Foreign Policy

USS Curtis Wilson

We Don’t Have Time to Waste on Cold Wars We Don’t Have Time to Waste on Cold Wars

The US and China are the world’s two greatest carbon emitters—if they can’t figure out how to cooperate, the future of humanity is grim.

Jun 8, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

COVAX

America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind? America Pursues Vaccine Internationalism—but What Kind?

A foreign policy of global division makes Americans less safe.

Jun 7, 2021 / Stephen Wertheim

Gaza

My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering My Bill Would Stop US Aid From Funding Palestinian Suffering

HR 2590 would restrict US military aid to Israel from being used to demolish homes, annex Palestinian land, or imprison Palestinian children in military detention facilities.

Jun 4, 2021 / Betty McCollum

Hearts for Palestine

Hearts for Palestine Hearts for Palestine

The Palestinian people's struggling for survival.

May 27, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo and Mohammad Sabaaneh

Biden Lloyd Austin

Biden’s Pledge to Rein In Arms Deals Is Already Eroding Biden’s Pledge to Rein In Arms Deals Is Already Eroding

Backed by the weapons industry, Trump secured massive arms sales with Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East. Will Biden be different?

May 27, 2021 / William D. Hartung

President Joe Biden

More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand That He Defend Palestinian Rights More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand That He Defend Palestinian Rights

Former Biden campaign and DNC workers demand “concrete steps to end the occupation in pursuit of justice, peace, and self-determination for Palestinians.”

May 25, 2021 / John Nichols

Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’

Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’ Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’

As the UN describes Gaza as “hell on Earth,” Sanders seeks to prohibit the transfer of $735 million in new US bombs and munitions to Israel.

May 20, 2021 / John Nichols

Biden Pentagon

Foreign Wars Will Jeopardize Biden’s Rescue Plans Foreign Wars Will Jeopardize Biden’s Rescue Plans

Biden needs to learn from LBJ’s mistakes: Progressive domestic policy and hawkish foreign policy can’t coexist.

May 20, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

US Mexico Border Wall

Visions of a Borderless World Visions of a Borderless World

We must not forget that borders are an impediment to a new world based on empathy and equality.

May 18, 2021 / Todd Miller

Representative Ilhan Omar

Trump’s Obsessive Attacks Won’t Silence Ilhan Omar’s Defense of Palestinian Human Rights Trump’s Obsessive Attacks Won’t Silence Ilhan Omar’s Defense of Palestinian Human Rights

Rather than address concerns about Israeli air strikes killing Palestinian children, Trump and his allies target a Muslim member of Congress.

May 13, 2021 / John Nichols

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