Why don’t you talk about something that matters?” President Biden replied to a journalist asking about why he fist-bumped Saudi dictator Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during his “begging for barrels” trip to the Middle East in July. Biden hoped the Saudis would rescue his...
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Walking Wide Awake into World War III
by John Weeks | Nov 5, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with rising tensions between NATO and Russia, have drawn comparisons to the outbreak of World War I. In 2014, back when the open hostilities in Ukraine really began, the journalist Eric Margolis said "We can stumble into a war...
Libertarian Principles Perfectly Complement Clausewitz’s Theories of War
by Finn Andreen | Nov 2, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
The ongoing war in Ukraine has forced many Westerners to consider the realism of Carl von Clausewitz’s classic On War. The Prussian military theorist famously wrote that: “War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.” Though this...
The Pentagon Is Neither Woke Nor Based
by Laurie Calhoun | Nov 1, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
The U.S. military has in recent times been making a big show of its “wokeness,” not only by changing the names of institutions to comply with the demands of race activists who wish to expunge from history all traces of the Confederacy, but also in its affirmation and...
Betrayal of the American Left
by Dan McKnight | Oct 31, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
I’m sure most of you remember the liberal protests against George Bush’s invasion of Iraq. They were big, they were loud, they were sometimes rude. And I can’t vouch for all of their hairstyle choices. But they were right. The invasion of Iraq was a criminal...
Abandon the Fetish for ‘Unconditional Surrender’
by Ryan McMaken | Oct 27, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
On Monday, thirty members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus called on the Biden administration to pursue a negotiated peace settlement or cease-fire with Ukraine. The letter from the Progressive Caucus is careful to praise the administration for its ongoing...
House Progressives Retract Letter Encouraging Diplomacy in Ukraine War
by Dave DeCamp | Oct 26, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Progressive Democrats in the House have retracted a letter to President Biden calling for talks with Russia after facing backlash for suggesting the idea of pursuing diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine. The letter was signed by 30 lawmakers and was led by Rep. Pramila...
American Advisor to Ukrainian Military Says Russia Wants Talks Over ‘2014 Lines’
by Dave DeCamp | Oct 20, 2022 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Dan Rice, an American serving as an advisor to the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, told CNN’s Outfront on Tuesday that he believes Russia is looking to negotiate to return to positions it controlled before the February 24 invasion. Rice made the comments when...