John Bolton is not your hero, no matter what his book says
In short, John Bolton is the worst of both foreign policy worlds: nihilistically nationalistic in his ends, interventionist in his means.
In short, John Bolton is the worst of both foreign policy worlds: nihilistically nationalistic in his ends, interventionist in his means.
The U.S.’s use of torture in the so-called “war on terror” wasn’t something confined to the shadows, but a policy actively defended by administration officials — still to this day.
Trump’s attacks on VOA for allegedly being biased in other ways do not square with the network’s actual output.
King Abdullah II has warned the United States that he fears that annexation could cause significant conflict within Jordan, as well as between Jordan and Israel.
“The fundamental problem with U.S. policy toward Iran has been a ridiculous inflation of Iran’s importance to the United States.”
No world power has undergone a collapse as dramatic as what the United States has been undergoing. Are we seeing the collapse of American hegemony?
The U.S. has made over $11 billion in major arms offers since the beginning of March, including to repressive regimes like the Philippines, Egypt, and the UAE.
The G7 kicked Russia out over its invasion of Crimea. Does the U.S. assault on international laws, treaties, and democracy warrant the same treatment?
Subject to Donald Trump’s disinterest and erratic impulses, and confronted by ambitious adversaries, the United States is treading water in the Middle East.
Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, and their allies have handed Iran grounds to argue that it needs to enrich uranium to higher levels than are allowed under the JCPOA.
The conventional arms trade is indeed a destabilizing factor in the Middle East, but a multilateral approach that does more than pressure one regional actor would be needed to address that problem effectively.
As bad as withdrawing from Open Skies is, this moment could yet prove to be an opportunity to confront more directly the misguided ideology of ‘America First.’
The Trump administration and its coterie of China-bashers have been dusting off the fake-intelligence playbook Dick Cheney used to justify war with Iraq.
It is tempting to think that it would be cheaper and more effective to have U.S. allies get the bomb rather than link their security to U.S. forces, bases, and assurances. But countries do not obtain the bomb in a vacuum.
Congress’s work should include continuing the investigations the IGs were not able to complete, one of many overdue steps for it to reassert itself as a coequal branch in foreign policy.
While the Trump administration touts its maximum pressure campaign as a route to peace in the Middle East, Iran’s increased hostilities prove it wrong.
The White House has consistently deluded hardline elements of the Venezuelan opposition with the possibility of a quick and easy military solution.
Donald Trump withdrew from the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, known as the JCPOA, in May 2018, and reinstated sanctions against the country.
Trump botched his COVID-19 response disastrously, so now he’s giving anti-China conspiracy theories the full weight of the U.S. government.
Two years ago, on May 8, 2018, the Trump administration withdrew unilaterally from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly called the Iran nuclear deal, and then imposed “maximum pressure” sanctions on Iran.
While the military characterized the move as part of a planned withdrawal that reflects the view that Iran now poses less of a threat, the news has prompted debate over the timing of the decision.