Africa When humanitarian intervention leads to crimes against humanity A new report finds atrocities rampant in Libya due to the civil war that sprang up in the wake of the US-led regime change.Ted Galen CarpenterOctober 12, 2021
Military Industrial Complex How the 'self licking ice cream cone,' prolonged the 20-year war Institutional interests, including military budgets and self-preservation, will drive bad national security decisions every time.Gareth PorterOctober 04, 2021
Latin America Human rights won't happen in a vacuum in Cuba Normalizing relations with the island would go a long way towards promoting one of the president's "core pillars" of US foreign policy.William LeograndeJune 17, 2021
Middle East Why Biden may not be able to extricate the US from its Middle East quagmire Few empires that have been able to unclench their fists and let go of self-destructive commitments.Walden BelloJune 13, 2021
Middle East Ronald Reagan wasn't afraid to use leverage to hold Israel to task In fact, GOP presidents were much tougher on Tel Aviv in the wake of its aggression against neighbors, settlements, and civilian attacks.Lawrence J. KorbMay 24, 2021
Middle East 'Accomplice to carnage' belies a perilous overreach in Yemen As Obama-era policymakers wrestle with their role in the war, they betray a certain naivete about their Saudi partners at the time.Gabriele vom BruckApril 29, 2021