( Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Trump’s war on immigrants recalls the absurdity of Stalin’s purges — and a few of his supporters, at least, are starting to notice. Today, in the United States, a vast population of the undocumented live in constant fear of arrest and exile. During the height of Stalin’s purges, […]
Don’t Expect Trump to do a North Korean-style Pivot in his Relations with Iran
Originally published in Hankyoreh. (Foreign Policy in Focus ) – It was not very long ago that Donald Trump was calling North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “Little Rocket Man” and threatening to rain “fire and fury” down on North Korea. In response, Kim called Trump a “dotard” and promised an equally fiery attack on […]
On Iran, It’s Trump vs. Trump
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – What would it take to talk Trump out of war with Iran? A good, ripping yarn about peace — with a starring role for himself. The ongoing conflict with Iran showcases all the reasons why Donald Trump remains a hit with his base. First of all, the guy tells a […]
Can Democracy meet Challenge of Far Right Populism, from Brazil to Italy to India and US?
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Democracy faces a global crisis. And this crisis couldn’t be coming at a worse time. If you’re a supporter of Donald Trump — or Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Matteo Salvini in Italy — you probably think that democracy has never been in better health. Recent elections in these countries […]
Bolton in Wonderland: Will his Iran Warmongering be too Much even for Trump?
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – The only upside to Bolton’s dangerous aggression toward Iran is that it may put him too far out in front of Trump. Only 70 days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan faced an assassination attempt. While he was in surgery and the vice president was mid-flight over Texas, Secretary of State […]
Is the World Doomed to Far Rightwing Soft Dictatorship?
(Tomdispatch.com) – In the Americas, the Trump tsunami has swept across both continents and the “pink tide” of progressivism has all but disappeared from the southern half of the hemisphere. In Europe, with the recent exception of Spain, the left has been banished to the political margins. In Africa and Asia, socialism has devolved into […]
Trump appointee Bolton inventing a new “Axis of Evil,” including Iran, to put US on War Footing
(Foreign Policy in Focus ) – Bolton’s broadsides against Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela hint at ambitions for much more dangerous geopolitical conflict — and nothing short of a new Cold War. If you’re in the market for a troika of tyranny, Donald Trump, John Bolton, and Mike Pompeo certainly fit the bill. Or, if you’d […]
How Progressives can build on Trump Catastrophe to Remake America
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Centrist liberalism is dead, and Trump is a disaster. But progressives can use what he’s done to remake America and its place in the world. Donald Trump has shaken up U.S. foreign policy. Most of what he has done has been disastrous, like pulling America out of the Paris climate […]
Answering the Attacks on the Green New Deal: *Not* Implementing it is too Expensive
(Foreign Policy in Focus) – Critics dismiss it as a dream. But that’s precisely what it is. It’s visionary. By John Feffer, February 20, 2019. Print Shutterstock It’s become a common trope of the Trump era for columnists and commentators to attack the lunacy of the far right at the same time as castigating the […]
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