Scott interviews Muhammad Sahimi about President Trump's new sanctions on Iran, which are even stricter than those imposed by President Obama, since they eliminate some of the previous waivers and cover even necessary goods like food and medicine because, even though...
Foreign policy
7/30/19 Danny Sjursen on Trump Ending the War in Afghanistan
Danny Sjursen explains why President Trump could end the war in Afghanistan if he wanted to. When it comes to foreign policy, the president is basically a dictator, and Trump in particular is pugnacious enough to cover his right flank at all times, just like Nixon was...
Tulsi Gabbard’s Chance to Make the Race About the Wars
Tulsi Gabbard, U.S. Representative from Hawaii, is running for president. She’s one of the only Democrats in the race who says anything meaningful or interesting about foreign policy. Unlike the rest of them, she’s decided to make it the center of her campaign....
True Budget Hawks are Foreign Policy Doves
During my presidential campaigns, well-meaning supporters would sometimes suggest I stop emphasizing opposition to overseas intervention and focus on fiscal issues. I disregarded the advice, not only because adopting a noninterventionist foreign policy is crucial to...
Israel’s Siege of Beirut Explained for Dummies
Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982 to stop the PLO, led by Yasser Arafat. Against the wishes of the United States, Israeli tanks surrounded Beirut and blasted the city with heavy artillery to force the Palestinians to surrender. However, Arafat was hiding among a heavy...
News Roundup 7/25/19
US News Joe Biden appoints hawk as a foreign policy adviser. [Link] The House passes an anti-BDS bill. [Link] Paramount Pictures give the Department of Defense the ability to put talking points into the new Top Gun movie script. In exchange, Paramount was able to use...
Bring our troops home from the Middle East. Now
Bonnie Kristian in the L.A. Times Our foreign policy going forward should be informed by what this recent poll shows most Americans have already realized: The wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria weren’t worth it. They cost us dearly in every respect: indebted future...
If You Don’t Have Choice, You Don’t Have Liberty
If you are a libertarian who openly advocates for liberty, you’re almost certainly familiar with this scenario. You’re in a conversation with someone about a random political point, you advocate for expanded freedoms in relation to the subject, and get hit with, “But,...
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