The Week’s Most Interesting Reads
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are starving Yemenis to death. Radhya Almutawakel …
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are starving Yemenis to death. Radhya Almutawakel …
Together with the knock-off “axis of evil” designation, Bolton’s embrace of Bolsonaro suggests the start of a return to the bad old days of the Cold War.
We know that Trump is impulsive, has terrible judgment, and doesn’t think through the consequences of his decisions, so we can’t assume that his threats are just so much hot air.
Reneging on the nuclear deal is just the latest in a series of bad decisions that Trump has made that give the Israeli and Saudi governments whatever they want no matter the consequences for U.S. interests.
Trump’s military parade: toy soldiers made large-as-life. Andrew Bacevich criticizes Trump’s desire …
Trump’s National Defense Strategy has the Pentagon popping champagne. Andrew Bacevich dissects …
Backing one set of rivals to the hilt against their enemies guarantees that the U.S. will continue to be mired in endless conflicts that have nothing to do with American security.
McCain’s tired dogma. Andrew Bacevich responds to John McCain’s Liberty Medal speech. …
Americans shouldn’t have to choose between “half-baked, spurious nationalism” and the irresponsible interventionism identified with McCain.
Foreign policy realists hit nerve with establishment elite. Andrew Bacevich responds to …
Attacks on academic realists are written to shore up the boundaries of what passes for acceptable “mainstream” foreign policy thought in Washington.
No time for Kurdish independence. Adile Shamoo details the obstacles to an …
Britain didn’t fight WWII, the British Empire did. William Dalrymple reviews Yasmin …
The global order myth. Andrew Bacevich reminds us why laments for the …
The ‘rules based order’ was conveniently ignored when other sovereign states were illegally attacked
The “Blob” strikes back. Andrew Bacevich responds to a new report from …
Memo for McMaster. Andrew Bacevich offers Trump’s National Security Advisor some suggestions …