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April 13, 2021
Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy?
The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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April 13, 2021
Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump
The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives.
John Nichols
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March 16, 2021
Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies
How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 2, 2021
Biden Ran on Ending Forever Wars. He’s Already Undermining That Promise.
The argument that the strikes in Syria are a “defensive” measure mocks the reality of our presence there.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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February 23, 2021
Here’s What Leaders Facing Global Crises Can Learn From Mikhail Gorbachev
His radical stances on security are needed as much now as when he was in power.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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February 1, 2021
It’s Time to Demilitarize Our Democracy
The national security state has come to dominate our ostensibly “civilian” government.
Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung
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December 30, 2020
Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness
Even as Bernie Sanders holds up a Pentagon spending bill to force a Senate vote on $2,000 payments, most House Democrats approve another DOD blank check.
John Nichols
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November 30, 2020
Will a Biden Administration Mean a Smaller Military Budget?
Preventing future pandemics, and addressing long-standing inequalities, will require cutting our bloated Pentagon budget.William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
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October 21, 2020
Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck would be right to call them out for what they are: outrageously wasteful publicity stunts.
Dave Zirin
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September 21, 2020
Progressives Slam Biden’s Foreign Policy Team
Sanders delegates and other progressive Dems, worried about his ties to the military, want less Pentagon spending and more focus on climate change.
Tim Shorrock