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...
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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...
Indonesia Joining BRICS is a Huge Deal
by Ted Snider | Feb 11, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On January 6, Indonesia formally entered BRICS as a full member. It was an important geopolitical shift that went largely unreported and little discussed in the mainstream western media. BRICS is an international organization whose primary purpose is to balance U.S....
State Dept. Plans New $7 Billion Arms Sale to Israel
by Connor Freeman | Feb 10, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
The State Department has formally notified Congress of its plans for a massive arms sale to Israel worth over $7 billion, including thousands of missiles and bombs, the Associated Press reported on Friday. This follows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to...
Lethality First, Humanity Last
by Laurie Calhoun | Feb 6, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Pentagon personnel have been aiming to increase the lethality of troops for decades now, under the assumption that this will naturally result in military victory. The latest public figure to promote lethality is President Donald Trump’s recently confirmed secretary of...
Pulling the Money Chain: The NGO Network in Ukraine and the Global War on Terror
by Matt Wolfson | Feb 5, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Detritus from Joe Biden's administration doesn’t just amount to the obvious—inflation and deficit spending, regulations and wars. There’s also been a more subtle shift off of these failures, affecting who has power in our country and how they’ll use it in the future....