Recently the NYT published two major articles on the crisis in Venezuela. Never once did the newspaper blame the crisis on socialism, but rather on “misguided policies.” Not mentioned as “misguided policies:” widespread nationalizations of industry, massive public housing schemes, heavily subsidized food and household products, “free” healthcare. Francis Menton in the Manhattan Contrarian explains […]
Trump’s Battle with China About More Than Trade
At The National Interest, Samuel Rines calls the U.S. China trade dispute, a way to “restart history,” or “a return of economic and governance ideologies battling for supremacy.” He writes (abridged): Many have assumed the United States and China would work out a trade deal. The tariffs and threats of further tariffs on Chinese exports […]
Is China Trying to Push the American Navy Back to Hawaii?
At The American Conservative, Robert W. Merry examines the views expressed by two British publications, the FT and The Economist, that the growing competition between the United States and China is much broader than trade, and that the ultimate goal of the Chinese is to push America out of East Asia, all the way back […]
Trump Must Dump Bolton, Cut Off the Saudis
At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan cuts to the heart of the Saudi gambit. Getting in a war with Iran doesn’t benefit the people of the United States, it benefits the Saudis, Israelis, and neocons. Pat writes: Syria’s Bashar Assad never threatened us, though we armed rebels to overthrow him. In Iraq, Iranian-backed Shiite militia […]
Is the Middle East Set to Become a Much More Dangerous Place?
At The American Conservative, Cato Institute senior fellow Doug Bandow explains that unless President Trump changes his tactics with Iran, the Middle East is set to become a much more dangerous place. He writes (abridged): President Donald Trump says he wishes Iran would call him. All he wants, he insists, is “a deal, a fair […]
Are Never Trump Republicans Trying to Start a War with Iran to End Trump’s Presidency?
Pat Buchanan lays out an interesting theory today on Iran, the Never Trump movement, and the President at The American Conservative. Buchanan suggests that Never Trumpers want to start a war with Iran because they know it will finally bring an end to his presidency. With Americans so fatigued after nearly two decades of Middle […]
Ayoob: America Can’t Afford to Alienate Turkey and Iran Simultaneously
In The National Interest, Mohammed Ayoob explains why the United States can’t afford to alienate both Turkey and Iran at the same time. While tensions with Iran have been high for decades, worsening relations with Turkey make the Middle East a very complicated and dangerous place for American foreign policy. Without the help of one […]
National Security Advisor Bolton a Thorn in Trump’s Side
Jim Antle, editor of The American Conservative, explains that if President Trump doesn’t rein in John Bolton, his current National Security Advisor, the president’s legacy could be much tarnished. Bolton and other neocons who have somehow made their way into Trump’s administration are charting a foreign policy course that is far removed from the “America […]
America Evacuating Mega-Embassy in Iraq over Iran Tensions
After spending $1.9 trillion liberating and rebuilding Iraq, and $750 billion building a Vatican City-sized embassy in the heart of Baghdad, America’s position in the country is so perilous, the fortress-like embassy is being evacuated of all non-emergency personnel. Ghassan Adnan reports in The Wall Street Journal: The U.S. ordered all its nonemergency staff to […]
Is Iran the Culprit in Persian Gulf Attacks? At Least One U.S. Official Thinks So
The Wall Street Journal’s Summer Said, along with Nancy A. Youssef and Benoit Faucon, report that an official from the United States has said that an initial assessment points to Iran as the culprit in the recent sabotage attacks on vessels in the Persian Gulf. They write: An initial U.S. assessment indicated Iran likely was […]
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