The Trump administration’s efforts have yet to provoke open warfare with Iran.
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One official recounted how some were cautious with Trump “because any options you put out there, he could use them.”
The new strategic partnership between Iran and China is the result of Trump’s punishing sanctions against Iran.
Suleimani’s January killing by a U.S. drone strike was condemned at the time as a violation of international law.
Sun Tzu said, “If you wait by the river long enough, the bodies of your enemies will float by.” I’m still waiting.
Two reports highlight the soaring cost of nuclear weapons and the dangers of U.S. nuclear policy under Trump.
There is a covert U.S. strategy in which humanitarian aid is weaponized not by withholding it, but by providing it.
Whether in the U.S. or Iran, fundamentalist religion often made for bad public policy during the first wave of COVID-19.
COVID-19 has begun to wreak its havoc in Iraq, Syria and Yemen – nations harmed by U.S. wars and economic sanctions.
Trump’s intensification of sanctions against Venezuela and Iran during a pandemic constitutes a crime against humanity.