Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Answering the armies of the cheated

What happened was this: shortly after the end of the Cold War, virtually the entire American foreign-policy establishment succumbed to a monumentally self-destructive ideological fever.

The brave new war machine

How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.

American Power at the Crossroads

Earth is no longer the property of the globe’s “sole superpower.”

How the invasion of Ukraine underscored the importance of the world’s nuclear workers

The world’s nuclear professionals work across international boundaries to learn from each other, enhancing their safety and that of all they serve.

Time to stop modernizing America’s nukes and to start negotiating peace

Building more atomic bomb triggers is the ‘pits.’

The Mosul Campaign and the Third Presidential Debate

Clinton was secretary of state, so why is she so flat-footed on these foreign policy issues?

Aleppo’s sobering lessons

Those who engage Syria with limited will and limited means must set limited goals if they are to accomplish even a limited amount of good.

Milestones (Or What Passes for Them in Washington)

A Multi-Trillion-Dollar Bridge to Nowhere in the Greater Middle East.

In Syria, Rebels From East Aleppo Strike Hospital in Government-Held West Aleppo (Video)

You see headlines talking about the humanitarian disaster in the city, but it is hard to know what those headlines are talking about.

The ever-expanding war machine

Dismantling the government while pumping up the Pentagon.