As Russia continues its advance west toward the key logistical city of Pokrovsk, whose fall would threaten Ukraine’s ability to supply its troops in the Donbas and expose fields to the west of the city over which Russian troops can pour into the rest of Donbas,...
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A New Primer Brings the ‘Great Debate’ Back To Form
by Brandan P. Buck | Sep 24, 2024 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History
H.W. Brands' America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War is an informative and well-needed account of the vitriolic debates that preceded American entry into the Second World War. Brands's treatment is a welcomed addition to a field that, since the...

Americans Have Learned Nothing Since 9/11
by Connor Freeman | Sep 24, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
We should never forget that American civilians were blindsided twenty-three years ago this month when a small group of mostly Saudis and Egyptians hijacked our civilian airliners in a kamikaze mission that murdered thousands. Though none of them were Palestinian, the...

Victoria Nuland Counters Her Own State Propaganda
by James Wile | Sep 23, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland gave an interview with exiled Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar that was published to YouTube on September 3 and the conversation deserves more attention than it received. While an interview from...
Foreign Interference
by Sheldon Richman | Sep 20, 2024 | Blog, Foreign Policy
People are being told to be alarmed about alleged foreign interference in the upcoming presidential election. Maybe they should be understanding rather than alarmed. The U.S. government conducts a wide-ranging interventionist foreign policy, which can substantially...
Israel’s Pager Terrorism
by Brad Pearce | Sep 19, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Tuesday, September 17, Lebanon experienced one of the most widespread terrorist attacks in history. All at once, pagers across the south of the country indicated they had received a message and then exploded. As of Tuesday night it was said fourteen people were...
Ukraine at the Crossroads
by Ted Snider | Sep 19, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The West is being increasingly confronted with the cold realization that Ukraine cannot win this war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has set as a threshold for victory, not only the recapture of territory up to his country's prewar borders, but the reclamation...
The Case for Pessimism in Sino-American Relations
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Sep 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On September 11, the Chicago Tribune published an op-ed by the director of the Asia Engagement Program at Defense Priorities and director of the China Initiative at Brown University, Dr. Lyle Goldstein, on the need for Washington to work to improve its relations with...