William Astore

September 27, 2018

Space, the “final frontier,” isn’t what it used to be. In the 1960s and early 1970s I grew up a fan of NASA as well as Star Trek with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock. NASA was (and is) a civilian space agency, even though its corps of astronauts was originally drawn from the ranks of […]

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

September 26, 2018

Washington, DC – Invoking the War Powers Resolution, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers today in introducing a privileged resolution to stop US military support for Saudi Arabia’s genocidal war in Yemen. US support of this war continues to fuel the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, killing thousands of civilians, with millions […]

Eric Garris

September 26, 2018

Washington, DC – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) applauds legislation introduced by a bipartisan quartet of U.S. Representatives to end US military backing for the Saudi-led war in Yemen. “As Quakers, we support legislation to end American involvement in the Saudi-led war that is slaughtering men, women, and children in Yemen. By refueling […]

Daniel McAdams

September 26, 2018

How did President Trump do in his UN General Assembly speech? He got some unexpected laughs and did a good deal of bragging, but when it came to foreign policy there were huge disconnects from reality. Everyone must respect each other’s sovereignty…but what about US troops in Syria? What about threats to overthrow Venezuela? Former […]

Daniel Larison

September 25, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Aside from being laughed at by the audience, Trump achieved very little in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly today. The president talked a lot about the importance of sovereignty, and then called on the rest of the world to gang up on Iran to infringe on their […]

Daniel McAdams

September 25, 2018

Ron Paul returns with another episode of his popular #AskRonPaul program in today’s Liberty Report. Who was the worst president? Military spending out of control? What will more tariffs on China do to our economy? Tune in… Reprinted from The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity.

Daniel McAdams

September 24, 2018

China’s “social credit” system is widely viewed as a kind of “digital dictatorship,” where not only does illegal or anti-social behavior result in lower scores and therefore less privileges, but political dissent also earns one lower “social credit” scores. While the anti-China crowd is busy pointing a finger at Beijing for such an authoritarian approach, […]

Daniel Larison

September 20, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Mike Pompeo’s certification earlier this month that the Saudi coalition was working to reduce harm to civilians in Yemen was an obvious sham. According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, Pompeo made the decision to lie for the Saudis and Emiratis because he feared it would […]

Steve Baggarly

September 20, 2018

Due to the approach of Hurricane Florence, today marked the end of the Disarm Trident Peace Walk. Some 50 people in all took part in the walk from Savannah to Kings Bay, Georgia, in support of the Seven Catholic peace activists of the Kings Bay Plowshares. On April 4th, the 50th anniversary of the assassination […]

Grant Smith

September 19, 2018

The Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, IRmep announces a lawsuit has been filed against the National Archives and Records Administration demanding immediate release of presidential letters held by the George W. Bush and William J. Clinton presidential libraries. The New Yorker in June reported Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald […]