US foreign policy
Preparing for War?
Trump's top Iran envoy quits as US bids to extend Tehran embargo
By Julian Borger in Washington and Tom Phillips in Mexico City
Aug. 6, 2020
The...
Trump installs ex-general and anti-Islam bigot in top Pentagon post
By Patrick Martin
4 August 2020
In an action that combines authoritarian contempt for Congress and a direct appeal to racist and fascist sentiments, President...
Branko Marcetic on Trump’s Dangerous Russia Hawkishness
Aug 4, 2020
Branko Marcetic discusses a recent move by the Trump administration that will grant unprecedented powers to the CIA to conduct cyber attacks...
Presumptuous Pompeo Pushes Preposterous ‘Peking’ Policy
A rant by Mike Pompeo regarding what the U.S. should do with China led to a fruitful exchange between an old China, and an...
France-Turkey naval clash: Proxy war in Libya enters a new stage
By Dr. Karin Kneissl
Jul.27, 2020
A confrontation between the two NATO states France and Turkey continues to trouble the Mediterranean region; Egyptian forces are mobilizing. And...
“This Is Trump’s War”: U.S.-Backed Saudi Bombing in Yemen Continues as...
July 17, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads in Yemen, where the population already devastated by the world’s worst humanitarian crisis faces growing hunger and aid...
7/3/20 Trita Parsi on John Bolton’s ‘Israel First’ Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton
Jul 4, 2020
Trita Parsi discusses John Bolton’s tenure in the Trump administration, during which time he worked tirelessly to sabotage any form...
Donald Trump and the project of Great Israel
What Do Americans Know – and Want To Know – About Palestine?
By Russell Vandenbroucke
Posted on
June 28, 2020
The Palestinians have continued to refuse...
South Korea says Bolton’s memoir on Trump-Kim summit is distorted
By Hyonhee Shin
Jun22, 2020
SEOUL (Reuters) - Accounts by former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton of discussions between leaders of the United States and...
Top Military Officers Unload on Trump
The commander in chief is impulsive, disdains expertise, and gets his intelligence briefings from Fox News. What does this mean for those on the...