Trump and Netanyahu are not just trying to destroy Iran. They’re trying to destroy the very concept of diplomacy.
Negotiating with Bombs
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Donald Trump
Israel Didn’t ‘Drag’ the U.S. Into War—American Hawks Have Wanted This for Decades
Blaming Israel alone for this catastrophe lets U.S. leaders off the hook for their actions.
Trump’s Terrifying Talent for Multitrashing
The frog of America is not in a pot of water coming to a slow boil. The frog of America is in the middle of a pile of rapidly accumulating rubble.
Why Japan Is Not Laughing at Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jokes
Welcome to a new, transactional era of American foreign policy where history is not a set of lessons to be learned but a rhetorical cudgel to be used against friends.
Boy-Gangsters in High Office
Many citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are unhappy with their regimes. But it is not up to self-proclaimed saviors from the outside to overthrow the leaders of those countries.
The Paris Prelude: Why the U.S. and China are Moving Toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine
Trump is attempting to synthesize the dying Oil Revolution with the ascendant Mineral Revolution.
Trump, the Dying Multilateral Order, and the Global South
International law has been replaced by the principle of might makes right.
This Is What Accountability Looks Like
Whether it’s the refusal to release all the Epstein files, the failure to punish Trump for his anti-democratic actions, or the launching of the war in Iran, the United States is becoming as unaccountable as Russia under Putin.
It’s the Trump Administration That’s Threatening the World — Not Iran
As the White House beats the drums of war, here are five reasons to oppose any attacks on Iran.