1+ hour, 58+ min ago  (1113+ words) Manufacturing Consent for War against Cubans Foreign Policy in Focus Manufacturing Consent for War against Cubans These days, most of Havana's streets are fairly empty of cars, but full of people walking or riding bicycles, electric bikes, electric "tricycles," or…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (483+ words) It's got no anything," President Donald Trump said of Somalia in a recent xenophobic rant. All they do is run around shooting each other." As is true of so much with this administration, every accusation is also a confession. The…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (303+ words) Originally published in Ink Stick Media. Then his relatively conventional story took a turn. By then, the Reagan military buildup was already heading back down, and Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had already begun their series of summits foreshadowing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (593+ words) During a ceasefire the United States has since allowed Israel to systematically violate, Israeli strikes killed six people in Southern Lebanon, including three paramedics, on the same day the extension was announced. This is the logical outcome of a U. S. policy…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (382+ words) Ever since North Korea suffered through the death of its first leader in 1994, a loss magnified by an economic collapse and a devastating famine, outside observers have likened the country to an airplane experiencing a serious malfunction. The major question…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (472+ words) The Trump administration has targeted IJs for dismissal based on their progressive interpretation of immigration law and for replacement with loyalists coined "deportation judges," sourced from the military. Immigrants rarely win, and that is not counting the many who are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (383+ words) A year after their brief war in 2025, both India and Pakistan are revving up their war frenzy. The drums of victory are being beaten with nationalistic zeal on both sides. The two nations teem with jingoism, a sense of national…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (241+ words) With the U. S. economy grappling with the fallout of the Strait of Hormuz closure and the domestic pressure of the 2026 midterms, Trump arrived in Beijing needing "wins" that were both gold-plated and immediate. He needed results that could be communicated in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (430+ words) The conclusion of the high-stakes Beijing summit between U. S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 14 marked a critical pivot in the structural architecture of the international system. This meeting matters profoundly because it introduces an unexpected floor…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (224+ words) The United States is not approaching collapse because it lacks power. It is approaching collapse because it has too often mistaken power for wisdom. Its armed forces remain unmatched in reach, its financial system remains central to global commerce, and…...