The absolute irony of the Trump presidency is that he is inadvertently exposing the terrible hypocrisies underlying an extremely hawkish American foreign policy consensus that in many ways does not serve America’s national interests well, if at all. – Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute Backed by ferociously powerful domestic lobbies, America’s blind support […]
Writing in Foreign Policy in Focus, Middle East expert Stephen Zunes describes the recent vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in which a majority of Democrats joined Republicans in siding with Trump against Obama regarding Israeli settlements, international law, and the role of the United Nations. (See: Once Again, Democrats Are Blowing It on […]
