The influence of a smart, entrepreneurial wife and ex-wife, who grew up under, and later escaped, European totalitarianism, socialism and communism cannot be under-estimated.
• https://www.zerohedge.com, Via OneLeggedParrot.com
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) existed to fan America's post-World War II brand as the guardian of democracy in the world. It was mostly an info-op euphemistically called soft power.
Relations have been poor before, and both superpowers have still managed to resurrect a mutual appreciation for common ground. Certainly, the initial sounds coming out of Washington are extremely encouraging to say the least.
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt..."
Arguing the affirmative is Josh Hammer, Senior editor-at-large of Newsweek, and host of The Josh Hammer Show. Arguing the negative is Dave Smith, Stand-Up Comedian and Host of Part of the Problem Podcast.
• https://ronpaulinstitute.org, by Ted Galen Carpent
One of the earliest points to become apparent about Donald Trump's second term as president is that there is a significant difference in foreign policy priorities and a vast change in style from his predecessors over the past 8 or 9 decades.
We've got a choice between saving the United States or waging yet another pointless foreign war. We can't do both. Curt Mills on neocon attempts to subvert the Trump agenda.
It seems that among the first orders of business at the beginning of each new Congress is to pass legislation protecting, promoting or pandering to Israel. And it doesn't matter one iota which party controls Congress. Well, it happened once again.
By the time most of you read this column, we will have a new US President. Donald J. Trump will be inaugurated for his second term today at 11:30 AM, Eastern time, and many Americans are hopeful that the disastrous foreign policy of the past four yea
It started out rather differently than we now sometimes imagine it. When Vladimir Putin took over the Russian presidency from Boris Yeltsin 25 years ago, on New Year's Eve 1999, he was seen as a man with whom Washington could do business.
• https://libertarianinstitute.org,by James Rushmore
When President-elect Donald Trump first nominated former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI) in his second administration, many critics of current U.S. foreign policy saw the selection
President Biden will deliver his final foreign policy speech today at the State Department, where it is anticipated he will claim that his foreign policy has left the US in a better position in the world than when he took office four years ago. Is he
Donald Trump declined to say he would not use "military or economic coercion" to seize control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, repeating, "We need them for economic security."
The heart of the North Atlantic Treaty is Article 5, which contains two major problems. Yes, Article 5 proclaims that an attack on any member of the Alliance will be considered an attack on all.
Murray Rothbard is well known as an opponent of warfare perpetrated by states. This includes acts of war by states against other states, as well as acts of war by states against non-state organizations and individuals.
The welfare-warfare state way of life under which Americans have been born and raised has created a highly dysfunctional society, one in which the federal government has destroyed the freedom of the American people, killed countless millions of peopl
The surprise victory of populist conservative-nationalist Calin Georgescu in the first round of Romania's presidential election gives this heterodox outsider the chance to enter into office next month.
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Victor Davis Hanson
On January 3, 2020, the Trump administration conducted a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport, killing Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani.
In the wake of the former and future president Donald Trump's historic electoral victory, the mandate for an America First foreign policy has never been clearer.
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