What happens when slogans hit hard limits—terrain, production lines, and the law? We sit down with Larry Johnson, former CIA officer and counterterror veteran, to strip the varnish off three volatile fronts: Venezuela, Ukraine, and U.S. dealings with extremist...

The ground is moving under American politics, and the fault line runs straight through U.S. foreign policy. We unpack how the Israel–Gaza war turned into a domestic litmus test that hardens the left and the right while squeezing the center into brittle talking points....

Responsible Statecraft tends to have a more common sense approach to the profligate spending on the part of the American defense establishment. The retirement of the entire ICBM arm and cancellation of the Sentinel successor would save enormous amounts of money wasted...

Threats are easy. Supply chains, deterrence math, and real endgames are not. We dive into the rising talk of U.S. strikes on Venezuela and why public saber-rattling can lock leaders into dangerous escalations they can’t control. From leaked authorizations to carrier...