On February 19th, the National Mall in Washington, DC saw its largest antiwar rally in 20 years. The speakers list included four former U.S. presidential candidates and a broad and diverse collection of antiwar activists from beyond the left and right. The aptly-named...
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When Biden Says ‘As Long As It Takes,’ What Does Ukraine Hear?
by Ted Snider | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In his State of the Union Address on February 7, President Joe Biden once again told Ukraine that “America...will stand with you as long as it takes.” In case the world didn’t hear, Biden moved to a more dramatic stage and repeated the words. Speaking from Kiev, where...
With Russia’s Suspension of New START, the Future of Arms Control is Bleak
by Eric Gomez | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Nuclear arms control has had a very rough few years. The latest piece of bad news comes from Russia. Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is “suspending its membership” in New START, a treaty that limits the number of deployed nuclear warheads and...
The U.S.-Led Sanctions Blitz on Russia Has Failed
by Ted Snider | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
In February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. orchestrated a perhaps unprecedented sanctions clampdown on Russia. A month later, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen declared with certainty that "the Russian economy will be devastated as a consequence of...
TGIF: Fins Left, Right, and Center
by Sheldon Richman | Feb 17, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Justice, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Th[e] central question is not clarified, it is obscured, by our common political categories of left, right, and center. --Carl Oglesby, Containment and Change You got fins to the left, fins to the right And you're the only bait in town. --Jimmy Buffett, "Fins"...
The Forgotten Terrorist Pretext of the Vietnam War
by Jim Bovard | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Since 9/11, terrorism has become the ultimate entitlement program for America’s political elite. Whether it is illegally spying on Americans or blowing Somali dissidents to pieces, invoking terrorism provides all the cover needed for Washington policymakers. But the...
Who Really Started the Ukraine Wars?
by Ted Snider | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Though they are being fought in the confusion of a single catastrophic conflict, there are four closely related, but distinct, wars being fought in Ukraine. The first is the war within Ukraine. The second is the war between Russia and Ukraine. The third is the proxy...
Arizona Senate Committee Passes ‘Defend the Guard’
by Michael Maharrey | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Today, an Arizona Senate committee passed the Defend the Guard Act to require the governor to stop unconstitutional foreign combat deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would take a big step toward restoring the founders’ framework for a...