Foreign Policy

Administration Hawks Led by John Bolton Create Anti-Iran Military Plan

On May 13, Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan presented an updated military plan that included the possible deployment of 120,000 U.S. troops in...

Warren Mass May 15, 2019

Iranian Military Leader Says U.S. Deployment of Carrier Group Makes It “a Target”

Warren Mass May 13, 2019

Iran’s Amir Ali Hajizadeh said the U.S. deployment of a carrier strike group to the Middle East transformed the U.S. presence from a...

Corporate Welfare: Ex-Im Bank Being Revived by Trump

Bob Adelmann May 9, 2019

After lying fallow for nearly four years, the Export-Import Bank is being revived by one of its most vociferous critics: President Donald Trump....

China Complains After U.S. Warships Sail Near Spratly Islands

Warren Mass May 7, 2019

After two U.S. warships sailed near the Chinese-claimed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, Chinese officials said that ships had violated their...

Pentagon Stops Issuing Key Data on Afghanistan Mission

Michael Tennant May 1, 2019

In a move hardly reflective of success in America’s longest war, the U.S. military has quit releasing information about how much of Afghanistan...

Did U.S. Lean on Ecuador to Hand Over Assange in Exchange for IMF Loan?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 18, 2019

Did the government of Ecuador cancel Julian Assange's asylum so that the United States would approve a $6 billion IMF loan? ...

U.S. Warship Sails Near Disputed Island in South China Sea

Warren Mass April 10, 2019

The USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship carrying F-35B fighter jets, was recently seen in waters near the disputed Scarborough Shoal, claimed by...

Joint Chiefs Chairman: Report That U.S. Will Keep 1,000 Troops in Syria “Factually Incorrect”

Warren Mass March 19, 2019

The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. will keep almost 1,000 troops in Syria, but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

War Games Simulation Shows U.S. Forces “Crushed” By China, Russia

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 17, 2019

War simulations conducted by the RAND Corporation revealed that U.S. forces would be bested by the military forces of China and Russia. ...

Senate Votes to End Funding of Saudi Arabia’s Assault on Yemen

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 16, 2019

The U. S. Senate has voted to end funding for Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen. ...

Courting Democrats for USMCA, Lighthizer Plans To End Trump Tariffs

Christian Gomez March 13, 2019

The White House plans to lift its tariffs on Mexican and Canadian imported steel and aluminum as it courts lawmakers to support the...

Pence Assures Venezuelan Opposition Leader Guaidó of U.S. Support

Warren Mass February 26, 2019

At the Lima Group meeting in Bogotá, Colombia, Vice President Mike Pence told Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó that President Trump supports him...