The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis is remembered for its frightful brinkmanship, when the United States and Soviet Union danced close to the furnace of global destruction. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed and a war of the worst kind was averted. One such cool head was...
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Turkish-Held Areas in Syria Become Asylum for ISIS
by Armen Tigranakert | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The news of an ISIS leader elimination, Abu Ibrahim al-Quraishi, by the U.S. forces in Syria’s Idlib went around the whole world last month. On the night between Wednesday February 9 to Thursday February 10, American commandos had airdropped from helicopters in the...
The Salafist Roots of the Free Syrian Army
by William Van Wagenen | Feb 28, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“At the same time, we see that there is almost no difference between the group called Free Syrian Army or other jihadist groups and ISIS. For instance, these ‘moderate’ opposition groups burned the churches down, when they entered Kessab. They entered Malula, where...
We Must Not Repeat Cold War Errors
by José Niño | Feb 28, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
With Russia launching a military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the corporate press has grown shrill in its calls for punishing Russia with draconian sanctions, supplying Ukraine with increased military aid, and diplomatically isolating the Eurasian power...
Don’t Let the US Foreign Policy Elite Off the Hook
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 27, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy
It would be unwise in the extreme to let our horror at Putin's invasion of Ukraine to permit us to forget the many ways in which the U.S. foreign policy establishment for over 20 years set the stage for what's happing now.
President Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia, Increases Troop Deployments to Europe
by Dave DeCamp | Feb 25, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Thursday, President Biden announced more sanctions on Russia in response to Moscow’s military offensive in Ukraine. The sanctions aim to cut exports to Russia, block the assets of four major Russian banks, and target individual Russian “elites.” For now, the US and...
Vladimir Putin Launches Multi-Pronged Attacked on Ukraine
by Dave DeCamp | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said Thursday that Russia has “has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” A series of explosions were reported across Ukraine, including near the capital Kyiv. Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s interior...
Damn!
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 24, 2022 | Blog, Foreign Policy
Vladimir Putin's invasion and bombing of Ukraine deserve the condemnation of all decent people. Regardless of what has been going on over there, Putin did not have to do it. He had a moral obligation to deal with the issues properly. His actions cannot be excused.