Foreign Policy

Donald Trump

Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump

Trump won because the status quo was terrible. We can’t go back to it. 

Mar 9, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans

US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans US Officials Won’t Say if a New Anti–Russia Propaganda Project Is Targeting Americans

The newly created Global Engagement Center’s “focus and intent” is foreign audiences, but officials won’t rule out propagandizing Americans and funding American journalists.

Mar 9, 2017 / Adam Johnson

Recent missile launch in North Korea

Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea? Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea?

We have no alternative but to open talks with Pyongyang; the sanctions strategy is not working.

Mar 8, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

As the neo-McCarthyite search for Americans with Russian “contacts” spreads, the new Cold War is increasingly fraught with possibilities of hot war.

Mar 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

A Crowded street in Ciudad del Este

About Those Islamist Sleeper Cells in South America… About Those Islamist Sleeper Cells in South America…

The Trump administration is huffing and puffing about the danger, but after 15 years and counting, the sleeper cells are still sleeping.

Mar 6, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Oliver Stone

Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War Oliver Stone on the Importance of Criticizing Both the Republicans and Democrats Who Make War

It’s fashionable now to take shots at Republicans, but both parties are responsible for creating chaos around the world.

Mar 6, 2017 / Oliver Stone

James Mattis

Trump’s Obsession With Generals Could Send Us Straight Into War With Iran Trump’s Obsession With Generals Could Send Us Straight Into War With Iran

The president’s foreign-policy picks have set the stage for an aggressive military-first administration.

Mar 6, 2017 / William D. Hartung

Tima Kurdi and Sherwan Kurdi

Why Does the US Continue to Arm Terrorists in Syria? Why Does the US Continue to Arm Terrorists in Syria?

The “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” should be a top priority for the 115th Congress.

Mar 3, 2017 / James Carden

Guantanamo Protest

America’s Most Notorious Prison Was Supposed to Be Closed by Now America’s Most Notorious Prison Was Supposed to Be Closed by Now

What will become of the 41 detainees remaining at Guantánamo?

Mar 2, 2017 / Karen J. Greenberg

Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing

Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing Round Up the Usual Suspects, It’s Time for a Show Hearing

By excluding dissenting voices on US policy toward Russia, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has been reduced to a vehicle for prejudice reinforcement.

Mar 2, 2017 / James Carden

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