Why Bernie will win in 2020
While the coronavirus has accelerated Bernie-ism to take shape economically, it’s his foreign policy ideas that are the future of the U.S. abroad.
While the coronavirus has accelerated Bernie-ism to take shape economically, it’s his foreign policy ideas that are the future of the U.S. abroad.
It was easy for Trump to dismiss the WHO because the UN has been a political punching bag in the US for so long.
The Europeans have had to deal with increasingly authoritarian regimes quashing opposition and undermining the rule of law. Now they are hearing echoes of such misuse of the law on the other side of the Atlantic.
The Quincy Institute’s Rachel Esplin Odell explains that punitive action against Beijing right now will only undermine U.S. economic interests — after a month that saw more 22 million Americans lose their jobs.
Joe Biden and some of his supporting super PACs are choosing to adopt, rather than challenge, the anti-China premise of the Trump campaign’s attacks.
We should take German Chancellor Angela Merkel seriously when she said ‘the times in which we could completely depend on others are on the way out.’
A forward-looking question to ask amid the current crisis is: will the inevitable highlighting of government’s necessary role in the crisis lead to greater recognition of the necessity of that role at other times?
Pulling funding for the World Health Organization follows Trump’s pattern of slowly dismantling multilateralism, which appears to be his ultimate goal.
Biden will lose the argument on China if he tries to run to Trump’s right.
The Trump administration is contributing to Iran’s COVID-19 crisis by refusing to suspend sanctions. But Iran’s self-imposed isolation is also a major factor.
The firing could be called a canary in the coal mine if Washington hadn’t already become littered with canary carcasses warning of a Trumpian dystopia devoid of truth and accountability.
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, Trump has gone from praising China one minute, to attacking China the next. That back and forth happens to mirror the views of some of his wealthiest supporters.
We were raised to believe in American exceptionalism. But why are we on track to have the worst coronavirus pandemic outbreak of any country on Earth?
For the far right, the pandemic is a chance to enact border controls and erode the rule of law. It could also expose their utter incompetence.
MbS has made a mess of Saudi foreign and domestic policy. What will happen if Trump isn’t around anymore to back him up?