A Post-Trump Foreign Policy Should Keep America First. Here’s How
Whenever Trump leaves office, the GOP should flesh out elements of his agenda that went unfulfilled. Foremost among these should be foreign policy.
Americans Don’t Hate Foreign Policy Experts, Just The Stupid Ones
A recent Foreign Affairs essay predictably gives the public a false binary choice, blames the current administration, and defends the foreign policy establishment.
Iran Hostilities Threaten Trump’s Promises To Get Us Out Of Foreign Wars
The president should stop one day talking like a devoted noninterventionist, and the next day putting a great big smile on the faces of neoconservatives.
Turning Feudal Afghanistan Into Switzerland Was Always A Fool’s Errand
The real reason behind the Afghanistan misadventure is not just bureaucratic inertia, military-industrial culture, or myopic politicians. It is hyper-emotional idealism coupled with historical ignorance.
Pentagon Won’t Give Straight Answer About Plans To Deploy More Troops To Middle East
The Wall Street Journal reports the Pentagon is considering increasing U.S. deployments to the Middle East. When questioned about this by Sen. Josh Hawley, a Pentagon official refused to confirm or deny that report.
How Our Endless Wars Are Helping Bankrupt American Taxpayers
As long as the Pentagon is a sacred cow, the United States will never balance its budget. If our military stops being the world police, it can have all the ships and planes it needs to keep us and the troops safe.
How Increasing Foreign Intervention Would Threaten Trump’s Re-election
Calls from hawks like John Bolton and others in the military for more intervention are bad for Trump’s reelection chances and even worse for the United States.
President Trump’s Concern For Foreign Casualties From An Iran Strike Demonstrated Strength And Empathy
When was the last time you heard a U.S. president express hesitancy and moral qualms about the loss of innocent lives through our military interventions? Probably never.
The Early ‘90s Called Joe Biden. They Want Their Foreign Policy Back
While he has yet to fulfill this instinct in his foreign policy choices, Donald Trump is still more attuned to a non-interventionist America than is his prospective rival Joe Biden.
Open Borders Is Just Another Form Of Foreign Intervention Doomed To Fail
The United States cannot save the world by opening our borders. Its ills are too great and numerous.
Congress’s Vote To Keep War In Afghanistan Sells Out American Soldiers
By a 68-23 margin, the Senate decided we haven’t spilled enough blood, broken enough soldiers, or spent enough money on Afghanistan.
The Syria Controversy Is A Proxy War Over America’s Foreign Policy
James Mattis’s departure highlights the broader legitimation crisis that results from American foreign policy being run without democratic accountability and against popular opinion.
America’s Forever War In Afghanistan Has Engulfed A New Generation
Americans born 17 years ago can now enlist to fight in a war that began before they were born. It’s time to end the Afghanistan war.
How U.S. Foreign Intervention Created Our Domestic Surveillance State
A militaristic foreign policy has real effects on domestic institutions and poses a genuine threat to domestic liberties.
Trump’s Afghanistan Plan Upends His Campaign Promises Against Perpetual War
President Trump’s Afghanistan plan is, above all, a pledge to double down on the bipartisan failures of the last decade and half, making changes only for the worse.
Has Donald Trump Already Abandoned His ‘America First’ Foreign Policy?
The Trump administration is a lot closer to conventional foreign policy orthodoxy than many of his political enemies thought or his supporters desired.
Trump’s Strike On Syria Betrays His Nationalist Supporters
If a few tear-jerker images can move President Trump (or anyone) to support a war that he always opposed, we’re in bad shape indeed.
What ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Says About Our Apocalyptic Fears
Sometimes monster movies aren’t really about the CGI monsters; they’re about the monsters creating fear in our own lives.
The Right Approach To The Middle East Is Between Interventionism And Isolationism
A conservative approach toward the Middle East today should not be a choice between the two extremes of isolationism or global policing.
We Need To Stop Backing Syrian Rebels Willing To Work With Al-Qaeda
The U.S. has spent billions in training and support for Syrian rebels—the same rebels now willing to work with the terrorists responsible for 9/11.
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