The most that Paul Hockenos expects from the new administration’s foreign policy is some tinkering around the edges.
Category: American Empire
Lessons From the 10th Anniversary of the Egyptian Uprising
In marking the anniversary of the Egyptian uprising, it is deceptive to celebrate a revolution. The word “revolution” has been bandied about a lot since 2011, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
Chris Hedges: Papering Over the Rot
The staggering concentration of wealth at the top has deformed our governing institutions. New window dressing will not end oligarchy.
Ending US-South Korea Military Exercises Key to Diplomacy
Ann Wright reports that Blinken, rather than acknowledging the danger of these exercises, has criticized their suspension as an appeasement of Pyongyang.
Twitter’s Latin America Coordinator Exposed as Right-Wing Operative
Ben Norton reports on a wave of social-media censorship in Mexico that has targeted left-wing users.
A Black Traveler Carrying a ‘White’ Passport
Vik Sohonie reflects on citizenship apartheid and the case of the American “digital nomad” deported from Bali.
Suspicion of Chinese-Born Researchers Threatens US Innovation
Caroline Wagner responds to the arrest of MIT engineering professor Gang Chen earlier this month.
What Biden Wars Will Actually Look Like
Once you get beyond the partisan puppet show, Caitlin Johnstone says you see a single oligarchic empire continuing the same murderous agenda.
A Test Case for Biden’s Commitment to Diplomacy
Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold say that Biden should pick one of the nation’s foremost experts on the Middle East to be his Iran envoy.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden is Already Breaking Promises
Tony Blinken will be secretary of state with the élan and faux sophistication the nakedly bankrupt foreign policy requires if the U.S. pantomime is to be sustained another four years.