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US Foreign Policy
Trump’s Erratic Foreign Policy in 2019: Will it put us in More Danger?
President Trump’s ‘America First’ policies, which drove the global economy into chaos last year and caused a stir in the international community.
“Dangerous!:” Israel Denounces Trump’s withdrawal from Syria
Syrian Kurds also protest “Stab in the Back”
Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara threatened to launch a new offensive in the war-torn nation. The two leaders spoke after Erdogan warned of a fresh Turkish operation against a Syrian Kurdish militia that risks aggravating […]
Senate Fingers Saudi Bin Salman as Murderer, Demands End of Yemen War
The Senate invoked the War Powers Resolution for the first time since it was enacted under Nixon in 1973
Trump’s App’t of Nauert at U.N. is a National Security Threat to the U.S.
To plumb the depths of Nauert’s ignorance about international affairs it would be necessary to deploy the Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1)
Senate Rebukes Trump, Saudis on Yemen, Advances Withdrawal Bill
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Senate slapped the Trump administration around on Wednesday, voting 63-37 to bring to the floor a proposal to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war on Yemen. I should declare my own interest by saying that I was one of 50-some Middle East experts and policy-makers who signed a […]
Oceania and Eastasia? New Cold War, this Time against both Russia and China?
( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even paying attention, given the eternal changing of the guard at the White House, as well as the latest in tweets, sexual revelations, and investigations of every sort? And yet it increasingly looks as if, […]
How Trump is losing in Syria & why Haley is Posturing
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Well, I say Trump is losing, but it isn’t clear that Trump has a policy in Syria or cares whether he wins. The Department of Defense is losing. Its policy was to 1. defeat ISIL with the help of the leftist Kurds of the YPG (People’s […]
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