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...
Conflicts of Interest
Antiwar.com's assistant editor Kyle Anzalone and co-host Will Porter have started a new YouTube show/podcast called Conflicts of Interest. Check out their pilot episode here. Hosts Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter introduce the debut episode of Conflicts of Interest, a...
RNC/DNC Conventions Trot Out the Same Foreign Policy Losers
Ron Paul Institute Director Daniel McAdams joins "The Gaggle" host Peter Lavelle and Gaggle co-founder George Szamuely to discuss the national conventions of the Republican and Democratic Parties. Though there were many evident differences in style and in appeal to...
US Control of Alexandroupolis Port Will Not Help To Protect Greece From Turkey
The Greek Private Asset Utilization Fund (HRADF) will sell a 67% stake of Alexandroupolis Port in northern Greece near the border with Turkey and Bulgaria. Two American companies are believed to be interested in the deal. Selling a port of strategic importance to US...
Let’s Question the Candidates on War
Does Trump or Biden offer more hope for peace? Is one less apt to resort to arms – unconstitutionally – after swearing next January 20 to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution"? Voters, especially antiwar voters, need to know. A chief executive’s...
Bahrain Rejects Pompeo’s Push To Normalize Relations With Israel
From The American Conservative:US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is touring the Middle East in a quest to have other Arab countries sign on to the US-brokered deal that Israel and the United Arab Emirates made earlier this month. He was met with rejection Wednesday in...
Playing Stupid Games: US Rams Russian Military Trucks in Syria
The US continues to illegally occupy Syrian territory and to illegally confiscate Syrian oil, but it is also playing very dangerous military games with the Russians, who are in Syria legally at the request of their ally. This week a US military vehicle attempting to...
John McCain’s Staff Endorse Biden, Explicitly Because He’s Worse on War
New York Times: More than 100 former staff members for Senator John McCain are supporting Joseph R. Biden Jr., a show of support across the political divide that they hope amplifies the “Country First” credo of the former Arizona senator. Many of the onetime McCain...
US Protects Global Empire During Pandemic, Not Its Own Population
Pushback with Aaron Maté: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, discusses the connections between the global US empire and the record US death toll during the coronavirus pandemic. "We're really not doing anything very well or right, and...
Book Review: Chasing the Light by Oliver Stone
Like the wandering and rascally Odysseus upon whom he models his life, Oliver Stone is "double-minded" in the most profound and illuminating ways. The title of his fantastic new memoir is a case in point. "One of the first basic lessons in...


