James Harkin argues at Foreign Policy that the internationalization of the conflict in Syria has exacerbated the civil strife there. Part of the problem lies with the Syrian National Council - the exile group allying itself with the opposition fighters - and their...
From ACLU's Blog of Rights: Today the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking information about a horrific U.S. missile strike that killed dozens of civilians in Yemen. This was the Obama administration's first...
There is a fixation in elite foreign policy circles these days to speculate on the impending decline of America's global economic and military hegemony and to lament that decline as the dangerous end to international order. Without global American dominance, goes the...
The "increasingly large chorus of nations" in Central America arguing for decriminalization of drugs instead of Washington's failed drug war seem not to have received their warranted share of focus at the Summit of the Americas conference this weekend. The havoc and...
Laura Rozen in World Politics Review recaps this past weekend's P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran in Istanbul: First, the parties agreed that Iran, as a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), is obligated to prove that its nuclear program is for purely...
This weekend's hemispheric summit in Colombia could spark an open revolt against the U.S. drug war. It is most encouraging to see Latin American leaders finally declaring their independence against this disastrous policy. Ending the war on drugs could be a huge step...
Once again exemplifying the ridiculous amount of sway the US wields over nominally independent countries, a new report on Georgia's upcoming elections has Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire and would-be prime minister of Georgia, spending large amounts of money on US...
The Pakistani Parliament just released their Guidelines for Revised Terms of Engagement with USA/NATO/ISAF. It states flatly that "Pakistan’s sovereignty shall not be compromised." And that includes no more drones. The US footprint in Pakistan must be reviewed. This...
In an interview with the Daily Caller, presumptive Libertarian Party nominee for president Gary Johnson tries heartily to describe his foreign policy...or at least a foreign policy. Plainly put, the man is confused. He says he supports U.S. military intervention in...
Not that I'm a huge fan of public opinion (84% of Americans think Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons), but this is via the Washington Post:
