The July military coup in the west African country of Niger has once again brought attention to the fact that the U.S. government runs a global military empire that serves Washington’s special interests, and not the national interest. Before the coup made news...
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Why We Don’t Negotiate
by Ted Snider | Sep 12, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The signature of Joe Biden's State Department has been the abdication of diplomacy. Its head, Antony Blinken, the chief U.S. diplomat, has abdicated the role of diplomat. Though obvious in Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea, this absence of diplomacy has been...
Following the BRICS Road to Multipolarity
by Ted Snider | Aug 31, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The five members of BRICS promised that their fifteenth annual summit, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, would be an important one for BRICS’ development and that it would mark a significant moment in the changing international architecture. The political West...
Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap
by Jim Bovard | Aug 30, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
In the first 2024 Republican presidential debate last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above all else, you can’t get distracted,” he...
Hong Kong Was Always Doomed to Be Under Beijing’s Thumb
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Aug 29, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On midnight July 1, 1997 a century and a half of British colonial dominion was brought to an end with the handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China (hereafter PRC). This was in accordance with the 1984 Sino-British Declaration. That treaty, which had...
Nikki Haley, the Most Reckless Candidate for President
by Ted Galen Carpenter | Aug 28, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
After the initial debate among GOP presidential aspirants, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley is clearly the darling of the hawks who have given us debacles in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Ukraine. Indeed, the laudatory assessments of her debate...
‘Defend the Guard’ Phone Bank Was Huge Success
by Dan McKnight | Aug 25, 2023 | Blog, Foreign Policy
This Bring Our Troops Home newsletter is reprinted with permission. To receive them in your inbox, sign up at the top of the page. Friends, I could use this newsletter to give you an update about the Republican primary debate last night. Candidates talked and talked...
To Washington, Maui and Kiev Are Both Just Provinces in the Empire
by Dan McKnight | Aug 22, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Less than two weeks ago a devastating wildfire engulfed the Hawaiian island of Maui, particularly the historic city of Lahaina. Over one hundred people are confirmed dead, and more than a thousand are still missing. Blackened earth and soot scar what was once a...