A leaked document has given us a first glimpse at President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian online newspaper Strana, U.S. officials handed the plan to European diplomats who then passed it on to Ukraine. The existence of the plan has...
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‘Red Hand’ Revolt in Serbia: People Power or Color Revolution?
by Nebojsa Malic | Feb 3, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
For six weeks now, Serbia has been rattled by what purports to be a student rebellion, leading to the prime minister’s resignation last week and rumors of a snap election. Students from sixty-three colleges of five state and two private universities, as well as four...
Political Instability Looms Amid Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
by José Niño | Feb 3, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement, bringing Israel’s punitive military campaign in the Gaza Strip to a temporary halt. While this agreement will allay tensions in the short-term, Israel will soon be confronted with tensions on...
Senators Peddle Lies, Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for Supporting Snowden Pardon
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 31, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination as Director of National Intelligence is one of the more hopeful signs that President Donald Trump will make good on his pledge to be a peacemaker. While Gabbard is not a peacenik, she has fought against some of the worst abuses of the...
Dean Acheson’s Taiwan Dilemma
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jan 30, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History
In the aftermath of World War II, U.S. policymakers felt they faced an increasingly dire situation in China. By late 1949, Mao Zedong’s Communist forces had decisively defeated Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists (Kuomintang/KMT), pushing them off the mainland to Taiwan....
‘There Is No Balance in This Relationship’: Knesset Debates Israeli Reliance on US Aid
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 29, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
Members of the Israeli Knesset held a session debating Tel Aviv’s reliance on aid from Washington. The US sends Israel at least $3.8 billion in annual military assistance, and in 2024, aid to Israel surged to over $20 billion. The Knesset members debated with...
Russia Says Ukrainian Drones Target Nuclear Power Plant
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 29, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
Ukraine launched over 100 drones targeting Russian energy infrastructure. One Russian official said that a nuclear power plant was among the targets. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, overnight Tuesday, its forces downed more than 100 Ukrainian drones. The...
Trump Freezes Foreign Aid Frauds
by Jim Bovard | Jan 29, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Donald Trump administration suspended top officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development earlier this week. The move, labeled a “Monday afternoon massacre,” was spurred by allegations that top USAID officials were circumventing President Trump’s ninety...