Tim Shorrock joins the show to discuss U.S. negotiations with Korea and the status of the relations between North and South. Lately soldiers from the North and South have begun patrolling together, one of several important symbolic gestures in the process of...
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7/30/19 Gareth Porter on John Bolton’s Role in the Iranian Tanker Crisis
by Scott Horton | Jul 30, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about John Bolton's most recent efforts to raise tensions with Iran. He and Scott speculate about Iran's ability to disrupt international trade in the region by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, and the likelihood that they would do so...
7/17/19 Jason Ditz on Iran, Yemen, and Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Jul 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz updates Scott on the news from the Middle East. Recently, a missing Emirati tanker that some claimed had been seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz was revealed to have simply been towed there voluntarily for repairs. In other news, the UAE has announced...
7/15/19 Reese Erlich on What’s Really Going On in Hong Kong
by Scott Horton | Jul 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Reese Erlich about the demonstrations in Hong Kong against the country's proposed extradition law. After a Hong Kong man brutally murdered his girlfriend in Taiwan, and then fled back to Hong Kong, knowing he couldn't be extradited to the country where...
7/5/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the UAE’s Withdrawal From Yemen
by Scott Horton | Jul 8, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee discusses the news that UAE troops will soon be pulling out of Yemen. Arrabyee speculates that the Emirati government might realize the international stance on the war is finally turning against the Saudi coalition, and they want to get out in time to...
7/5/19 Arthur Holland Michel on the Government Surveillance Program Watching Us from the Sky
by Scott Horton | Jul 8, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Arthur Holland Michel about his new book on the emerging drone surveillance technology capable of watching entire cities at once. The technology was first developed to help prevent IED attacks on American soldiers in Iraq, but researchers and...
7/3/19 Ali Abunimah on Kushner’s ‘Deal of the Century’
by Scott Horton | Jul 3, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada about Jared Kushners "Deal of the Century" and the history of negotiations between Israel and Palestine. Some supporters of Israel have claimed that Kushner's deal is just giving away free money to the...
6/30/19 Elijah Magnier on the Danger of War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Elijah Magnier about the growing tensions with Iran. He likens the U.S. to the lion from a Persian proverb, who "roars" (making threats of war) while really wagging its tail (working toward mediation and negotiation). Magnier believes Iran probably...
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Contours of The Global Imperial Architecture
Antiwar.com recently published an article jointly written by Institute Director Scott Horton and this author (Weeks). The piece, “Strategic Treason: The Empire Fetes Man Who Killed US Troops,” discussed Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s trip to New York City, which...
The Most Important Chapter of Hayek’s Most Important Book
Economist Friedrich Hayek's most popular book, The Road to Serfdom, contains a particularly important chapter titled "The End of Truth." That chapter, with a new foreward by economist Daniel D. Klein of George Mason University, is now available to read with updated...
Standards!
Secretary of War Hegseth recently brought the perfumed princes to the Pentagram to give a short speech on standards. I am glad for the name change since the DoD has never troubled themselves with defending the nation. Someone: "How come there aren't any fat Marines?"...
Short Story – Context
He clenched his fist around the USB, impatience gripping him as he waited. He had just finished pacing only to sit down, unaware of his rocking back and forth. Once he saw her, he was back to his feet. He wanted to push it into her hand and disappear. Instead, she...
The Impasse
Liberty is only acceptable for a virtuous people.
The Great Enrichment Is Real
From about 1800 to the present the world's economy did something good, which looks to be permanent and looks to be justified. If contrary to the evidence we cling to our prejudices about economic history—our view that the Industrial Revolution was improverishng, or...
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