Category: Foreign Policy

Trump’s berserk recklessness opened a window to rein in presidential war powers. Biden’s actions show that window is now closed

Or How to Deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas

CNN or MSNBC or NPR or similar outlets bombard us with hour after hour with the idea that the U.S. has the absolute right to impose sanctions on country after country overseas if they violate human rights or are not democratic

“The Biden administration must remain resolute and seek a break from the disastrous conditions that helped contribute to this result.”

Many people don’t seem to realize the absurdity of trying to spend China into the ground, as some would claim we did with the Soviet Union

Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation
A Reckoning with Globalised Police Power
Joe Biden’s 2022 defense budget proposal, for instance, is $754 billion, up $14 billion from Trump’s last defense budget
We’re now in a situation where many ostensible “peace” groups seem tied to the Democratic Party

Great power competition has emerged as a key priority for U.S. foreign policy under the Biden administration. In fact, we may be already at the start of a new New Cold War