Weapons that move five times the speed of sound are driving the latest phase of an arms race that not only never ends, but is constantly generating new global risks, writes Rajan Menon.
Category: Trump Administration
One Year After Khashoggi’s Brutal Murder: Business as Usual
Saudi Arabia is holding its “Davos in the Desert” investment conference at the end of this month and mendacious world leaders and businesspeople are once again embracing a country that should be a pariah state, writes Medea Benjamin.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: What was this CIA Officer Thinking?
Heroes, Villains & Establishment Hypocrisy
Craig Murray skewers the false binary promulgated by the BBC and other media, under which the badness of Trump and Johnson proves the goodness of Hunter Biden and Brendan Cox.
The Untold Story of the Trump-Ukraine ‘Scandal’: The Routine Corruption of US Foreign Policy
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Houthi Rebels are the Saudis’ Problem
Given the nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, which I witnessed firsthand, Trump has no reason to do Riyadh’s bidding in Iran.
The Plan to Trip Up Trump
Daniel Lazare analyzes the Justice Department’s recent report about former FBI Director James Comey.
The World’s Most Important Political Prisoner
The U.K.’s imprisonment of Julian Assange sets an example for authoritarian regimes to follow in their treatment of dissidents worldwide, writes Craig Murray.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Now That Washington’s Most Dangerous Man is Sacked
This week provides chances to monitor resets in Trump’s foreign policy after John Bolton’s destructive tenure.
The Devolution of US-Russia Relations
A retired Australian diplomat who served in Moscow dissects the emergence of the new Cold War and its dire consequences.