Twenty years of military quagmire of the Middle East has contributed to the fraying of the U.S. economy even as China has rapidly become the new center of global capital accumulation.
Usually it just stovepipes influence from Wall Street to the government.
Absent much stronger U.S. and European pressure on their Saudi allies, Yemen’s latest ceasefire threatens to collapse — which could mean a return to massive civilian bombardments.
The Pentagon is long overdue for an audit of its $555 billion budget, but Congress has failed to hold it accountable.
It’s not their jet fighters the Swiss need to update, it’s their air-defense procedures.
Each year Conn Hallinan looks aghast at news stories and newsmakers that beggar belief.
The political debate over sequestration has thus far focused on tradeoffs between domestic and military spending, tax cuts and deficits. Left out are questions about whether the United States should be responsible for policing the world or whether international agencies might address terrorism, aggression, and political instability in a more consistent, comprehensive, and internationally acceptable manner.
Experts skeptical about aerospace industry study on military spending and jobs. “Defense contractors are notoriously bad jobs creators,” said IPS Research Fellow Miriam Pemberton.
The time has come, once and for all, to realign our priorities to address the crises impacting our troubled world.
A whistleblower alleges death threats.