Middle East

He’s flailing. There’s no telling what’s next.

President Trump’s abrupt withdrawal of all U.S. troops in northeastern Syria brings to mind Great Britain’s 1968 retreat “East of Suez.” It marked an inflection point, a final abandoning of empire given London’s limited financial resources, lapsed political will and heightened anti-colonial hostility. 

Here’s what progressives should support in Syria.

When it comes to substantive issues that the elite all agree on (such as foreign policy), there is little to no pushback against the president, excepting when he utters statements that are read as critical of war and militarism.

Washington’s Provocations of Russia and Russia’s Passivity Are Scheduling the Death of the Earth

Judge Napolitano’s Chambers: The surveillance the government is performing on U.S. citizens has now been officially revealed – and it’s unconstitutional.

George W. Bush Is Not Your Republican Friend With Whom You Respectfully Disagree

For the neocons and the “liberal” right-to-protect “humanitarian imperialists,” Trump’s lurches in the direction of non-intervention and rapprochement are only venial sins.

In a ruling made public Tuesday, the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) found that FBI employees illegally collected information on American citizens through the agency’s foreign surveillance efforts.

Hypersonic weapons close in on their targets at a minimum speed of Mach 5, five times the speed of sound or 3,836.4 miles an hour. They are among the latest entrants in an arms competition that has embroiled the United States for generations, first with the Soviet Union, today with …