by Peter Certo | Jan 30, 2019 | Democracy & Governance, Redev, War & Peace
For some months now, Venezuela’s socialist government has lurched through a series of escalating crises — hyperinflation, mass protests, political violence — while both the government and its opposition have flirted with authoritarianism. It isn’t pretty — and to hear...
by John Feffer | Jan 16, 2019 | Redev, War & Peace
Donald Trump wants to pull U.S. troops out of Syria as quickly as possible. Well, it’s Wednesday, so that’s what the president wants now. Tomorrow, who knows, maybe he’ll insist that Syria pay for the pullout. Maybe Trump will decide to hold a summit with Bashar...
by Conn Hallinan | Jan 3, 2019 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
Each year Foreign Policy In Focus columnist Conn Hallinan gives awards to individuals, companies, and governments that make reading the news a daily adventure. Here are the awards for 2018 The Golden Sprocket Wrench Award goes to Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest...
by Peter Certo | Dec 20, 2018 | Democracy & Governance, Health, Human Rights, Labor, Trade, & Finance, Redev, War & Peace
Each New Year’s, my wife and I indulge one of our favorite traditions: the household purge. We scour our closets for stuff that’s just taking up space, quietly draining our home’s energy, and move it along. I can’t recommend it enough. This year, America’s doing the...
by Jakob Reimann | Nov 8, 2018 | Redev, War & Peace
In September, at the Air Force Association’s annual Space & Cyber Conference, Heather Wilson — Donald Trump’s Secretary of the U.S. Air Force — presented the Trump administration’s new roadmap for the U.S. Air Force: the historic expansion of the already, by...
