Francisco Rodriguez calls once again for lifting broad U.S. sanctions on Venezuela:No civilized nation should adopt policies that target vulnerable civilian populations. In fact, no other nation does. The United States is the only country to impose economic sanctions...
Gerald Feierstein makes a very weak case for designating the Houthis as terrorists. First, he acknowledges that he previously opposed the designation when the Trump administration did it, but now claims that it is worth doing:The letter, which was ultimately signed by...
The Intercept reports that the Biden administration is seriously considering the request from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to re-designate Houthis as terrorists:The White House appears to be seriously considering the change. In late January, Biden’s National...
The Biden administration doesn’t like being asked legitimate questions to provide evidence for their claims:Top White House and State Department officials tried to shut down reporters’ questions on Thursday about the veracity of Biden administration claims on Russia...
Sen. Bob Menendez delivered a speech today attacking the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the negotiations in Vienna. It was a typically bad speech filled with false and misleading claims, but it is worth noting because it shows how unreasonable...
Peter Beinart makes an interesting observation about the way most U.S. policymakers understand “great power competition” with China and Russia:What prevails today in Washington’s halls of power is a defense of unipolarity dressed up as a recognition that unipolarity...
A Saudi coalition airstrike on a prison killed at least 60 people and wounded at least 100 more in northern Yemen as part of the coalition’s reprisal attacks after the Houthis claimed drone and missile attacks that hit targets in Abu Dhabi earlier this week:At least...
Walter Russell Mead does a good job of making Russia hawks look ridiculous:As the Ukrainian crisis deepens, there is only one option that would stop a Russian invasion – and that is the one that all the serious players in Washington say is off the table: dispatching...
Evelyn Farkas, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, goes full alarmist:The world will watch our response. Any subsequent acceptance of Russian gains will spell the beginning of the end of the international order. If Europe, NATO, and its allies in Asia...
Walter Russell Mead wants you to know that Things Are Happening in The World and Biden has not somehow magically stopped them from happening:Last week Russian troops fanned out across Kazakhstan; the Myanmar junta sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in...
