With governments on both sides of the DMZ extinguishing what little remained of the “sunshine era” of engagement, the peninsula is lurching toward a new period of darkness.
A Real ‘Political Revolution’ Would End the War in Iraq
Taking the diplomatic road on Iraq and Syria would let Sanders get back to the business he started in 2002 — making space between himself and Hillary Clinton on the Middle East.
The Candidate Our Foreign Policy Deserves
Our foreign policy is aggressive, parochial, and hard-hearted. Unless voters finally demand differently, our next president will be the same.
Let’s Talk About Bernie Sanders and the Middle East
On foreign policy, the Vermont independent’s “political revolution” hasn’t done much to distinguish itself from Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama.
The Five Lamest Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote to Invade Iraq
Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate’s support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn’t.
10 Good Things About the Not-So-Great Year 2015
2015 had more than its share of bad news. But it also saw groundbreaking victories on climate, marriage equality, the drug war, and diplomacy.
Obama: The Fairy-Tale President?
Obama’s made a lot of Faustian bargains over the last seven years. But given his likely successors, what we got over the last two terms may be as good as it gets.
Bernie Sanders Has America Talking About Denmark. That’s a Good Thing.
If you were looking for a place where democratic socialism appears to be working, you’d be hard pressed to find a better example than Denmark.
After Obama: Clinton vs. Sanders
Hillary Clinton just laid out a hawkish foreign policy vision in a major speech. How do her views stack up against those of Bernie Sanders, her challenger from the left?
Disrupting Hillary
What would it take for Hillary Clinton to reconsider her knee-jerk American exceptionalism?