President Trump stood before the UN General Assembly this week and threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea just as a new NPR poll suggested that three-quarters of the population are unaware that he has the sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. It should also come as no surprise that the public is in the dark […]
In a period characterized by declining respect for fundamental freedoms, eroding safeguards for…
This interview was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World.…
Let’s be honest: the US-Taliban deal was not a peace agreement. It was negotiated without the…
At some point in late April, COVID-19 claimed the life of its 58,221st victim in the United States. We do…
The war against the Islamic State (ISIS) appears to be coming to an end in Iraq. Americans are again talking about winning and starting to think about what comes next. But I can’t help but wonder if this is the same “victory” President Bush famously declared on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln with […]
This interview was featured in Critical State, a weekly newsletter from Inkstick Media and The World.…
Last month, a hoax circulated online that people wearing shoes indoors led to a spike in coronavirus…
The first time I ever paid attention to the stock market was in my middle school English class when I was…
National security practitioners held several high-profile pandemic wargames and exercises in the years…
China has weaponized the coronavirus, and not in the way some might think. The Chinese government is…
When a nonviolent resistance movement shifts to armed resistance in the wake of violent repression, as…
Each year, the global think tank SIPRI publishes an authoritative look at military spending levels across…
In cities across the United States, anti-lockdown demonstrators gather in previously empty streets as…