US foreign policy
Britain in Cyprus
By William Mallinson, ex-British Diplomat, Professor of Political Ideas and Institutions at Universita Guglielmo Marconi
As the latest neurotic and frenetic round of negotiations about...
Trump Invades Syria
By Daniel McAdams
Post date: 7 March 2017
Although the Syrian army, with its ally Russia, has made significant gains against ISIS over the past week or so,...
Peace or War? Sanders on Israel, Palestinians and the Middle East
READ IN FULL: Bernie Sanders' Speech on Israel, Trump and anti-Semitism at J Street Conference Bernie Sanders' full speech to the J Street 2017...
Wall Street, media celebrate Trump’s address to Congress
By Patrick Martin
Original posted: 2 March 2017
Wall Street celebrated Donald Trump’s Tuesday speech to a joint session of Congress—in which he promised massive tax...
“New Yorker” on the New Cold War
By I.Soft Targets
On April 12, 1982, Yuri Andropov, the chairman of the K.G.B., ordered foreign-intelligence operatives to carry out “active measures”—aktivniye meropriyatiya—against the reëlection...
Trump – for peace or for war with Russia?
In Moscow, the appointment of Mc Master as National Security Advisor of President Trump was taken as an unmistakable signal. “McMaster is…a 100 percent...
“America first”
By Serge Halimi
From his first speech as president, Donald Trump has parted ways with his predecessors. In scornful tones, and with clenched fist, he...
Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III
By Micah L. Sifry
Original post date: 8 February 2017
What does Stephen Bannon really believe? Because he hasn’t spoken much in public since becoming, as...
Flynn – the latest victim of the Obama-Netanyahu war?
By Adam Kredo
Original post date: 14 February 2017
The abrupt resignation Monday evening of White House national security adviser Michael Flynn is the culmination of...