Republicans have traditionally claimed the high ground on national security [rightly or wrongly], and have repeatedly criticized Democratic presidents for being too soft on
Category: Foreign Policy
What’s going on in the Middle East?
Sam Seder, guest host on September 15 of MSNBC’s Up w/Chris Hayes, provided an informative survey of recent news from the Middle East and moderated
For a safe life, don’t become a diplomat
Often, when college students major in foreign affairs, they are asked, “What do you want to do with that degree?” When they say they
U.S. should not subcontract Iran policy to Israel
Republicans are complaining that Obama should have met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the subject of Iran’s nuclear capability. However, Netanyahu wants the
Deadly leftovers: Unexploded mines and bombs
Imagine this. Dusk is falling. You’re in your kitchen getting ready to put dinner on the table for your family. The kids are outside
Will Romney and Ryan take America to war?
Since Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan have so little experience with foreign affairs, it’s difficult to predict the direction of their foreign policy should
JFK assassination or 9-11: Which was worse?
It’s a somewhat esoteric question to ask what was worse, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963 or the four commercial jet
Picasso’s Guernica and the horrors of war: 75 years later
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the
We should do business like Norway
If you had $600 billion to invest in various businesses, how would you do it? Would you only invest in companies that provided a
Why protest NATO?
“The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is not a benevolent organization. NATO is not about the North Atlantic and it’s not about our collective defense.