Responsible Statecraft

Media

Out of context whispers of intelligence are like catnip to reporters and sometimes high ranking military officials weaponize it to advance their preferred policy positions.

by Richard Hanania

Democratizing Foreign Policy

February 25, 2020

How “historic” are we?

The word “historic” gets tossed around to describe carefully scripted performances, “pseudo-events,” that we choose to treat as the stuff of history.

by Andrew J. Bacevich

Democratizing Foreign Policy

January 25, 2020

NYT Failed to Disclose that Hawkish Think Tank Paid Op-ed Writer While at the National Security Council

The New York Times published an op-ed by FDD staffer Richard Goldberg and didn’t bother to tell anyone that FDD paid him a salary while working for Trump’s National Security Council.

by Ben Armbruster

The Wuhan lab theory: Activist military brass, their media allies, and manufacturing public opinion

How “historic” are we?

NYT Failed to Disclose that Hawkish Think Tank Paid Op-ed Writer While at the National Security Council