Why it would be better if this Democracy Summit never happened
The Biden administration risks the charge of hypocrisy as it picks and chooses which authoritarians are in, and which are out.
The Biden administration risks the charge of hypocrisy as it picks and chooses which authoritarians are in, and which are out.
There are legitimate challenges facing a formal end to the war, but they can be overcome through balanced analysis.
The long-awaited Global Force Posture review shows that status quo is the key refrain as the China song remains the same.
The idea that China is planning an invasion of the island is one that demands closer scrutiny.
One can loathe the man and still oppose Biden’s attempts to isolate the country with the same old coercive strategies.
But getting Democratic colleagues to sign on may be more difficult that he thought.
Did Washington overplay its hand by not brokering with the more moderate government in Tehran when it had the chance?
Sens. Sanders and Markey and Rep. Khanna want to cut off all aid to Saudi Arabia. But will their efforts survive NDAA vote?
This is an entitlement mindset — that military leaders are owed exorbitant increases each year regardless of the nation’s means.
The people are not asking Washington to do much. They’re mostly asking us not to do things that make their situation worse.
The Pentagon is determined to stop President Biden from changing our Cold War posture.
While denying it, the White House continues to put its thumb on the scale for the Kingdom, with no end to Yemen war in sight.
The decision to freeze nearly $10 billion in government assets has put an already impoverished country on the brink of state collapse.
The only “winners” in the two-decade war are the members of America’s military-industrial-congressional complex.
Hopefully it will be more than tinkering around the edges — fundamental changes in how they are used, if at all, are in order.
Only when China and the United States elevate the threat of climate change above their geopolitical rivalry will it be possible to avert disaster.
Nine months into the Biden administration and its Yemen peace initiative, the momentum toward peace seems to have stalled.
Growing conventional wisdom in Washington says that Beijing is preparing to attack the island. Not so fast.
The announcement comes with a US pledge to engage in ‘a new, holistic, and pragmatic approach’ to Beijing’s trade practices.
If policymakers fancy that the United States has some sort of obligation to “lead,” then they’ll have to reimagine what leading really means.
His U.N. Speech shows why he needs to double down on his defiance of the Blob if he wants to, as he says, lead the world to a higher plane.