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...
‘Strategic Clarity’ on Taiwan Is Clearly Mad
From The American Conservative:Richard Haass and David Sacks make the case for the very dangerous idea of explicitly committing the U.S. to defend Taiwan:The policy known as strategic ambiguity has, however, run its course. Ambiguity is unlikely to deter an...
The ‘Snapback’ Stunt Will Blow Up in Pompeo’s Face
From The American Conservative:Following last week’s humiliating rebuke of the US at the Security Council, Mike Pompeo is going to the United Nations in a transparent, bad-faith effort to trigger the so-called “snapback” provision to reimpose U.N....
Our Cruel Collective Punishment of the Syrian People
From The American Conservative:Joshua Landis and Steven Simon detail the cruel and destructive effects of U.S. sanctions on the people of Syria:The Trump administration designed the sanctions it has now imposed on Syria to make reconstruction impossible. The sanctions...


