The worst president in history wants conquest for its own sake, even if it opens America up to nuclear attack.
America and the World
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How Global Capitalism Destroys Democratic Politics
The universal rule of capital explains why national leaders can’t solve national problems—and end up being hated by voters as pathetic failures.
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Trump’s Cargo Cult Imperialism in Venezuela
Stealing their oil is lunacy, but that won’t stop him from trying.
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What if Trump Pulls This Off?
There are indications that the administration has cut a deal with Venezuela’s Vice President and acting President Delcy Rodríguez.
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Bush Walked So Trump Could Run Into Venezuela
George W. Bush’s foreign policy wasn’t an aberration, but it was the moment where America began to drunkenly bumble its way through unipolarity.
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The Narco-Terrorist Elite
Why is Marco Rubio so hell-bent on making Iran-Contra again?
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USAID Cuts Leave Syrians on the Brink of Thirst
A year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad, humanitarian needs are great. But the Trump administration’s cuts threaten stability for millions of displaced people.
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Why Should We Replace Our ICBMs?
Intercontinental ballistic missiles are massively expensive, environmentally hazardous, and dubiously successful as a deterrent—even Donald Trump recognizes the madness of modernizing strategic nuclear weapons.
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Can Canada Rescue North America?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has a grueling mission ahead to preserve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
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Trump’s White Christian Foreign Policy
According to our new official National Security Strategy, we have to support Europe’s neo-Nazi right in its fight to keep Europe white.
