One of the predictable consequences of Obama's Asia-Pivot is that, by boosting support to all of China's U.S.-allied neighbors, those countries are emboldened to stand up to China as an enemy and China is likewise emboldened to counter the onslaught. Needless to say,...
Not more than a year ago Lockheed Martin's Bob Stevens was all but pulling at his hair and gnashing his teeth in anticipation of sequestration. Clearly doing the Republican warhawks' bidding ahead of the presidential election, he warned that Lockheed may not be able...
Earlier this week I noted with approval Rep. Justin Amash's effort in the House to add an amendment to an upcoming defense appropriations bill that would block NSA's "indiscriminate collection" of Americans’ telephone records by "limit[ing] the government’s collection...
The Obama administration is violating international law and United Nations resolutions in conducting its largely secret war in Somalia. At Foreign Policy, Colum Lynch writes that, "the Obama administration earlier this year expanded its secret war in Somalia, stepping...
According to the nation's top military officer, direct U.S. intervention in Syria would be extremely costly, risk mission creep, lend itself to unintended consequences, and may be ineffective. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey has written a letter...
From (of all places!) National Review: "The House is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on amendments to the FY 2014 Defense Appropriations Bill, one of which will be the LIBERT-E Act, which would prohibit the National Security Agency from collecting telephone and e-mail...
[Reprinted with the author's permission. Reformatted for Antiwar.com.] Iran’s newly elected president will take office on August 3, and negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program are expected to begin in early September. In the interim, intense and possibly important...
At the end of last week I expressed my doubts that Secretary of State John Kerry could orchestrate substantive peace talks between Israel-Palestine. At the crux of it, since Israel refuses to freeze settlements, and since settlements essentially indicate an intention...
Libertarian-leaning Republicans are holding up a defense appropriations bill until they get amendments through that will block funding for any military operations in either Syria or Egypt and for dragnet-style NSA surveillance. Representative Justin Amash (R-MI) is...
