Category: Foreign Policy
Nick Licata: Trump Likes Authoritarians – They Get Things Done
John Feffer: Bolton in Wonderland
John Feffer: What’s Behind Bolton’s Attacks on the ‘Troika of Tyranny’?
John Feffer: After Trump
Marjorie Cohn: Notorious CIA-Backed Units Will Remain in Afghanistan
Donald Trump’s admiration for authoritarian government leaders, who obstruct or dismantle democratic institutions in their state, has been consistent since taking office
The only upside to Bolton’s dangerous aggression toward Iran is that it may put him too far out in front of Trump
Kristina Lunz: Feminist foreign policyImperative for a more secure and just world
Ilhan Omar: “It Is About Time”Interview on a variety of topics
Bolton’s broadsides against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela hint at ambitions for much more dangerous geopolitical conflict — and nothing short of a new Cold War
Centrist liberalism is dead, and Trump is a disaster. But progressives can use what he’s done to remake America and its place in the world
Allegra Harpootlian: School Shooters and DronesLinking Gun Violence at Home to America’s Wars Abroad
Calvin Cheung-Miaw: Trumpism’s Global StrategyIt twists, it turns, it bounces in unexpected directions. How do we make sense of Trump’s foreign policy? Is there a logic behind it or just a series of improvised presidential whims? In the past two years, we’ve seen a confusing mix of policy initiatives: threats of nuclear genocide against North Korea followed by a Read more…
Nicolas J.S. Davies: The Hidden Structure of U.S. EmpireThis self-reinforcing vicious circle endangers us all, not least those of us who live at the heart of this corrupt and ultimately self-destructive empire
Politicians and pundits alike have roundly criticized Donald Trump for stating he will pull our troops out of Syria and cut US forces in Afghanistan by half. James Mattis immediately resigned as secretary of defense, writing in a letter to Trump, “you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better Read more…