The Real Donroe Doctrine: Foreign Interference during Election Years
The Trump administration's capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and subsequent backing of his regime by naming Vice President Delcy...
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The Status Quo Isn’t Giving Anymore
You know when you look down a Manhattan avenue and it just goes and goes until it disappears into the...
Ideological Intransigence on Israel Continues to Overrule US National Interest
Israeli settlement expansion and settler violence are increasing. In the West Bank, violence increased by 27% and “severe” attacks by...
Munich Security Conference 2026: The Post-Cold War Era Has Come to an End, But Now What?
The Munich Security Conference (MSC) closed its 62nd and arguably most anticipated edition. The forum, which takes place annually in...
For Jay Rosen, American Press Needs to Become More Pro-Democracy
The Washington Post is amid the worst crisis of its history; public media has been severely defunded; and CBS has...
The Cost of Trump’s Aid Cuts: A Global Rollback on Women’s Safety and Empowerment
On his first day back in office, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order to dismantle USAID–the government agency that...
Tariffs Do Not a Sanction Make: IEEPA, Congress, and the Limits of Executive Power
Few powers are more jealously guarded by the Constitution than the power to tax, and for good reason. The Framers...
The 80th General Assembly will be an Inflection Point for the UN
From Fidel Castro’s four-hour anti-Capitalist tirade in 1960, to Muammar el-Qaddafi’s bizarre 2009 defense of Somali piracy, the United Nations...
Richard Gowan (Crisis Group): “Morale at the UN is below zero”
The United Nations has faced an existential crisis over the past year. In a world of increased conflicts and humanitarian...
Bringing Back the Nineteenth Century Won’t Save Men
Over the past month, the world watched in shock as President Trump introduced a tariff regime that promised to upend...