Biden and Ryan: The Foreign Policy Gap Biden and Ryan: The Foreign Policy Gap
Ryan's flailing fearmongering at last night's debate will likely fall flat with war-weary voters.
Oct 12, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Don’t expect either Obama or Romney to ask any of these questions.
Oct 11, 2012 / Peter Van Buren
Will Paul Ryan Raise a Bloody Al Qaeda Flag? Will Paul Ryan Raise a Bloody Al Qaeda Flag?
Al Qaeda is nearly gone, and the war in Afghanistan is nearly over.
Oct 11, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts
Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spews happy talk at a NATO meeting.
Oct 10, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview
The GOP candidate’s necon foreign policy would move America backwards.
Oct 9, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Disaster on Autopilot Disaster on Autopilot
U.S military might is failing in a world without major enemies.
Oct 9, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Romney’s Flip-Flop to Center Continues With Foreign Policy Romney’s Flip-Flop to Center Continues With Foreign Policy
On Monday, Mitt Romney contradicted his own stated positions on foreign policy issues. That’s because he cares only about politices, not policy.
Crisis in Iran Crisis in Iran
Not every scenario coming out of Iran's economic crisis is a good one.
Oct 5, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Romney Fans Middle East Fears in ‘The Wall Street Journal’ Romney Fans Middle East Fears in ‘The Wall Street Journal’
Romney uses scaremongering language to rally xenophobic voters and conservative Jews.
Oct 1, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
A Way Out of Syria’s Catastrophe A Way Out of Syria’s Catastrophe
Washington must work with Russia, embracing the letter and spirit of the Geneva principles agreed upon in June.
Sep 26, 2012 / Feature / Jonathan Steele