• US Foreign Policy: "No Daylight" Is Where Peace Dies In Darkness

    “Absent a directed, sustained, and articulated policy of no daylight between the United States and Israel,” Matthew Continetti wrote in the Washington Free Beacon on March 29, “the rift between America and her ally will widen and the world will grow more dangerous.” Proof that Continetti had things completely bass-ackward arrived on April 1, when More

  • Civilian deaths in Gaza rival those of Darfur – which the US called a ‘genocide’

    In fact, terror attacks and hostage-taking sparked several recent conflicts that US presidents of both parties labeled genocideMy old boss Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, bravely said recently what Joe Biden has been afraid to: “Palestinian civilians do not deserve to suffer for the sins of Hamas, and Israel has a moral obligation to do better. The United States has an obligation to do better.”The ongoing violence, Schumer noted, threatens not just the lives of Palestinians but the...

  • Against Israel and US Misuse of Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombing to justify Gaza Genocide

    Israeli politicians, including Benjamin Netanyahu, have made references to air bombings of Germany and Japan during WWII as well as the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to justify their genocide of Palestinian people. In response to global outrage against the continued “unconditional” US military aide to Israel, US law makers have also legitimized US More

  • Potholes over foreign policy: City leaders want to move on from Israel-Gaza debate

    Dozens of cities have adopted resolutions calling for a cease-fire but some officials want to stay out of the issue.

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Criticizes Us Role in Gaza Talks During Visit to Indonesia

    JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attacked the United States for earlier blocking United Nations resolutions calling for a cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting with his counterpart in Indonesia. The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers reiterated their countries’ calls for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in […]

  • As protests against Gaza genocide rock US campuses, officials are falling into trap set by the Right

    Conservatives have false framed the demonstrations as being rife with antisemitism, projecting isolated incidents as being representative.

  • Where are the Gaza protests at US universities?

    Protests have erupted across more than two dozen campuses, including New York, Texas and California.

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • Foreign Policy Splits the Parties

    In 2024, foreign policy doesn’t pit Republicans against Democrats so much as it pits Republicans against Republicans and Democrats against Democrats. For Joe Biden’s party, Israel is the fault line, with Democrats split between supporters of the Jewish State and those of Palestinian sympathies. For the party of Donald Trump, the internal conflict is over Ukraine, and the bitterness of the battle risks costing Mike Johnson his speakership. These crises in the Middle East and on NATO’s frontier...

  • A turning point for American foreign policy?

    Was the passage by the House last Saturday and the Senate on Tuesday of the foreign aid package with money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan a turning point in American foreign policy? It certainly was a turnabout in rhetoric and in partisan behavior. Speaker Mike Johnson led the narrowly Republican House to pass by resounding […]

  • What Are Americans’ Top Foreign Policy Priorities?

    The majority of Americans say preventing terrorism and reducing the flow of illegal drugs into the country are top foreign policy priorities.

  • US airdrops humanitarian aid into Gaza

    The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, that its forces airdropped humanitarian aid into the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The aid was deliver