When I became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, I felt during my very first meetings with people that what worried them the most was the problem of war and peace. Do everything in order to prevent war, they said. By that time, the superpowers had accumulated...
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News Roundup 10/12/17
Trump suggests that he may challenge the broadcasting licenses for NBC and other networks. [Link] A federal judge ruled the Dakota Access Pipeline can remain open while an environmental study is completed. [Link] Jason Ditz explains how the US government uses the word...
TGIF: The Debate Over Taxation Cannot Be Value-Free
Lenin reportedly said, "The best way to destroy the capitalist system [is] to debauch the currency." If by "capitalist system"* we mean only what Adam Smith called "the obvious and simple system of natural liberty," we could improve on the quote: the best way to...
2/27/17 Conn Hallinan on the Trump administration’s belligerent and unpredictable foreign policy
Conn Hallinan, a writer for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses Trump's bombastic rhetoric and ever-changing policy pronouncements on Iran, Yemen, and North Korea; and how he could blunder into war with China if he follows through on threats to blockade China from...
2/22/17 Brad Hoff on US plans for Syrian regime change in the 1980s – eerily similar to today
Brad Hoff, a US Marine veteran and writer on Middle East affairs, discusses the newly declassified CIA document from 1986 entitled "Syria: Scenarios of Dramatic Political Change," that spells out a regime change policy remarkably similar to today's anti-Assad rhetoric...
12/4/16 Brad Hoff on Syria’s ‘endless insurgency’ and expectations for Trump’s foreign policy
Brad Hoff, Managing Editor of Levant Report, discusses why the Syrian government's recent military success in East Aleppo won't stop the insurgency any time soon; the Obama administration's treasonous support for al-Qaeda and other rebel groups in Syria that...
08/18/15 Gareth Porter: the Iran Nuclear Agreement
Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist and historian, discusses why the Iran nuclear agreement won't usher in a new era of sensible US foreign policy in the Middle East, and how Obama's occasional anti-Iran rhetoric limits his administration's...
04/15/10 Lt. General Robert G. Gard: Loose Nukes and Iran’s Program
Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr., Chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, discusses the 'terrorists with nukes' rhetoric at the Nuclear Security Summit, unsecured fissile material in countries that are beyond the limited scope of Nunn-Lugar, the...
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