On February 27, just the third day of their war, Russia and Ukraine announced direct negotiations in Belarus. Having already said that he was prepared to abandon Ukraine’s pursuit of NATO membership, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went into the negotiations...
Foreign Policy
Imperial Tilt
by John Weeks | Nov 20, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Imperial U.S. Government (IUSG) and its “greatest ally,” the state of Israel, are in full psychotic & psychopathic Tilt. Together, these governments are confronting the entire planet as they reinforce each other’s fundamental and inverse mythologies. Tilt is a...
Conservatives Irrationally Fear the Rest of the World
by Brad Pearce | Nov 15, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In a throwback to its former glory, the satire website The Onion recently published an article titled, “Conservative Relative’s Description Of Chicago Clearly Came Directly From Dante’s ‘Inferno.’” Though sadly one could never expect them to be this erudite, this type...
China’s Territorial Disputes Don’t Add Up to Rampant Expansionism
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Nov 14, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Having covered China’s ongoing territorial dispute with the Philippines last week, further details of China’s existing, and settled, territorial disputes seemed in order. For not only has Washington explicitly committed Americans to fight and die over several of these...
TGIF: When History Didn’t Begin
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 10, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Justice, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I agree with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. I've never written those words before. But on Oct 24, Guterres said to the UN Security Council (emphasis added): The situation in the Middle East is growing more dire by the hour. The war in Gaza is raging and risks...
U.S. Out of Africa Now!
by Brad Pearce | Nov 7, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On October 26, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) forced a debate and vote on the U.S. military presence in Niger. The Senate overwhelmingly voted to keep our troops in that troubled country. There has been an increased focus on Africa due to widespread instability and a...
Give Peace a Chance
by Kym Robinson | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Armchair generals and warmongers often share a similar view when it comes to analyzing historical and contemporary events; if the military was not constrained, then victory would be assured. That is the language of mass murderers disguised beneath the need for...
Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder
by Kevin McKenzie | Nov 6, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Let’s do a thought-experiment. We’ll start with a choose-your-own-adventure. Pick a mass-shooting event from recent U.S. history, but try to pick one where the shooter matches your personal demographics as closely as possible. As a white, male American of a similar...