Jonathan Marshall, a first-rate foreign-policy reporter and analyst, exposes the hypocrisy of American concern over alleged Russian manipulation of U.S. democracy in “Who’s the Real Manipulator of Elections?” This is must-reading for those who want to understand this issue, which is fueling Russophobia, a new McCarthyism, and a revived Cold War. The bottom line is that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
How Washington’s Interventions Fuel Somalia’s Cycle of Chaos
Since the end of the Cold War, Somalia has been a textbook case of the perils of foreign meddling. Once a pawn in superpower rivalry, it descended into state collapse, warlordism, and radical insurgency. Successive U.S. administrations, driven by shifting strategic...