reform camp recently criticized an adviser to the Supreme Leader for being duped on the JCPOA.
The military doesn’t make US foreign policy decisions and there’s a reason for that.
The alleged contact highlights the complex web of alliances and adversaries stemming from the Syrian civil war.
While some say the money will just be shifted elsewhere, Congress and DOD will now be held accountable.
The Pentagon budget looks likely to increase, signaling that the Blob isn’t dead yet.