The Saudi-Israeli tandem has often driven U.S. policies in the Middle East. But the Trump administration keeps following the old Saudi line on Iran even as Riyadh shifts toward diplomacy, notes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Reflections on the Charlottesville Attacks
The Agony of ‘Regime Change’ Refugees
Cataclysmic Risks of North Korean Crisis
Taking Nuclear War Seriously
A Ukraine Link to North Korea’s Missiles?
Exclusive: By orchestrating the 2014 “regime change” in Ukraine, U.S. neocons may have indirectly contributed to a desperate Ukrainian factory selling advanced rocket engines to North Korea and endangering America, writes Robert Parry.
Hillary Clinton Promised Wars, Too
Trump’s Soft-Shoe on Racist Violence
The Thankless Task of ‘Saving’ Trump
President Trump appears lost in the swamp of his own shallow mind, pulling down the “adults” around him more than they can lift him up, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
How Obama, Trump Had Their Wings Clipped
Trump’s Shallow Thinking on ‘Terrorism’
Russia-gate’s Fatally Flawed Logic
A New Angle in Abu-Jamal’s Case
The decades-old case of convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal has always centered on whether the legal process was rigged against the black political activist, an argument that has new life, reports Dennis J Bernstein.
Education or Brainwashing?
Lawsuit Challenges DNC Anti-Sanders Bias
Hurtling Toward ‘Fire and Fury’
Exclusive: Under congressional and media pressure to confront U.S. “adversaries,” President Trump alarmed the world with rash rhetoric about inflicting “fire and fury” on North Korea, a frightening prospect, says Jonathan Marshall.
New Cracks in Russia-gate Foundation
The Russia-gate groupthink always rested on a fragile foundation of dubious analysis and biased guesswork, but now has been shaken by new forensic studies of the purported “hack,” as Patrick Lawrence reported at The Nation.
The Russia-Did-It Certitude Challenged
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories in July focused on the first meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin, the growing chaos surrounding the Trump administration, and the ongoing violence in the Middle East.
How Congress ‘Learns’ About Russia
Hedge-fund operator William Browder helped plunder Russia’s riches – and renounced his U.S. citizenship – but is still treated as a great truth-teller by a credulous Congress, notes ex-CIA officer Philip Giraldi at The American Conservative.