From The American Conservative:The U.N. issued a new warning this week about acute malnutrition among Yemen’s youngest children that threatens to kill nearly 100,000 children under the age of five:“Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food security...
Just Say No to a Karabakh ‘No-Fly Zone’
From The American Conservative:The renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Karabakh has not drawn that much attention in the West, but many of the initial, knee-jerk responses to the conflict have been remarkably bad. Whether it is members of Congress...
The Inhumanity of ‘Maximum Pressure’
From The American Conservative:Francisco Rodriguez explains how the U.S. has helped Maduro to consolidate his hold on power with its harmful sanctions and regime change policy:In weathering all these pressures, Maduro has benefited from the actions of an unsuspecting...
The Ridiculous Distortions of the Iran Obsession
From The American Conservative:Mike Pompeo gave an interview with Newsmax TV this week, and during that interview he made one of the most ridiculous statements he has uttered during his short, embarrassing tenure as Secretary of State:The most important thing that...
How Do We Stop Washington’s Regime Change Addiction?
From The American Conservative:Philip Gordon has written a smart article in Foreign Affairs explaining why policies of regime change fail even when they initially “succeed” in toppling the targeted government. He concludes:Regime change will always tempt...
End the Dangerous Saudi Relationship Now
From The American Conservative:Jason Rezaian observes that the Trump administration missed its opportunity to change the relationship with Saudi Arabia after Khashoggi’s murder two years ago, and he spells out what the U.S. needs to do now:When MBS arrived on...
Don’t Expand the Drone War to Kenya
From The American Conservative:Priyanka Motaparthy calls attention to the possible expansion of the drone war into Kenya:The U.S. military is seeking new authorities to expand its program of lethal drone strikes into Kenya, in order to target al-Shabab fighters in the...
The US Needs to Abandon Its Dead-End Venezuela Policy
From The American Conservative:Geoff Ramsey calls for an overdue change to U.S. policy towards Venezuela:After a year and a half of diminishing returns since recognizing Juan Guaido as interim president and imposing crippling oil sanctions, US strategy in Venezuela...
A Veteran on Endless War, Trump, and 2020 with Danny Sjursen
Empire Has No Clothes podcast at The American Conservative On this episode, Danny Sjursen, an Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran-turned antiwar activist, talks about the most recent rift between Trump and the military and what veterans really think about the president...
The Failures of Potemkin Diplomacy
From The American Conservative:The Trump administration recently touted an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo that has proven to be much less than it appeared. Majda Ruge explains:Despite the unpredictability that surrounded the negotiations, one thing was clear from...


