33 Years After Iran Contra, U.S. Tries a Second Sanctions Campaign in Nicaragua
PICTURED: President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega. Photo Credit: Cancelleria de Ecuador. CC. 2.0 WASHINGTON. May 22nd, 2020. Chairman Jim…
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Eid al-Fitr Brings Welcomed 3-day Ceasefire in Afghanistan and Promise of 2,000 Prisoner Release
KABUL, Afghanistan. May 25th, 2020. After the Taliban proposed a 3-day ceasefire to take effect over the Eid al-Fitr…
Trump Administration Continues to Erode Structures of Nuclear Non-Proliferation After Withdrawing from Open Skies Treaty
PICTURED: Boeing OC-135B Open Skies reconnaissance aircraft, used by the U.S. for Open Skies Treaty Flights. WASHINGTON, May 21st,…
Armed Coup in Venezuela Looks Like Bay of Pigs 2020–Who Was Involved?
Two American citizens have been arrested by authorities in Venezuela along with a dozen others in a failed paramilitary…
The Effects of Sanctions on Venezuela and Iran During COVID-19
PICTURED: President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to his right. Mnuchin is…
The Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus in the U.S. Continually Calls for Intervention
Over the last 12 months, there have been several large calls for renewed or continued interventionist foreign policy across…
Iran Sanctions Have Likely Failed as Tehran Celebrates Satellite Deployment
Dasht-e Kavir, Iran. April 22, 2020. Iranian military satellite Nour-1 is seen before launch from the Qassed launcher Photo…
Taliban File Official Complaint Counting 50 U.S. Violations of the Treaty Signed Late February
PICTURED: Taliban fighters. Photo credit: Tolo News. DOHA, Qatar. April 19th, 2020. The office of the Taliban delegation, Doha,…
UN Envoy to Yemen Expects Truce Soon as “Non-Existent” Hospital Infrastructure Braces for Coronavirus
PICTURED: Damage to a cholera treatment center in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders after an airstrike by the…
Afghanistan Peace Seems to have Collapsed: Fighting Resumes and Pompeo Threatens to Leave the Country
PICTURED: Taliban fighters. Photo credit: Tolo News. KABUL, Afghanistan. March 23rd 2020. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo arrived for…
These Colors Don’t Run – The Face of the Military During the COVID-19 Pandemic
JAPAN, September 16th, 2018. PICTURED: Captain Brett Crozier tours the 7th fleet flagship the USS Blue Ridge with Lt.…
The Last Major Roadblock to Peace in Afghanistan Seems to be Out of the Way as Ghani Government Agrees to Prisoner Exchange
PICTURED: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani, who contested the prisoner exchange as being not something his government had agreed to.…
The Empire of U.S. Bases Could be the Most High Profile Case of a Coronavirus Casualty
PICTURED: A sandstorm rolls into the Al-Asad air base, Iraq. WASHINGTON. March 31st, 2019. With over 200 military bases…
On Feb. 10th, the New USAID Budget Got $2 Billion to Try and Eradicate Tuberculosis in Central Asia
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan. March 14, 2020, PICTURED: USAID received its personal protective equipment (PPE) shipment in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, as part…
Maximum Pressure Campaign on Iran Intensifies as Fresh U.S. Sanctions Join Coronavirus in Impacting the Country
TEHRAN, Iran. March 16th, 2020. PICTURED: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a press conference addressing the upcoming holidays and…
House Democrats Move to Prevent the Removal of Any U.S. Troops From 53 African Countries
WASHINGTON D.C. March 4th, 2020. Early reports of a bill slated to be introduced in the House that would…
Who’s Done What to Achieve the Pre-Peace Deal in Afghanistan?
Doha, Qatar. February 29th, 2020. As the Taliban delegation joined in representatives from the United States, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and…
Taliban Peace Talks According to the Taliban
PICTURED: Suhail Shaheen, the deputy Taliban envoy and part of the negotiating team in Doha. Photo: Ariananews. February 20th,…
Yet Again, the Trump Administration has Changed the Justification for Assassinating Soleimani.
PICTURED: General Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis at the funeral of Soleimani’s father. CC 4.0 WASHINGTON, February 14,…
Senate Passes Iran War Powers Resolution, Removing Constitutional Authority for Aggression
WASHINGTON, February 13th, 2020. Introduced on the 9th of January, a joint resolution restricting the American Presidency from acting…