If spending on war is the politically easiest way to juice an economy, then the smoothest applications for this spending are wars at home, the easiest to begin and to control. This is why, at an accelerating rate since the 1990s, America’s government has waged wars...
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Trump’s Ukraine Reassurances Are More Complex Than You Think
by Ted Snider | Jul 23, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
U.S. President Donald Trump has consistently insisted that the war in Ukraine “is not Trump’s war. This is a Biden war, this is a Democrat war.” But on July 14, it started to look a lot like Trump’s war, as the president announced “billions and billions” of dollars of...
More Reckless Than Ever: NATO’s Proxy War with Russia
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 22, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The strategy that the United States and its European allies have adopted to use Ukraine as their military proxy in a war to weaken Russia has always involved a sizable element of risk. At some point, Russian leaders might no longer be content with just attacking the...
UN Warns of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ as West Bank Sees Highest Displacement Figures Since 1967
by Connor Freeman | Jul 15, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
United Nations officials are warning that displacement figures in the West Bank are at their highest levels since 1967 when Israel’s illegal occupation began. This is due to the skyrocketing killings, violence, and property theft against Palestinians perpetrated by the Israeli military alongside illegal settlers concomitant with the genocidal campaign in Gaza.
Trump Makes War the ‘Health of the State’
by Matt Wolfson | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
“War,” Randolph Bourne wrote, is “the health of the state.” But war is also, it has recently and quietly become clear, the cheapest and quickest antidote when the state gets sick. This antidote, in fact, represents the most significant part of President Donald Trump’s...
How Firm is Washington’s Commitment to Taiwan’s Security?
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
At first glance, Washington’s informal but very real commitment to defend Taiwan and preserve its de facto independence seems quite secure. Over the past decade, Taipei’s security relationship with the United States grew steadily closer—with strong bipartisan approval...
Another Gaza Freedom Flotilla Sets Sail to Defy Israel’s Blockade
by Connor Freeman | Jul 14, 2025 | Foreign Policy, News
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) launched a civilian aid boat to the besieged Gaza Strip on Sunday. The Handala departed Syracuse, Italy, with a crew comprised of volunteer medics, lawyers, journalists, and activists.
We Don’t Have to Do Any of This
by Brad Pearce | Jul 14, 2025 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Discussion of American foreign policy is an endless string of talking heads and think tank hacks claiming that we “must” do this or that, for reasons such as global security, values, or credibility. With a little bit of knowledge, it is apparent that the foreign...