Will President Donald Trump end America’s corrupt foreign aid program and democracy promotion con games? Levan Akhalaia, a reporter with Georgian Public Broadcasting, and I had a lively conversation on that topic last week. Mr. Akhalaia has shown a lot of courage...
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Why I Can’t Speak Out for ‘Defend the Guard’
by Anonymous National Guardsman | Feb 20, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
I’ve served in the Air National Guard as a full-time Active Guard Reserve (AGR) for over twenty years. I’ve deployed overseas, responded to disasters here at home, and stood ready whenever my state or nation called. But today, I’m writing anonymously—not because I...
US B-52 Bombers Fly Over Nine Countries in the Middle East
by Connor Freeman | Feb 18, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
The US conducted a major flyover of bombers and fighter jets over nine countries across the Middle East, in a show of force against Iran and its allies. The Central Command (CENTCOM) mission, included aerial refueling drills and live munitions drops. CENTCOM chief...
America’s ‘Democratic’ Allies Are Becoming More Authoritarian
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Feb 17, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
U.S. officials have a long history of portraying Washington’s allies and clients as democratic, even when their behavior is blatantly authoritarian. Such cynical hypocrisy was at its zenith during the Cold War, but it is surging again. A similar trend is evident with...
The Isolation is Over: Trump Calls Putin
by Ted Snider | Feb 17, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has led an international campaign to shun and isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin. Former U.S. President Joe Biden did not talk to Putin once after the war began. That policy of isolation is now...
The War on Michael DiMino
by James Rushmore | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Ever since being named deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, Michael DiMino has found himself in the crosshairs. On January 22, conservative talk radio host Mark Levin, citing a tweet condemning the former CIA analyst’s critique of the “ironclad...
Is Trump’s Colombia Showdown a Harbinger of Greater Latin American Tensions?
by José Niño | Feb 13, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since assuming the presidency, Donald Trump has quickly put Latin America on notice. From threatening Mexico and Colombia with tariffs for not adequately dealing with illegal immigration in a way that satisfied the president, to Trump’s threats to take over the Panama...
The Gaza Trap
by Matt Wolfson | Feb 12, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, relocating Palestinians and building the Riviera of the Middle East on the land where they lived, managed the rare trick of offending almost everyone. Objections fell along tracks worn into trenches by long warfare. Leftists...