Will the New Peace Deal Finally End the Conflict in Yemen?
For anyone following the conflict in Yemen, the news about a new peace being made will sound like a broken record, but there is genuine optimism about the truce that …
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Two Cheers for Matt Gaetz’s Ukraine War Resolution
On February 9, US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and ten Republican co-sponsors introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States must end its …
Russia-Ukraine War 2.0: First Tanks, Then F16s. Where Does This End?
Almost as soon as major NATO countries, led by the US, promised to supply Ukraine with battle tanks, the cry went up warning that tanks alone would be unlikely to …
No, China Is Not ‘Switching Sides’
Since President Xi Jinping was re-elected as China’s leader at the Communist Party Congress on October 23, 2022, there has been a noticeable change in tone from Chinese officials on the …
How the Media Ignores Yemen
Since 2014, the tiny country of Yemen has been devastated by the ongoing civil war following the Houthi takeover of the government. It only got worse as in March 2015; …
Nikki Haley Would Return to the Hardline Policies We Want To Forget
Reprinted with permission from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft Nikki Haley will reportedly announce the start of her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on February 15, becoming the …
An Economist’s Solution to the War in Ukraine
Economics provides an easy way to arrive at a solution to the conflict in Ukraine. Let the party that has the most at stake, the most “skin in the game,” …
Top Bush Lawyer Admits Guantánamo Military Commissions ‘Doomed From the Start’
Ted Olson – the former US solicitor-general in the George W. Bush administration who argued against basic legal rights for Guantánamo Bay prisoners and defended their indefinite detention and torture …
Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization
On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This …
The Legacy of George W. Bush and His Torturers
In the days and months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating the attacks on Osama bin Ladin. Then, after bin Ladin was murdered in …