‘Maximum Pressure’ Is Wrong
There are some tactics that we should refuse to employ even if they were “effective” in forcing other states to yield.
Posts tagged “Venezuela”
The Week’s Most Interesting Reads
Don’t underestimate Iran’s ability to fight a bloody war. Pouya Alimagham refutes …
‘Maximum Pressure’ in Venezuela Is Still Failing
U.S. involvement in this crisis has been as harmful as it is unnecessary.
Trump’s Embargo Torpedoes Venezuelan Negotiations
The administration has successfully torpedoed the negotiations that offered the only viable way out of the crisis.
Pushing Venezuela Into the Abyss
The Trump administration would rather push Venezuela into the abyss for the sake of their disastrous regime change policy than accept a negotiated compromise that might offer the country some relief.
Trump’s Despicable Venezuela Embargo
The president is dooming countless innocent people in Venezuela to die from hunger and preventable disease.
A Blockade of Venezuela Must Be Opposed
It sounds like the Trump administration is moving towards military intervention against Venezuela after all.
Blockading Venezuela Would Be Illegal and Wrong
Blockading Venezuela would be an illegal act of war.
Trump’s Bankrupt Cuba Policy
In every case, the victims of the policy are the ordinary people of the targeted country, and the administration’s ostensible goals are never reached.
Nikki Haley’s Foreign Policy ‘Principles’ and China
She presents a fantasy of principled international behavior to support U.S. aggression against China.
The Cost of Weaponizing Aid Deliveries
Diverting aid funding away from people that desperately need it in support of a failing policy of regime change doesn’t make sense on any level.
Averting Famine in Venezuela Is the Priority
The pursuit of regime change is not worth causing a famine that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives.
Driving Venezuela Towards Famine
In this case, the U.S. would bear a significant portion of the responsibility for a famine in Venezuela.
End the Economic War on Iran
U.S. policy is simultaneously robbing ordinary Iranians of the means to live and work while strengthening the regime and undermining its internal critics.
The Cruelty and Arrogance of Sanctions
A president who routinely inflicts collective punishment on tens of millions of people in one country after another is not terribly worried about the lives of others.
‘Maximum Pressure’ Fails in Venezuela, Too
Trump’s imposition of sanctions earlier this year was a disastrous mistake.
Sanctions Are Suffocating the Venezuelan People
Since our government won’t ever lift the sanctions until their fantasy of regime change is realized, there will be no sanctions relief for the thirty million Venezuelans who suffer because of them.
The Week’s Most Interesting Reads
Don’t underestimate Iran’s ability to fight a bloody war. Pouya Alimagham refutes …
‘Maximum Pressure’ in Venezuela Is Still Failing
U.S. involvement in this crisis has been as harmful as it is unnecessary.
Trump’s Embargo Torpedoes Venezuelan Negotiations
The administration has successfully torpedoed the negotiations that offered the only viable way out of the crisis.
Pushing Venezuela Into the Abyss
The Trump administration would rather push Venezuela into the abyss for the sake of their disastrous regime change policy than accept a negotiated compromise that might offer the country some relief.
Trump’s Despicable Venezuela Embargo
The president is dooming countless innocent people in Venezuela to die from hunger and preventable disease.
A Blockade of Venezuela Must Be Opposed
It sounds like the Trump administration is moving towards military intervention against Venezuela after all.
Blockading Venezuela Would Be Illegal and Wrong
Blockading Venezuela would be an illegal act of war.
Trump’s Bankrupt Cuba Policy
In every case, the victims of the policy are the ordinary people of the targeted country, and the administration’s ostensible goals are never reached.
Nikki Haley’s Foreign Policy ‘Principles’ and China
She presents a fantasy of principled international behavior to support U.S. aggression against China.
The Cost of Weaponizing Aid Deliveries
Diverting aid funding away from people that desperately need it in support of a failing policy of regime change doesn’t make sense on any level.
Averting Famine in Venezuela Is the Priority
The pursuit of regime change is not worth causing a famine that could claim hundreds of thousands of lives.
Driving Venezuela Towards Famine
In this case, the U.S. would bear a significant portion of the responsibility for a famine in Venezuela.
End the Economic War on Iran
U.S. policy is simultaneously robbing ordinary Iranians of the means to live and work while strengthening the regime and undermining its internal critics.
The Cruelty and Arrogance of Sanctions
A president who routinely inflicts collective punishment on tens of millions of people in one country after another is not terribly worried about the lives of others.
‘Maximum Pressure’ Fails in Venezuela, Too
Trump’s imposition of sanctions earlier this year was a disastrous mistake.
Sanctions Are Suffocating the Venezuelan People
Since our government won’t ever lift the sanctions until their fantasy of regime change is realized, there will be no sanctions relief for the thirty million Venezuelans who suffer because of them.