Decades ago, Washington abandoned its carefully negotiated commitments to Beijing out of political expedience, setting the stage for current dangers in the Taiwan Strait, says Ambassador Chas W. Freeman.
The FBI’s arrest is just the latest example of “blowback,” when U.S. support for extremist foreign proxies fuels violent terrorism back at home, reports Ben Norton.
Given the nature of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, which I witnessed firsthand, Trump has no reason to do Riyadh’s bidding in Iran.
Daniel Lazare analyzes the Justice Department’s recent report about former FBI Director James Comey.
Ann Wright reports on her citizen-to-citizen trip to Russia. Everywhere, including in Siberia, memories of World War II are still fresh.
Supporters of the Democratic frontrunner would be happy to have his unelected, unaccountable handlers run the country, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Sam Husseini goes over the presidential contender’s tracks, finding that he supported the war while trying to evade responsibility for it.
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.
A retired Australian diplomat who served in Moscow dissects the emergence of the new Cold War and its dire consequences.
Thomas Haines, in this excerpt from his new book, recalls how advice from a civil liberties lawyer saved him from entrapment during the Cold War.
