Tag: foreign policy

It was a grand illusion, one that had taken root in the minds of the U.S. administration’s decision-makers.

[I]f Trump truly wants the Republican Party to win — then he is relying on cheating, fraud and overturning the results, not on popular sentiment.

This appears to be American aid, but the underlying motivation is anything but altruistic.

How should you handle a U.S. president who constantly distinguishes himself with infantile provocations?

I want to believe that in some Washington office there is someone capable of understanding what is happening.

U.S. interests themselves may not have changed; what has changed is more likely the way those interests are expressed.

Now Israel is also learning what kind of 'ally' Donald Trump is.

[W]hy does the United States believe it has the standing to dictate which nations South Africa may engage with and on what terms?

Trump has dropped the hammer on his own toes.

[I]f the ideologues prevail, there will be no "deal," but at most a frozen conflict. And before long, a new war.

When America gets drunk from waging endless wars, paradoxically the whole planet wakes up with a terrible hangover.