U.S./Russia Talks So Far A “Very Professional” Non-Starter
Talks between the U.S.-led NATO delegation and that of the Russian Federation began yesterday, and were “long, very professional,”…
Category: Foreign Policy
10,000 Russian Troops Return Home as Kremlin/White House Security Talks Scheduled for January
PICTURED: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. PC: 2.0. MOSCOW, Russia. December 25th, 2021. 10,000 Russian troops have returned to…
State Department Request Mass-Redactions from Recent Afghanistan Waste and Fraud Report
PICTURED: John F. Sopko, the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). PC: SIGAR. CC 2.0. Story at a…
Apathetic Taiwanese Military Unready and Unwilling to Defend Against China
Story at a glance… Calls for Taiwan attendance at the UN increase tensions between the US and China. Despite…
Democrats Look to Give Exclusive War Powers on China to Biden After he Promises War Over Taiwan
PICTURED: “Between Chinas”: an ISS image of the Taiwan Strait at 110 miles width. PC: Stuart Rankin. CC 3.0.…
Failed Sanctions in Venezuelan and Cuba Set to be Replicated in Nicaragua, as U.S. Pushes Regime Change
PICTURED: President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega. Photo Credit: Cancelleria de Ecuador. CC. 2.0 Story at a glance… Congress is…
CIA to Create “China Mission Center” to Coordinate Efforts of an Increasingly Hostile U.S.
LANGLY, Virginia. October 7th, 2021. In a statement, CIA Director William Burns announced the CIA would form a China…
The 2022 Military Budget Reveals Unchanged Washington Consensus on War and Fiscal Responsibility
WASHINGTON D.C., September 23rd, 2021. A 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has just passed the House in which…
$14 Trillion Spent on “Defense” Since the Start of Afghanistan War — $4.4 Trillion to Arms Firms
PICTURED: The largest honey pot ever. Story at a glance… A Brown University report reveals that of the $14…
Russia U.S. Schedule Arms Control Talks In the Nick of Time as Missiles Continue to be Deployed
MOSCOW, Russia. July 20th, 2021. Russian newspaper Kommersant reported on Tuesday that Kremlin and White House officials have scheduled…
Eating Hearts and Chopping Heads: How Did an al-Qaeda Barbarian End Up on PBS Television?
“His name is Abu Mohammad al-Jolani. As a former al-Qaeda leader, the US has a $10 million reward for…
Oil Prices, War in Iraq, Nuclear Confrontation: What’s at Stake in Vienna Iran Deal Talks?
PICTURED: The meeting of the JCPOA resumes in the Grand Hotel Wien, Vienna, April 6, 2021. Photo credit: Reuters.…
‘America is Back’ Is Equal To or Greater than ‘Make America Great Again’
WASHINGTON D.C., March 30th, 2021. In the span of two days, any credibility that the United States will commit…
31 Dems Ask Biden to Start Moving Beyond Old Nuclear War Policy
PICTURED: President John J. Kennedy returns to the White House in 1962 alongside an Air Force aide carrying the…
Who Must do What as Iran Nuclear Deal Negotiations Stall Before They Begin
TEHRAN, Iran. February 1st, 2021. As the days turn to weeks, Tehran’s back and forth regarding the Biden Administration’s…
Biden Putin Agree to 5-Year Extension of New START the Last Nuclear Weapons Treaty
PICTURED: Presidents Biden and Putin. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/kremlin.ru CC 2.0. and CC 4.0. WASHINGTON D.C. January 26th, 2020.…
Shunning Spies Biden Chooses Experienced Peace-Maker as CIA Director
PICTURED: William Joseph Burns, the new CIA Director, in 2014. As President-elect Joe Biden continues to appoint his cabinet…
Pompeo Begs the Question About Iran-al-Qaeda Connections – Calls Tehran “New Home Base”
WASHINGTON D.C., January 12th, 2021. After being allegedly advised against it, Sec. of State Mike Pompeo announced in a…
The President has Vetoed the 2021 Military Budget Prompting Rare Capitol Hill Standoff
WASHINGTON D.C., December 23rd, 2020. Exercising his presidential veto, President Trump has sent back the National Defense Authorization Act…
Biden May Begin to Normalize Relations With Cuba Worsened Under Trump
December 15th, 2020. Sources close to the Biden transition team have told Bloomberg that the newly-announced President-elect will look…