At the end of its annual summit in Madrid in late June, NATO adopted a new strategic concept. The guidance document is the eighth of its kind since the founding of the alliance in 1949. It radically breaks with the three previous post-Cold War security briefs,...
Intervention
Here’s What Fernando Tesón Misunderstands About Murray Rothbard
by David Gordon | Aug 22, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
In his valuable article “War and Humanitarian Intervention,” in The Routledge Companion to Libertarianism (pp. 441–56), Fernando R. Tesón raises some interesting criticisms of Murray Rothbard’s views on war as part of a more general discussion of the topic, and I’d...
8/19/22 Shireen Al-Adeimi on the Fragile Houthi-Saudi Truce and the Myth of Iranian Intervention in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Aug 21, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Scott was joined by Shireen Al-Adeimi on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the fragile truce in Yemen. In this interview, she updates us on the state of the ceasefire and the issues facing its continuation. She also explains the historical context...
Biden Steps Up Somalia Strikes After Redeploying Troops
by Will Porter | Aug 20, 2022 | News
American airstrikes in Somalia are on the rise in recent months, with US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducting a flurry of operations against al-Shabaab militants since President Joe Biden reversed a full troop withdrawal ordered by his predecessor.
Taiwan Rejects China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Plans for Unification
by Dave DeCamp | Aug 13, 2022 | News Roundup
Taiwan on Thursday rejected China’s new white paper that calls for the island to be absorbed under “one country, two systems” and emphasizes Beijing’s goal for “peaceful reunification.”
Public Choice ‘Conspiracy Theory’ and the Illusion of Grand Strategy
by John Weeks | Aug 11, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Murray Rothbard believed there are good conspiracy theories and bad conspiracy theories. He wrote about it for Reason Magazine in 1977. The bad ones are gratuitous claims made without evidence that tend “to wrap up all the conspiracies, all the bad guy power blocs,...
Did the FBI Win Joe Biden the 2020 Election?
by Jim Bovard | Aug 11, 2022 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles, Politics
Joe Biden won the 2020 election as a result of 43,000 votes in three states. The election was far closer than the media has usually admitted. There were plenty of dubious factors that could have tipped the scales for a Biden victory, including machinations by the...
News Roundup 8/11/2022
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 11, 2022 | News Roundup
US News Advisers at 1st Security Force Assistance Brigade racked up at least 60 misconduct offenses, including incidents with alcohol, drugs and adultery; a battalion commander was fired; members of one advising team are facing punishment for their behavior in...
Blog
Dust to Dust: Imperial Decline is Baked into the Statist Recipe
Nothing is working for anyone with a clear eye to reform in the Department of Defense. We may find some reform will take place now but I am cynical and not holding out much hope. Nothing. "Fixes are proposed; panels are held; good, sensible reforms are constantly...
The Biggest Heist in Human History
Thought experiment: what if it turns out that the happy warriors for the socialist & government supremacist projects claiming aspirations of altruistic and shining ambition for the betterment of humankind were insincere and all of it was actually a gigantic grift...
The Past is Future Tense, Always
The Wayback Machine reminds us of all past tense showing us the future. The base in Balakliya, near Kharkiv, is around 100km (60 miles) from fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the eastern oblasts (2017). 2017: “The Ukrainian SBU – the equivalent of the FBI...
Vance in Munich w/Kyle Matovcik
Kyle joined me to listen and discuss Vance’s fiery speech at the Munich Security Council last week.
It Begins: Blow-back Will Commence Once Festivities Begin
United States declares eight Latin American drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. This will not go well and the sophisticated ratlines, logistics enterprises and support networks will be leveraged to the highest order for retaliatory strikes in CONUS....
Hinting at War and Disaster: Mexico Will Go Up in Flames
Here are some news items from the war on cartels. This is a very ominous development. After two weeks of US Air Force RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft conducting multiple signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations along the US-Mexico border and in...
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