It’s a matter of substance as much as form, writes Michael Brenner. And it helps explain the self-imposed lobotomy of the U.S. foreign policy establishment in recent years.
The Tough-Guy, Hard-Ball, Syndrome
Category: Analysis
What Does India Get Out of ‘Quad’ Membership?
Behind the rhetoric about the Indo-Pacific and open seas is the U.S. play in Southeast Asia, writes Prabir Purkayastha.
Watching Taliban-Tajikistan Relations
CHRIS HEDGES: The Anonymous Executioners of the Corporate State
Imprisoning the David to Chevron’s Goliath is the latest outrage by a U.S. judiciary now engineered to favor the interests of capital.
Undercounting US Civilians Killed by Police
An additional 17,000 deaths occurred over a four-decade period, the authors say, citing their own research.
Palestine & Rabbinical Hypocrisy
It’s hard to be a moral person and a Zionist at the same time, writes Lawrence Davidson.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Instead of a Free Press
In the failed corporate coverage of Steven Donziger and Julian Assange there is an imposition of darkness, ignorance inflicted on Americans with intent.
German Politics: Confused, But Self-Righteous
Diana Johnstone assesses the recent German election, the decline of the traditional left, and its implications for relations with the U.S. and Russia.
Pandora Papers Show True Face of Global Britain
Through its network of tax havens, the U.K. is the fulcrum of a system that benefits the rich and powerful writes Adam Ramsay.
‘Psychedelic Renaissance’ Entirely About Corporate Greed
There’s a lot of money to be made selling cures for the psychological wounds inflicted by the very system which enables that sale, writes Caitlin Johnstone.