This April 24, a major conference took place online to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the iconic Elbe Day embrace of American and Russian troops along the Elbe River organized by the president and founder of the American University in Moscow, Dr. Edward...
Pompeo’s Cynical Attack on the Nuclear Deal
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Trump administration has been desperately trying to kill the nuclear deal for the last two years after reneging on it. Now they will try to kill it by pretending to be part of it again:Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Turkey’s Erdogan Tangled in His Own Web of Deceit
“Zero problems with neighbors” – this was the catchy motto selected by then Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Erdogan for his country’s foreign policy not so long ago. These days, when the relations of Turkey with neighbors and more distant...
Trump Draws a Reckless ‘Red Line’ in the Sea
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Earlier this week, I said that we would be hearing more exaggerations warnings about minor nuisances around the world. One example of these nuisances has been the recent “harassment” by Iranian boats in the...
CIA Spying on Assange’s Privileged Legal Conversations
Here is an image of Julian and I talking in the Ecuadorean Embassy, part of the spycam footage that was commissioned by the CIA from Spanish security firm Global. Julian and I were discussing a number of overseas missions to liaise with foreign governments, which I...
Iran Is Not Ours to ‘Steer’
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.The Edelman/Takeyh article on Iran had so many bad ideas in it that it will take a second post to respond properly to some of the rest. One of the sillier claims that they make is that regime collapse won’t cause...
Canadian Intelligence Failed To Warn About Coronavirus
With millions forced out of work and many more stuck at home, Canadians need to ask tough questions of organizations receiving billions of dollars to protect them from foreign threats. The country’s intelligence/security sector has done little to respond to the...
Regime Change Is Wrong
Originally appeared at The American Conservative.Eric Edeleman and Ray Takeyh dispense with the usual hawkish smokescreens and evasions and call for regime change in Iran:“Regime change” is a toxic phrase in Washington. It conjures up images of the Iraq...
Brave New World: Coronavirus Authoritarians Building Massive Surveillance State
"Never let a crisis go to waste." Big tech is getting into bed with big government to build a massive surveillance superstructure that will monitor all of our movements - in the name of fighting coronavirus, of course. As Edward Snowden recently warned, these...
Restoring the Constitution’s Purpose for the National Guard: LIVESTREAM TONIGHT
From the Committee for Responsible Foreign Policy: Join us on Facebook Live Tonight at 9pm Eastern Time (6pm Pacific Time) BringOurTroopsHome.us reports on the progress of getting state legislatures to prohibit use of their National Guards in illegal wars around the...


