Ukraine’s is an attractive cause for many U.S. policymakers: Hence the willingness of some to play chicken with nuclear-armed Russia.

America will survive whatever comes. But the country’s ruling class, foreign policy establishment, and imperial pretensions will not.

Recognizing that Ukraine might not win its war with Russia is the first step to formulating a better approach for America.

It would be easier to ask America’s young to defend a democratic republic than to advance a reckless empire.

The Taliban has delivered peace to the war-torn country, a terrible peace though it may be.

The greatest threat to peace is posed by those who claim to oppose going to war while demanding that the U.S. intervene militarily.