How nations approach foreign policy, including war, shifts dramatically with time. A shift in American foreign policy seems to be speeding up or, perhaps, the change is merely reaching the logical conclusion of policies developed in the post-World War II decades....
The United States is working hard to create a global narrative of itself as the leader of a generational struggle to advance democracy, peace, and international law and push back the forces of autocracy, aggression, and erosion of the rule of law. The facts look...
This public letter includes a list of signatories including influential libertarians, Republican legislators, and military veterans which can be found below. The newly adopted Republican Party platform promises to “SEAL THE BORDER” and “PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE.”...
So often, critics of the regime are called conspiracy theorists. Those same people calling us conspiracy theorists also tell us that every foreign politician is a dictator of unsound mind who can’t be reasoned with (Kaiser Wilhelm, Adolf Hitler, Ho Chi Minh, the...
The ancient Chinese capital of Nanjing has become synonymous with one of human history’s most horrible acts of savagery. In 1937, it was a place where the soldiers of the Japanese government committed acts of rape, murder, and torture that were not in any way...
In recent weeks, a flurry of unexpected talks and signals of willingness for talks have taken place that provide hope in a number of war zones. The U.S. is talking to Russia, there are openings for Russia to talk to Ukraine, Ukraine is talking to China, and China is...
Jews are the chosen people. God promised us the land of Israel, the only place we can truly be safe. These were among the ideas drilled into me at an early age in Hebrew School, a program of afternoon and weekend education operated by many synagogues. I jettisoned...
At the beginning of last month the U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Ethan Goldrich, granted an interview to Rudaw, which is something like PBS for Iraqi Kurdistan. He emphasized that the United States has no plan to end its occupation...
