Are Neocons Really Back In The Trump Administration?
There may be neoconservatives cheering that drone strike, as neoconservatives are wont to do, but it is unlikely that they are the ones driving policy.
Not The National Conservatism We’ve Been Looking For
Promoting the same failed policies, and rehabilitating the same failed ‘experts,’ simply because they have rebranded as ‘national conservatives,’ will not advance the American cause.
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.
President Trump Can Still Avert A Catastrophe With Iran, And He Should
It appears President Trump is cognizant of the slow drift to war with Iran, and is not very happy about it. Someone needs to remind him who is the president.
Dick Cheney Has No Credibility To Challenge Mike Pence On Foreign Policy
Neocons have lost the GOP base due to their mishandling of the United States’ foreign wars, and Trump’s presidency is only just the beginning of a necessary shift.
Why 400 Troops In Syria Is Too Many To Leave Behind
Were U.S. forces not already deployed to Syria, no sane person would recommend sending in 400 U.S. troops into a complex, dangerous civil war with multiple armed actors on the ground.
No, Forever War In Syria Won’t Protect The United States
If the U.S. experience in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria should have told our foreign policy elites anything, it is that Washington can’t resolve distant political problems.
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 Is Abdicating Its Role In Global Leadership
A new book by Robert Kagan, ‘The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World,’ argues that the liberal world order is unraveling at a frightening pace, hastened in no small measure by its chief custodian and beneficiary.
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.
Why The World No Longer Needs The Cold War’s NATO
The old willingness to ‘pay any price, bear any burden’ is waning. There is no reason we should subsidize others’ luxuries, let alone when we have so many problems at home.
Why Intelligence Agencies’ Abuse Of Power Should Be A Litmus Test For The Right
Why are so many in Washington—even supposed conservatives—so eager to defend our powerful and unelected intelligence agencies?
How The United States Can Start Winning Wars Again
In order to understand what guidance natural law gives us about war and peace in our time, it is first necessary to have some understanding of what ‘natural law’ is.
Interview With David Reaboi On National Security, Syria, And Jazz Music
National security consultant David Reaboi discusses what’s happening in the Middle East and how he thinks the Trump Administration will respond to it.
Why ‘Win And Go Home’ Isn’t Working In Syria
President Trump wanted to declare victory over ISIS in Syria and go home. Well, that’s the trick, isn’t it? It turns out ‘win and go home’ rarely works.
John Bolton Is The National Security Advisor Trump Has Been Waiting For
John Bolton not only shares the president’s views on many foreign policy issues, he has decades of experience in government, politics, and American leadership.
Trump Is Keeping The Bush-Obama Foreign Policy Americans Hated
To Americans tired of military campaigns to social engineer governments in distant lands, Donald Trump suggested he might embrace a less belligerent foreign policy. That’s not happening.
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.
It’s Good For America, Not Russia, To Stop The CIA From Funding Syrian Jihadists
The idea that Russia orchestrated the Trump administration’s decision to end the CIA’s funding of jihadists is totally corrupt and offensive.
Republicans Need A Foreign Policy That’s Neither Isolationist Nor Hawkish
The GOP has struggled to define its foreign policy views, waffling between neoconservatism and anti-interventionism. But we need a third way.
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