Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on foreign policy and includes content relating to US foreign policy, impact of US foreign policy on other countries, international cooperation or lack of, imperialism, isolationism and neutrality, geopolitics, national security, collective security, diplomacy and diplomatic relations.
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO…
Deferring a Crisis: The Iran-US Ceasefire Cracks Ceasefires in the Middle East seem especially susceptible to revision, alteration and contradiction. Missiles still…
As NATO leaders gather in Ankara on July 7-8, the alliance will again speak the language it has used for decades: unity,…
The 250th anniversary of American independence is fundamentally incompatible with a foreign policy defined by overwhelming civilian casualties and global devastation. As…
It will soon be the 250th anniversary of this country and the Trump administration is already planning its own set of celebrations.…
The White House’s new farm-aid request shows how a conflict abroad can return home as higher costs, public subsidies, and political pressure.…
These are difficult times for anyone who has consistently criticised NATO. From the era of ādefending the Free Worldā against communism, through…
The criminal US/Israeli war of aggression against Iran has killed upwards of 3,500 Iranians (Al Jazeera, 4/19/26; BBC, 4/23/26), injured more than 32,000, razed 22 schools, and…
The 60-day extension of the ceasefire between the United States and Iran may lead to lasting peace or it may be over…
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent…
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