Stealing its central bank reserves is not going to do anything except starve innocent civilians.
foreign policy
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Do We Really Need to Appreciate Coup Expertise?
CNN’s interview with self-proclaimed coup-meister John Bolton, assessing the January 6th insurrection, airily passed over some horrific U.S. misdeeds.
Posted inAmerica and the World
America’s Middle East ‘Withdrawal’ Breathes Its Last Breath
What was once a policy of disengagement has now become a policy of far more dangerous entanglement.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Shipping Carriers Are Making a Killing on Food Aid
An old rule to protect U.S. carriers drives up the cost of food aid, and fails to help the domestic ship industry.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Return of a Criminal Neocon
Why does the foreign-policy and journalistic establishment still welcome Elliott Abrams?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Let’s Not Grant Saudi Arabia a Blank Check for American Support
Fareed Zakaria’s latest idea for a diplomatic bargain with the country is too clever by half.
Posted inAmerica and the World
In Afghanistan, the War on Terror Continues
While millions of Afghans hunger, a radicalized Taliban movement is imposing a draconian government and foreign drones still haunt the skies.
Posted inPolitics
Build Back Better Dies … Again
In a final admission of defeat, the administration is rebranding its ‘Build Back Better World’ foreign-policy initiative, removing references to its failed domestic agenda.
Posted inTAP
American Values vs. Big-Money Realpolitik at the Journal
Today on TAP: Rupert Murdoch’s editorialists disparage Biden’s stance against Saudi murderers.
