by John Feffer | Oct 20, 2021 | War & Peace
When he was running for office in 2008, Barack Obama wanted to put an end to the war in Iraq in order to focus U.S. troops and resources on the conflict in Afghanistan. This August, the Biden administration finally withdrew the remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan....
by Joseph Gerson | Aug 4, 2021 | Uncategorized, War & Peace
U.S.-Chinese relations are worse than at any time since the renewal or relations began in the early 1970s. As in the late 1940s, we are witnessing, and suffering, the restructuring of the global disorder into a new, extremely dangerous, and totally unnecessary...
by Lorah Steichen | Jul 27, 2021 | Energy, Environment, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance
This article was produced by Foreign Policy In Focus and In These Times. The Biden administration came into office promising a return to both climate action and diplomacy after years of confrontation and denialism under Trump. But when it comes to China,...
by Koohan Paik-Mander | Jun 25, 2021 | War & Peace
In early June 2021, in a classified directive to Pentagon officials, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin slammed the former Trump administration for talking big but never taking action to counter “the China threat.” Austin made it clear that things would be...
by Alec Dubro | Jun 4, 2021 | War & Peace
China is the world’s fourth largest country by landmass. It’s nearly three times bigger than India, with roughly the same population. It spans roughly four time zones (but uses only one). Its terrain encompasses desert, jungle, plains and river valley—and everything...
