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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‘Maximum Pressure’ Is a Dead End

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...

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Netanyahu’s ‘Nowhere Land’ Blunder

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...

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