International relations provides reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on relations among countries and particularly colonialist and imperialist, or progressive relations.
What constitutes national security and how is it best achieved? Does massive military spending really make a country more secure, and what…
The ceasefire deal agreed between the Syrian government and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) last week – hailed by the US…
As did many fellow Americans, I chuckled when President Trump announced the creation of the U.S. Space Force on December 20, 2019.…
What constitutes national security and how is it best achieved? Does massive military spending really make a country more secure, and what…
On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday Clock” to…
[Prefatory Note: Initially framed as questions responding to Middle East journalist, Mohamed Abd Elaziz, raising question about Stage II of the Trump…
U.S. President Donald Trump has not shied away from admitting his thirst for Venezuelan oil. On 16 December 2025, in the leadup…
It was always a pipe dream to expect that ramped-up defense spending would not eat into other budgetary items. It was always…
Cuba stands on the precipice of a severe fuel shortage, a crisis with the potential to paralyze its economy and inflict greater…
Among the critical issues facing our country today, nuclear arms control is seldom top of mind for most people, understandably, given our…
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