Twenty-two years ago today, the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001 became law following the attacks of 9/11, allowing the United States to invade Afghanistan that October. That war lasted for two decades and led to an opium crisis, the Taliban maintaining...
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Africa is a Continent, Not a Chess Piece
by Brad Pearce | Sep 18, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Now that we are in a second Cold War era, there is a full fledged “Tournament of Shadows” for what was once called “The Dark Continent.” This was brought to light by the recent coup in the West African country of Niger, which saw the Palace Guards overthrow the...
American and NATO Leaders Say Ukraine’s Goals Will Lead to a Long War
by Kyle Anzalone | Sep 18, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The top-ranking American military official and the civilian head of the North Atlantic alliance believe the war in Ukraine will continue for years if Kiev is to achieve its military goals. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree outlawing talks with...
Why Are We in Niger?
by Ron Paul | Sep 13, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The July military coup in the west African country of Niger has once again brought attention to the fact that the U.S. government runs a global military empire that serves Washington’s special interests, and not the national interest. Before the coup made news...
Why We Don’t Negotiate
by Ted Snider | Sep 12, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The signature of Joe Biden's State Department has been the abdication of diplomacy. Its head, Antony Blinken, the chief U.S. diplomat, has abdicated the role of diplomat. Though obvious in Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea, this absence of diplomacy has been...
Following the BRICS Road to Multipolarity
by Ted Snider | Aug 31, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The five members of BRICS promised that their fifteenth annual summit, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, would be an important one for BRICS’ development and that it would mark a significant moment in the changing international architecture. The political West...
Fallujah Is Not a Presidential Victory Lap
by Jim Bovard | Aug 30, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
In the first 2024 Republican presidential debate last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis touted his time in Iraq. “I learned in the military, I was assigned with U.S. Navy SEALs in Iraq, that you focus on the mission above all else, you can’t get distracted,” he...
Hong Kong Was Always Doomed to Be Under Beijing’s Thumb
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Aug 29, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On midnight July 1, 1997 a century and a half of British colonial dominion was brought to an end with the handover of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China (hereafter PRC). This was in accordance with the 1984 Sino-British Declaration. That treaty, which had...