No, Iranians aren’t negotiating from a weak economic position
In fact its economy grew 4.3 percent last year, calling into question the hawks’ view that ‘maximum pressure’ is beating Tehran into submission.
In fact its economy grew 4.3 percent last year, calling into question the hawks’ view that ‘maximum pressure’ is beating Tehran into submission.
Something much bigger than POTUS — call it the MIC or the deep state — has de facto veto power on all matters related to national security.
Nuclear deal opponents are whining about this non-issue as it’s reportedly the remaining sticking point in re-entry talks.
The Kentucky Republican leaves classified briefing, says US in “much more difficult position now” than when the JCPOA was enforced.
Trump’s moves shifted the balance in the region and Russia was feeling the pinch — leading in part to today’s crisis.
The Israel normalization agreements have stepped up weapons sales and emboldened despots’ grip on their people. Was this the point all along?
No more lockstep: conservatives aren’t afraid of being called names as they question America’s interest in Ukraine.
Two big ones — nearly 50 years apart — marked the biggest US foreign policy disasters in recent memory.
Today’s Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney forget their yesterday selves, when they were helping to stoke Islamophobia on the right.
Blinken is commemorating Israel ‘normalization’ tomorrow but these agreements are about conflict with Iran, not regional peace.
Conditions have been primed for conflict for a long time, but things were unusually tense last fall and it wasn’t all about Trump.
It required a ‘whole of government’ response, but DC wasn’t firing on all cylinders. There is plenty of blame to go around.
Heavily redacted classified DOJ memo shows the legal contortions used to justify the 2020 assassination.
Normalizing relations with the island would go a long way towards promoting one of the president’s “core pillars” of US foreign policy.
Few empires that have been able to unclench their fists and let go of self-destructive commitments.
Selling war and death should be no joy for any country, so halting it is a goal well worth fighting for.
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.
According to this exhaustive reporting, Trump’s thwarted revenge scenario was not what you might think. It just didn’t work.
The GOP hawk may lose her leadership today, but her bloody record on war and torture should have disqualified her years ago.
Center-right Americans are far more anti-war than they were in 2016. GOP elites will find out soon enough.
A boon for weapons companies, the sale of F-35s, drones, and bombs is controversial but not enough to keep it from happening.