Congress needs to question the intelligence agencies in public
The American people need to know, for example, the threat that Russian interference in the 2020 election poses.
The American people need to know, for example, the threat that Russian interference in the 2020 election poses.
The security challenges of the 21st century require a dismantling of the Cold War era ‘East-West’ divide
Even as the United States struggles with the disease, some countries’ relative success reveals the resilience of the global system.
For a healthy democracy, there should be few things more unthinkable than never-ending conflict, that steady drip-drip of death and destruction that drives militarism, reinforces authoritarianism, and facilitates disaster capitalism.
While the country plunges further into economic and public health crises, Congress continues to its trend of focusing on misplaced priorities.
The US Navy is woefully unprepared to confront twenty-first century security challenges.
Foreigners will look on the commission report and Pompeo’s rhetoric with skepticism as self-serving exercises. They will look skeptically at the inconsistent respect for human rights in U.S. foreign policy.
Recent efforts in Congress to trim the Pentagon budget are a good start, but there’s a smarter way to do it.
Can restraint in foreign policy include the goal of decolonization for Guam? Can it be in the U.S. national interest to allow Guam to choose between becoming a state of the union, a freely associated state such as the Republic of the Palau, or an independent country?
Progressives must, therefore, make a concerted effort at real influence in a Biden administration and at narrowing the space for the Never Trumpers.
A coherent realist policy in the Middle East – and beyond – would bring greater benefits than costs. That said, there is a natural tendency among proponents to oversell those benefits and downplay the costs.
A real change in U.S.-Saudi and U.S.-Iranian relations, as well as in the U.S.’s overall position in the Middle East, will not be achieved with a modest course correction.
Seeing a deal fall apart despite having fully abided by it makes it almost impossible in Iran’s domestic scene to make the case for any renewed engagement.
Decades of disarray have led many to wonder: What’s going on with the U.S. Navy?
Subjecting its conduct to scrutiny by bodies such as the ICC and Human Rights Council can aid the United States in living up to its own standards, values, and principles.
Any effort to boost spending on social programs should include massive cuts to the Pentagon’s bloated budget. In short, it’s time to defund our wars, both at home and abroad.
What McMaster and other members of the “blob” ignore is that it is the U.S. that is increasingly seen as a destabilizing force by allies and multilateral institutions.
As we look inwards to dismantle America’s legacy of racism, we must also recognize that racism and militarism abroad are mutually reinforcing.
U.S. foreign policy making has been dominated by white men. While that’s starting to change, more needs to be done.
The so-called “humanitarian disarmament” agenda is popular among the U.S. public but the Trump administration has failed to embrace it.
Trump’s not-so-well thought out plan to reach a deal with the Iranians wasn’t going to work anyway but his top foreign policy advisers made sure of it.