The Victims of Iran Sanctions

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Iranians’ access to medicine is being choked off by the Trump administration’s illegitimate reimposition of sanctions:The number of European and Iranian banks conducting such transactions has dwindled,...

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Counting the Real Costs of the War on Yemen

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The fighting in Yemen has killed at least 57,000 people, and the real death toll is likely much higher:The database gives an indication of the scope of the disaster wreaked in Yemen by nearly four years of civil war. At...

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The Midterms and the War on Yemen

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...

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Yemen Can’t Wait for a Ceasefire

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...

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Quitting the INF Treaty Is a Serious Mistake

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...

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The Cost of Enabling Reckless Clients

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...

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