by Peter Certo | May 30, 2018 | Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev
This article was jointly produced by Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. Donald Trump built no small part of his political brand railing against Chinese industry—so much so that The Huffington Post once published a supercut of the president sneering the word...
by Conn Hallinan | May 23, 2018 | Redev, War & Peace
The question is: Has the Trump administration already made a decision to go to war with Iran, similar to the determination of the Bush administration to invade Iraq in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks? Predictions are dicey things, and few human institutions are more...
by Saurav Sarkar | May 23, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
“As a sniper I was not usually the victim of a traumatic event, but the perpetrator of violence and death,” recalled Garrett Reppenhegen of Iraq Veterans Against the War in an essay for Salon. “My actions in combat would have been more acceptable to me if I...
by Conn Hallinan | Apr 19, 2018 | Redev, War & Peace
An unusual triple alliance is emerging from the Syrian war — one that could alter the balance of power in the Middle East, unhinge the NATO alliance, and complicate the Trump administration’s designs on Iran. It might also lead to yet another double cross of one of...
by Peter Certo | Apr 18, 2018 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Just after midnight on April 14, the U.S. and its allies bombed three Syrian regime targets. The reason, they said, was to punish Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons in the town of Douma. Now, the Syrian regime’s brutality has been well documented. Maybe the...
