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Biden Promised Diplomacy. So Why Is He Still Listening to ‘the Blob’?

Unforced errors have set back the Biden administration’s diplomacy with Afghanistan, Iran, Russia, and China.

by John Feffer | Feb 8, 2021

The world welcomes Biden but is hedging its bets.

The greatest danger is that Turkey, Russia, the U.S., or Iran should see some geopolitical advantage in escalating the conflict.

Biden’s notion that the U.S. deserves a special seat at the head of the international table is a dangerous anachronism.

by Ed Corcoran | Apr 9, 2020

Rather than promote a new Cold War, now is the time to definitively end the last one.

by Phyllis Bennis | Mar 13, 2020

Withdrawing even some of the U.S. troops, planes, drones and bombers from Afghanistan will reduce the killing.

by Conn Hallinan | Mar 9, 2020

After another failed escalation in Syria, the Turkish president is increasingly isolated abroad and under scrutiny at home.

Trump’s blunders have placed us back on the path to a truly catastrophic war, with barricades of lies blocking every off-ramp.

It is sickening that the U.S. would deliver the Kurds to Turkish violence, but that doesn’t mean we should embrace the U.S. presence in Syria.

by Conn Hallinan | Jun 25, 2019

The Turkish leader’s party has lost Istanbul, but Erdogan may respond by provoking a foreign policy crisis to consolidate his power.