Writing pseudonymously in a series of articles for Faith and Freedom in the 1950s, Murray Rothbard took on the question of whether or not the United States should defend Formosa (Taiwan) from attack by mainland China. While his conclusions will surprise no one...
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With Upgraded Missiles, Ukraine Prepares to Strike Russian Heartland Despite Assurances
by Ted Snider | May 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It’s a pattern Ukrainian officials have commented on before: be patient. The West says no to more advanced weapons and then comes around to sending them. It happened with HIMARS rocket systems, tanks, and fighter jets. The pattern seems to have been repeated again....
The Biden Crime Family and Our Corrupt Foreign Aid
by Jim Bovard | May 15, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
I know Romanian corruption. When I was exiting the country after investigating its collapsing economy in 1987, I made sure to bribe every guard who searched my luggage at the Bucharest airport with a pack of Kent cigarettes. But I neglected to give a pack to the...
On Korea, Joe Biden Is Choosing Every Bad Option
by Ted Galen Carpenter | May 15, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Joe Biden has managed to embrace nearly all of the worst, most dangerous options with respect to U.S. policy on the Korean Peninsula. Washington’s policy toward North Korea is utterly sterile and ineffective. The glimpses of hope during Donald Trump’s administration...
What’s Our Best Bet in 2024?
by Dan McKnight | May 12, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
Did you see what Donald Trump said about Ukraine? At a CNN town hall on Wednesday evening, the former president and current candidate announced: “If I’m president, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours. I’ll meet with Putin, I’ll meet with Zelensky, they...
Azerbaijan Taught a Crucial Military Lesson, But Russia Skipped Class
by Michael Ellis | May 11, 2023 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Failed prophets are a dime-a-dozen. If I had a nickel for every time I had been told the world was on the brink of collapse for reasons ranging from oceanic methane deposits to credit default swaps, I might not be a billionaire, but I would drive a nicer car. How...
Washington Wants War with China Served Hot, Not Cold
by Connor Freeman | May 11, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The ruling class in Washington is planning on using America’s sons and daughters as cannon fodder to wage their long-awaited war against China. President Joe Biden along with the other de facto employees of the military industrial complex, including in Congress, have...
After Deadly World Tour, NATO Turns Its Sights Toward China
by Ron Paul | May 9, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
NATO’s post-Cold War history is that of an organization far past its “sell-by” date. Desperate for a mission after the end of the Warsaw Pact, NATO in the late 1990s decided that it would become the muscle behind the militarization of “human rights” under the Clinton...