Category: Foreign Policy
The recent seizure of phosphate from a Moroccan state company in South Africa and Panama is a blow to corporate Canada and a victory for national independence struggles
Interview on the Trump/Russia affair and plans to isolate and perhaps attack Iran
In his first overseas trip since moving into the White House, Donald Trump is leaving behind the frustrations, allegations, rumors, and an increasing sense of implosion that seems to be dooming his presidency during its second hundred days. At the same time, a mixture of curiosity and apprehension awaits this new leader wherever he goes Read more…
Donald Trump has selected Saudi Arabia as the destination for his first trip abroad, strengthening U.S. ties to a regime that is fueling the very extremism, intolerance and violence that the US government purports to eradicate. Here’s 10 reasons why the United States should not be closely allied with the Saudi kingdom. 1/ The Saudis Read more…
David Vine: Forty-Five Blows Against DemocracyHow U.S. Military Bases Back Dictators, Autocrats, and Military Regimes
Can cute Canadian Caribbean dreams about enchanted islands come true? Or is reality more complicated and Canada a far less benign actor than we imagine ourselves to be?
Bruce Cumings: A Murderous History of KoreaWe have arrived at this point because of an inveterate unwillingness on the part of Americans to look history in the face and a laser-like focus on that same history by the leaders of North Korea
While the media continues its frenzy over Comey’s firing and the “Russia connection”, Trump is readying his “global war against Islamic Fascism” to be fought “without restraint”
24 Key Issues That Neither the Washington Elite Nor the Media Consider Worth Their Bother
John W. Dower: Memory Loss in the Garden of ViolenceHow Americans Remember (and Forget) Their Wars