Originally appeared on The American Conservative.After two years reckless and irresponsible Trump administration foreign policy, the new Democratic House majority is in a position to provide greater oversight and scrutiny of the president’s policies:A...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Michael Horton is similarly skeptical about Mattis and Pompeo’s calls for a ceasefire in Yemen:Yet these exhortations are meaningless without real pressure on Saudi Arabia and the UAE, which are poised to launch...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Saudi coalition bombed a vegetable market near Hodeidah earlier today and killed at least 21 people:Death toll rises to 21 people and 10 others wounded in a masscare committed today by Saudi airstrikes on a local...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration is preparing to quit the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty thanks to the arms control-hating John Bolton:The Trump administration has told U.S. allies that it wants to withdraw from...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.When Obama was president, hawkish foreign policy pundits and analysts promoted the fiction that he “abandoned” allies and “rewarded” adversaries. This was one of Romney’s main campaign...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Turkish authorities claim to have audio and video recordings that prove Saudi agents tortured and then murdered Jamal Khashoggi:The recordings show that a Saudi security team detained Khashoggi in the consulate after he...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Hal Brands makes an extremely shaky assertion about recent Saudi recklessness and U.S. involvement in the Middle East:Much of Saudi Arabia’s recent behavior has been linked to the rise of MBS, who seems driven by...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Vali Nasr predicts that the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaigns against North Korea and Iran won’t succeed:What North Korea is looking for is a step-by-step diplomatic process in...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave another one of his typical U.N. speeches last week in which he accused Iran of having a “secret atomic warehouse”:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Nicholas Kristof has written an excellent column attacking U.S. support for the war on Yemen:The United States is not directly bombing civilians in Yemen, but it is providing arms, intelligence and aerial refueling to...
