Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Tag: foreign policy

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.

Mehdi Hasan warns of rising bigotry in US foreign policy under...

By choosing between Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, voters will decide not only the direction of domestic policy but also the position the U.S. will take on critical global issues.

US and China why not a deal?

The very real dangers—ecological as well as geopolitical—that the world now faces encourage finding some kind of negotiated agreement on a multi-polar world.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage at Landing Zone 1. Photo: SpaceX (CC0)

The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, which serves Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Sabrina Dalton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water

A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
A satellite view of Tehran, Iran. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran

The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an enforcement operation in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025. Photo: DHSgov (public domain)

ICE agent shoots delivery driver in Austin as officials question who will investigate

The Department of Homeland Security says it is leading the inquiry, with its Homeland Security Investigations unit in charge, a role the FBI has historically held, CBS News reported.
A military pharmacy. Photo: U.S. Air Force / Airman Trevor Calvert

Secret Pfizer and Lilly contracts favor drugmakers over patients, records show

The deals let companies raise prices overseas while carving blockbuster obesity drugs out of required discounts.