President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly expressed concern that Iran could develop a nuclear bomb on his watch. In considering his options to prevent that, The Wall Street Journal reports that Trump is considering airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Being...
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The Long Train of Abuses that Culminated in the Ukraine War
by Carus Michaelangelo | Dec 16, 2024 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“A fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing.” Scott Horton is the liberty movement’s foreign policy hedgehog, endeavoring to convince the American public of one essential truth: the folly of war. But within that sphere, Horton is a fox, weaving an...
To Help Syria, America Must Walk Away
by Lora Karch | Dec 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The short-lived Assad dynasty has a complex history that ironically came to power by participating in a series of coups that ultimately established the family’s leadership in 1971. Bashar’s father, Hafez, was a key player in the 1963 Syrian Coup d’Etat that brought...
Leave Syria Alone!
by Daniel Larison | Dec 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule is an opportunity for the United States to overhaul its bankrupt Syria policy. The U.S. should have abandoned this policy years earlier, but now there are no longer any pretexts for continuing the collective punishment of the...
First Syria, Next Iran?
by Dan McKnight | Dec 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
After over fifty-three years of sitting on their throne in Damascus, the Assad family's regime has collapsed in Syria. Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow without a word, the rebels are in command of every major city and airport, and prisons have been opened. The...
One Day, Ukrainians Might Hate America
by Ted Snider | Dec 10, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
There was a time, just before and just after Russia's invasion, that Ukraine might have lost no territory except Crimea and few lives. But America said no. In December 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the United States and NATO with a proposal on...
Washington Celebrates Al-Qaeda’s Victory in Syria
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 9, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Washington finally completed its dirty war in Syria. What started as a CIA covert operation to smuggle weapons and jihadists from Libya to Syria has resulted in leader Bashar al-Assad being deposed and replaced by Abu Mohammad al-Julani. Julani found his way to...
The World Order Is On Trial at the International Criminal Court
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Dec 5, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On November 21, the International Criminal Court (ICC), after months of delay, finally issued arrest warrants as requested by the ICC Prosecutor for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Both men are charged with being...