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 […]
As Americans turn their attention to the first public hearings in the House impeachment investigation,…
The very real threat of open conflict between the United States and Iran still looms large in the wake of…
I am one of the few Americans who has lived for an extensive period in North Korea – the most isolated…
The NBA blogosphere and the foreign policy intelligentsia are dipping their toes into each other’s…
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 […]
After Putin and Erdogan reached an agreement on Tuesday to cement their military presence in northeastern…
A new piece by Bloomberg’s Anthony Capaccio underscores the lengths that the US government will go to…
Last year, the Guardian observed a startling trend — the word “populism” appeared ten times more in…
International outrage followed the Turkish military incursion into northern Syria, where airstrikes and a…
When we were young, we dreamed of becoming doctors, lawyers — actors, even. Our dreams weren’t…
It’s too late to undo the considerable damage already inflicted by President Trump’s abrupt removal…
An alliance with the world’s most powerful nation would seem a prudent strategic choice for a party…
Economic collapse, government repression, violence and US sanctions are making life unbearable for ever…