It’s bad politics for Democrats to be hawkish on foreign policy
Eliot Engel’s stunning primary defeat should be a wake-up call for House Democrats for when they choose who will lead on foreign policy.
Eliot Engel’s stunning primary defeat should be a wake-up call for House Democrats for when they choose who will lead on foreign policy.
What is distinctive about this moment is that, just as the pandemic is becoming worse than ever for the U.S. itself, it has become clear that Trump has abandoned efforts to control and defeat it.
Supporters of a strong U.S.-European relationship should be mindful of the problems with this alliance beyond Trump, which have become more apparent in the context of the global pandemic.
America must reorient a significant portion of its federal budget away from defense spending and towards public health and social services to build greater internal peace and resilience.
As the U.S. and Turkey move further apart diplomatically, there may be a few issues related to Iran on which they are more closely aligned.
Bolton’s book revealed his commitment to American values paled in comparison to that of the professionals who sacrificed their careers to warn us all of the president’s wanton disregard for rule of law.
H.R. McMaster swings and misses again.
The massive resources allocated to both local police and the U.S. military create supply side pressures to find, if not create, enemies.
At worst, the denuclearization horse left the barn a long time ago. At best, a nuclear-free North Korea will require an extensive period of time to come to fruition.
There’s a more constructive way forward that doesn’t involve the military or incendiary rhetoric.
In short, John Bolton is the worst of both foreign policy worlds: nihilistically nationalistic in his ends, interventionist in his means.
The Trump administration appears to be sacrificing long-term security goals for short-term economic gains.
Some are clamoring for Biden to leverage Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign, but that’s a fool’s errand.
As the Democratic Party continues to shift left on issues related to Israel and Palestine, will Joe Biden resist?
A Turkish-US business council is projecting Turkey as a trading alternative to China with the help of influential US Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, a close associate of President Donald J. Trump.
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.
Senior military officials were quick to call for change within their ranks. But change will neither be easy, nor quick.
This new round of sanctions is targeted at anyone doing business with Bashar al-Assad, including Lebanon, a country that’s already dealing with economic crisis of its own.
A recent poll found that 80 percent of Americans think the U.S. should help countries around the world with weak healthcare systems fight COVID-19.
The U.S.’s military-first approach to counterterrorism in Africa has failed.