2020 is coming to a lumbering close. Thankfully right? I see so many celebrating the end of a miserable year. I don’t think the New Year matters much though, and I’m always the optimist in the room. I remember reading somewhere last February, can’t remember who said...
On COI #46, Joanne Leon - Host of Around the Empire - returns to the show to talk about Biden's likely pick for CIA Director, Mike Morrell. Morrell was involved in lying the US into the Iraq War. While he admits he made mistakes in the lead-up to the war, he deflects...
President Donald Trump seems uninterested in ending any “endless wars.” Before leaving office, he could and should do so in Afghanistan, for example, where U.S. forces—while losing the longest war in our history—have led a brutal occupation for nearly 20 years....
President-elect Joe Biden will soon finish selecting the men and women who will staff his incoming administration. The first announcements comprise the core of his foreign policy team, including the nomination of his longtime confidant Antony Blinken to be the next...
Leading up to his White House exit, President Donald Trump has dramatically increased tensions with Iran, possibly making war inevitable. In mid-November, The New York Times reported that, in an oval office meeting, Trump asked his top aides for options for attacking...
Scott talks to Stephen Zunes about Joe Biden's track record on foreign policy, and its potential implications for his presidency. Zunes rehashes some of the bad parts of Biden's record, beginning with his support for the invasion of Iraq. Although many Democrats voted...
This classic piece appeared in Ramparts, VI, 4, June 15, 1968. It was the fulfillment of an ideological trend that began a few years earlier when consistent libertarians, led by Rothbard, sensed an estrangement from the American right-wing due to its support of...
When President Donald Trump took office, his aides promised there would always be adults in the room. Especially when it came to foreign policy, learned, stable professionals would ensure responsible and intelligent actions. Except the adults turned out to be idiots....
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