Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Tag: foreign policy

Is the World Order Collapsing?

Will world order will continue as is, with occasional disruptions and non-compliance?

Trump dismisses intelligence on Iran’s nuclear program as Israel escalates war

Despite U.S. intelligence confirming Iran is not developing nuclear weapons, Trump threatens military action and pushes for escalation, evoking parallels to pre-Iraq War propaganda.

The end of human rights?

The Trump administration’s assault on human rights comes against the background of years of policy decisions in Washington that too often cast aside such concerns in favor of supposedly more important “strategic” interests.

Department of government chaos, revenge, and patronage

And MAGA, in the end, is just a load of DoGCRaP

Trump’s policy toward Latin America: Even anti-communist zealots in Miami don’t...

But just how committed is Trump to fighting communism in Latin America at this particular moment—in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua?

Europe has to choose: Maintain an abusive relationship or break with...

The U.S. opposition to Trumpism will try to win the mid-terms in 2026 and the next presidential election in 2028—without triggering a civil war.

Trump official destroying USAID secretly met with Christian nationalists abroad in...

Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign aid system from the inside out.

Amnesty International accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza: US and Israel...

A new report from Amnesty International alleges genocide in Gaza, sparking international debate and denial from Israel and the U.S.

Eight reasons why Marco Rubio would be a disastrous Secretary of...

The many reasons why Trump's nomination of Senator Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State is a disastrous choice for America and the world.

What rough beast?

President Biden’s Gaza policy leaves the Middle East in flames.

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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?

The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.

Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press

The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues

Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...

What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?

Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...

A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.

Now you see them… now you don’t

Women leaders and Trump 2.0.