David Swanson

May 6, 2020

A new collection of maps found here displays what militarism looks like in the world. Here’s a brief guide to using and understanding them. Across the top are 10 drop-down menus on these topics: Wars, Weapons, U.S. Weapons, Money, Nukes, Chemical and Biological, U.S. Military, Air Strikes, Law, and Promotes Peace and Security. Some of […]

Daniel Larison

April 30, 2020

Originally appeared at The American Conservative. New START has a little over seven months left to live, and the Trump administration remains fixated on its impossible and bizarre condition of bringing China into the treaty: The Trump administration is increasingly set on trying to bring China into a key nuclear arms deal with Russia, according […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

April 29, 2020

Will a bankrupt nation suffering from a massive six trillion dollar bailout hangover lose its appetite for interventionism overseas? Or is the global coronavirus just the kind of “Pearl Harbor event” the neocons have long pined for to again launch their global war plans? On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report: Reprinted from The Ron Paul […]

Matthew Ehret

April 27, 2020

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 Lozansky. The Elbe Day event marked not only an inspired moment of […]

Daniel Larison

April 27, 2020

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 is preparing a legal argument that the United […]

Ahmad al-Khaled

April 24, 2020

“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 states alike appear to be made of problems almost entirely, the motto looks like a dark […]

Daniel Larison

April 22, 2020

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 Persian Gulf. Right on schedule, the president tweeted another reckless threat of escalation: I have […]

Craig Murray

April 22, 2020

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 was carrying out on his behalf. (Incidentally can anybody […]

Daniel Larison

April 20, 2020

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 Iran to become a failed state because it […]

Yves Engler

April 16, 2020

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 ongoing social and economic calamity. Even worse, their thinking and practices are an obstacle […]