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Mike Pompeo’s Iranian boogeyman is just an excuse for a policy that isn’t working
On October 18, less than four months from today, a UN Security Council provision prohibiting the export of arms and major defense systems to Iran including fighter jets, tanks, and missiles, will expire. The Trump administration is trying…
US Targets Maritime Industry In Economic War On Venezuela
US sanctions on Venezuela have steadily increased since 2017, and the latest round targets the maritime industry, discouraging ship owners from doing business in the South American country. According to a report published by Reuters,…
The U.S. Doesn’t Need Another Cold War to Improve Itself
Hal Brands urges us to look on the bright side of decades of destructive international rivalry:
But on balance, the Cold War was a force for equality because the reality of race relations in the U.S. was incompatible with America’s…
The US Army’s biggest European exercise in 25 years was canceled as it started, but it’s…
Defender Europe 20, the US Army's biggest exercise in Europe since 1995, came to an abrupt halt in March, as the coronavirus spread around the world.
But even with social distancing and other restrictions still in place, the US Army…
ANATOMY OF A MONOPOLY
Anyone who has ever tried to start a business knows the difficulty in just getting it off the ground. Ignoring licensing, etc., consider that most potential entrepreneurs start off in a financial hole. If you have to hire employees this…
Tearing down the Idols of Colonialism: Why Tunisia, Africa Must Demand French Apology
The visit by newly-elected Tunisian President Kais Saied to France on June 22 was intended to discuss bilateral relations, trade, etc. But it was also a missed opportunity, where Tunisia could have formally demanded an apology from France…
Confronting a Pandemic of Crises, Few Middle Eastern Leaders Step Up
The Middle East is at a crossroads. The coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout confronts regional leaders with a stark choice: dial down tensions to open the door toward cooperation in tackling existential challenges or risk ever…
The ‘New’ American Mercenary: A Pocket History
Though the bizarre story has been subsumed by other events, last month’s aborted invasion of Venezuela should’ve hardly shocked anyone. The United States has long used mercenaries to do its bidding. They have provided Washington distance…
Black immigrant domestic workers in US fear losing homes: Survey
The survey, which was released Tuesday, was conducted by the Institute for Policy Studies, a think tank, and the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance (NDWA) advocacy group.
The survey found that nearly two-thirds of black immigrant…
WARNING! PREP NOW! THE DOLLAR IS GOING TO FALL “VERY, VERY SHARPLY”
If you haven’t heard, the United States Federal Reserve, the central bank is printing exorbitant amounts of money to cover for their mismanagement of the economy and the fiat currency. Economists are coming out in droves now, warning that…