We previously discussed how the White House opened admitted it was delaying the increasingly unpopular immigration plan until after the election. Now another radioactive issue is being slow marched until after the election.
Putin said China-Russia trade could hit $200 billion by 2020, as Beijing takes advantage of Western pressure on Moscow to cut sweetheart trade and investment deals.
The specter of nuclear mushroom clouds rising over northeast Asia has long been a staple of nightmare scenarios in the event of another war between North and South Korea.
As Islamic State troops move closer to Baghdad, Iraqi officials have issued a plea for American ground troops to return. A senior governor claimed that 10,000 Islamic State fighters were closing in on the capital, amid reports that forces
Common wisdom would purport that those on the so-called "right" are and have always been hawkish and pro-war, while those on the proverbial "left" have always been the tree-hugging, peacenik, anti-war folks.
In transmitting President Richard Nixon's orders for a "massive" bombing of Cambodia in 1969, Henry Kissinger said, "Anything that flies on everything that moves".
We have reached a point in our nation's descent into psychotic tribalist fear where people of stature and apparent sobriety unabashedly use the expression "final solution" when discussing the existence of Muslims.
As I read this, I had to keep reminding myself that Turkey is in NATO and thus supposedly an ally of the US and Europe. If a quiz were given to Congress on this history, I wonder how many members would pass it.
A new report in the New York Times shows President Barack Obama's approval rating in foreign policy is at an all-time low. This comes on the heels of multiple videos published online where it appears to show Islamic State extremists beheading A
The world is in a very crucial point in history right now. It seems like everywhere you look, countries are on the verge of splitting apart, going to war or at the very least, economic collapse. Russia and Ukraine. Syria and Iraq. Afghanistan, Pa
When the Washington Post reviewed Martin Scorsese's movie "The Gangs of New York," which included a reasonably-accurate portrayal of the 1863 New York City draft riots (see Iver Bernstein, The New York City Draft Riots), the Post's reviewer e
Today, the US occupation of Afghanistan officially entered its awkward teen years, as 13 years ago today marks the first US attacks of the conflict, airstrikes on Kabul and Kandahar.
As should be glaringly obvious, the United States of America, as a whole, is lovingly devoted to its wars. In school, we learn the history of this Empire from war to "shining" war and the history of the USA's expansion is one of genocide and slavery
The aggressive and mindless stance that Washington's warmongers have taken toward Russia and China have shattered the accomplishment of Reagan and Gorbachev.
After two months, the U.S.-led aerial campaign in Iraq has hardly dented the core of the Islamic State group's territory. The extremist fighters have melted into urban areas when needed to elude the threat, and they have even succeeded in taking new