On October 30, former President Bill Clinton gave a campaign speech for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Muskegon Heights, Michigan. Speaking at the Christ Temple Apostolic Faith Church, Clinton attempted to persuade American Muslims in that crucial...
Foreign Policy
‘Waltzing’ Towards Disaster
by Daniel Larison | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
President-elect Donald Trump has named Rep. Mike Waltz of Florida as his incoming National Security Advisor, continuing his streak of choosing some of the most hardline men in the Republican Party to run his foreign policy. Waltz may not be as well-known as John...
Will Trump End Washington’s Proxy War in Ukraine?
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Nov 13, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Donald Trump’s re-election as president is fueling speculation that he will terminate U.S. financial and logistical support for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia. Trump himself contributed to that speculation during his June 28, 2024 debate with President Joe Biden...
Evidence is Shaky For Iran’s ‘Trump Assassination Plot’
by Ken Silva | Nov 12, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Justice Department announced on Friday that it uncovered more evidence of an Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump—but the evidence of such a plot is the word of a criminal in Iran, who told the FBI about the conspiracy over the phone. The DOJ’s...
The Man Who Can Help Trump Bring Peace to Korea
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 11, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Columbia Professor of Genetics Joseph D. Terwilliger has an exceptional resume. Along with his post at an elite institution, he is an accomplished tuba player, speaks a multitude of languages, has traveled to nearly every country on Washington’s official enemies list,...
TGIF: That Was the Election that Was
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 8, 2024 | Economics, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
One can be overjoyed by the repudiation of a candidate without being pleased with the opposing candidate's victory. This election is an occasion for that reaction. An American (or anyone actually) is perfectly justified in taking pleasure in Kamala Harris's...
Trump’s Election Could Be the Best Result for Zelensky
by Ted Snider | Nov 8, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, needs a way to lose the war with Russia. American voters may have just given it to him. In his victory speech early in the morning of November 6, President-elect Donald Trump said, “I will govern by a simple motto: Promises...
State Department Threatens Georgia With ‘Consequences,’ Amid Rigged Election Claims
by Connor Freeman | Oct 29, 2024 | Foreign Policy, News
The State Department and the European Union are demanding Tbilisi repeal “anti-democratic” legislation and investigate election “irregularities” respectively after the Georgian Dream Party won this weekend’s parliamentary elections. Georgian leaders including Prime...