The Modern War Institute at West Point, like the War on the Rocks website, has been institutionally captured by a curious hybrid of left-wing culture warriors and the neoconservative "war on the world" fetishists. I used to have great admiration for a considerable...
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News Roundup 6/20/2024
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 20, 2024 | News Roundup
Russia NYT: Zelensky’s Government Crushes Press Freedoms in Ukraine AWC Russia, North Korea Sign Mutual Assistance Pact AWC China US Reaffirms ‘Ironclad’ Support for Philippines After China Boat Ramming AWC Israel White House Scraps US-Israel Meeting After Netanyahu...
The Switzerland Summit: Peace Through Delusion
by Brad Pearce | Jun 19, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Ukraine has been at war for over ten years, and even the political establishment wipeout in the European elections has not managed to shock the Western ruling class back into coherence. Nothing could provide a clearer example of their clownish nature than the recent...
Smashing the UK’s Statist Mindset
by Owen Ashworth | Jun 19, 2024 | Featured Articles
Mainstream British political thought processes contain an epidemic of dreadful reasoning. Witness the average political interaction between “popular” British parliamentarians and voters, think through the reasoning of the topics discussed, and you will know exactly...
Putin Visits North Korea To Discuss Security Pact
by Will Porter | Jun 19, 2024 | News
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to North Korea for his first state visit to that country in more than 20 years. The two sides will hold talks covering a new “comprehensive” security deal, closer trade ties, and other “sensitive” issues, according to the Kremlin.
Ukraine’s War Backers Hold ‘Peace’ Conference
by Will Porter | Jun 19, 2024 | News
Officials from more than 100 countries gathered in Switzerland over the weekend to discuss ways to end the conflict in Ukraine, devising a “peace formula” even as Western leaders continue to flood the battlefield with weapons.
Netanyahu Dissolves War Cabinet, Consolidates Power
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 18, 2024 | News
The prime minister plans to make future decisions about the war in Gaza with a small consultation group. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dissolved the Israeli war cabinet after two of its six members left. The Israeli leader will form a small consultation body of...
NATO Mulling Increasing Nuclear Deployments
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 18, 2024 | News
The alliance’s top official voiced concerns about alleged threats from Russia and China. NATO is considering whether to move nuclear weapons out of storage and place them on standby. The civilian head of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, also called on member states to...
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The Kyle Anzalone Show: Is Trump The Best Israeli President Ever?
Trump says he wants a deal with Iran. Netanyahu hints the real goal is regime change anyway. That contradiction is where diplomacy goes to die, and it is also where Americans get dragged into a war they did not vote for. We roll solo and ask the blunt question a lot...
You don’t need the sun glasses…
It turns out wearing the glasses made no difference. In the John Carpenter film, They Live, our hero John Nada is one in many workers stumbling from hunger to poverty and piece work in an economy that is only built to exploit them. It’s a film both critical of Reagan...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Jim Webb: Trump to Netanyahu: ‘You’re F**king Crazy’
Trump didn’t just get “frustrated” with Netanyahu. He confirmed he told him, “Are you effing crazy,” and that single moment raises a bigger question: if the White House is truly fed up, why does the region still look like it’s sliding toward wider war? Jim Webb joins...
The Other Side of the Slap
I spent a lot of time dealing with the victim of violence. That betrayal only a lover can express, the sinister switch from affection or at least the performance required to invent love, to twist into a tantrum of rage. The bruising and cuts, a secondary blistering to...
The Kyle Anzalone Show: Trump Meeting in Situation Room to Decide on Iran Deal
A deal with Iran sounds simple until you read the fine print. We dig into the reports of a memorandum of understanding that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and lift parts of the pressure campaign, then ask the uncomfortable question: is this “freedom of navigation,”...
The Kyle Anzalone Show with Daniel McAdams: Axios Says US–Iran Deal Reached as U.S. and IRAN Trade Missile Fire
Congress is hollowing out, and the consequences show up first in foreign policy. Dan McAdams returns to talk with us about what Thomas Massie’s primary loss signals for antiwar oversight, why the Ron Paul era of forcing floor debates through appropriations fights is...
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