Tag: foreign policy
Bolton in Wonderland
John Bolton has a Haig-sized ego. He aspires to control the ebb and flow of foreign policy in the Trump administration.
Is a war with Iran on the horizon?
As the Trump administration accelerates its efforts to seek a confrontation, will they find an echo among Iranian hardliners who’d like nothing more than a face-off with the United States?
Trump’s bromance with Kim is gross, but let the love letters...
Despite the failed summit, relations between the U.S. and North Korea are much better than they were 18 months ago.
A swiftian modest proposal for the president
Or how to solve the border and China problems in one swell foop.
Following the foreign-policy money trail in Washington
How Middle Eastern powers fund think tanks.
The psychology of the wall
Wall are cropping up all over the world. But as with guns, the sense of safety and security that comes from a wall is almost entirely illusory.
The dangers of US brinkmanship in Venezuela
Before Venezuela devolves into civil war, the U.S. should lift the sanctions, take the military option off the table, and get behind a negotiated, nonviolent solution.
What’s next for Venezuela as US & opposition reject negotiations aimed...
And in the long term, there is no recognition of what does this mean for the country in terms of its social fabric, its political culture and going forward, if there’s no negotiated agreement on that process.