How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
In the midst of an economic collapse and an energy crisis, Lebanon has found itself in a tug of war between the United States and Iran.
With no end in sight and violence under the radar but ongoing, this is one ‘forever war’ that Biden risks perpetuating.
If it’s true the Russians have intercepted Israeli missiles targeting Iran-backed militias, Washington may have to step in.
The move highlights the many contradictions of US policy in the war-torn country.
Will the departure of some 3,000 American troops from Afghanistan be a harbinger of a more fundamental realignment of U.S. Middle East security policy?
The circularity of the rationale for keeping troops in region should be obvious by now.
It will take much more than repealing AUMFs to stop the president from making unilateral decisions to wage war.
The Biden administration has yet to offer a clear path but its options are limited.
A flurry of recent diplomacy suggests efforts underway to mend the rivalries that have fueled Arab wars over the past decade.
Poznansky’s new book shows how the U.S. pays lip service to international rules while doing what it wants behind the scenes.
Biden appears to be revoking a Trump-era waiver that put the U.S. in the middle of a battle over Syria’s crude resources.
Lawmaker uses climate hearing to question the envoy’s honesty about an alleged conversation regarding Israeli airstrikes in Syria.
Ambassador James Jeffrey is just reminding us how complicated and counterproductive our policy is there — if there is one.
The US helped to unleash waves of displaced people with its post-9/11 wars. Time to find ways to fix, not ignore it.
Moscow’s ability to build relationships with US regional allies is raising flags with the Biden administration.
Much of the reason for being in these two countries has been to keep a check on Tehran. It’s been counterproductive to say the least.
What happened this week only highlights that presidents have been bombing the Middle East in one way or another for 30 years.
During Trump’s tenure, the French president said NATO was in a ‘brain death’ spiral and was talking up a European army.
Biden’s Secretary of State pick inherits a lot of trouble, but we want to make sure he has the right solutions.
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies cites the US experience in Syria as a model for endless war.