US foreign policy
Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard calls for Biden to meet with...
February 26, 2022
Former Hawaii Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard faced a barrage of bipartisan outrage last week after suggesting it was NATO expansion rather than...
War Propaganda About Ukraine Becoming More Militaristic, Authoritarian, and Reckless
Every useful or pleasing claim about the war, no matter how unverified or subsequently debunked, rapidly spreads, while dissenters are vilified as traitors or...
Did We Provoke Putin’s War in Ukraine?
Whatever we may think of Putin, he is no Stalin. He has not murdered millions or created a gulag archipelago. Nor is he “irrational,”...
The New ‘Russiagaters’: Right-Wingers Channel Hillary in Attacks on Biden
by Daniel McAdams
Posted on February 25, 2022
“Bad” Vlad Putin only “took over” part of Ukraine because of President Biden’s weakness. So says many in...
Is the Confrontation Over Ukraine Joe Biden’s “Wag the Dog” Moment?
The people now gunning for a showdown with Putin were gunning for a showdown with Saddam Hussein two decades ago—with the same promises of...
ACURA ViewPoint Jack F. Matlock, Jr.: Today’s Crisis Over Ukraine
February 14, 2022
Today we face an avoidable crisis that was predictable, actually predicted, willfully precipitated, but easily resolved by the application of common sense.
We...
Why Biden needs new policy advisers on Russia
By Scott Ritter*
Feb 7, 2022
Joe Biden’s current crop of senior policy aides, led by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake...
Roaming Charges: This Week’s Episodes in “That’s Psychotic!”
by Jeffrey St. Clair
February 11, 2022
“There’s a difference between saying: ‘Look, I’m going to kick him in the face because I want what he...
Biden has merely rebranded the brutal war against Yemen
By Shireen Al-Adeimi*
Feb 8, 2022
One year ago this month, President Joe Biden made Yemen the focus of his first foreign-policy speech, in which he...
How Washington’s Move toward Strategic Clarity on Taiwan Creates New Risks
It is now apparent that Washington’s commitment to strategic ambiguity is rapidly coming to an end.
By Ted Galen Carpenter
December 29, 2021
Washington’s policy regarding Taiwan...