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Archives: Foreign Policy
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![Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-putins-russia-the-critical-th-187x137.jpg)
Is Putin’s Russia the critical threat Americans believe it to be?
Ronald Suny | (The Conversation) | - - U.S. intelligence agencies – 17 of them – agree that evidence shows the Russian government hacked the Democratic National Committee and waged a campaign…![Trump accuses Syrian of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/trump-accuses-syrian-of-planning-187x137.jpg)
Trump accuses Syria of Planning Gas attack as Haley attacks Russia, Iran
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Trump administration is making noise about striking Syria, on the grounds that Damascus is planning to use poison gas again. Trump's Neoconservative…![All Signs from Trump Point to a Coming Conflict with Iran](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/all-signs-from-trump-point-to-a-187x137.jpg)
All Signs from Trump Point to a Coming Conflict with Iran
By John Feffer | Foreign Policy in Focus | - - Behind all of Trump's boneheaded policies in the Middle East is an unmistakable urge for confrontation with Iran. The Saudi war…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/splinterlandspbk-180x137.jpg)
Trump’s Great Retreat, from Asia Too
John Feffer | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Asia has been the future for more than a generation. When Americans try to glimpse what’s to come, images of the Pacific Rim…![Is US Winning its Longest War? Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/is-us-winning-its-longest-war-hu-187x137.jpg)
Is US Winning its Longest War? Huge Bomb Hits Kabul Embassy Row, kills at least 80
TeleSur | - - Health ministry spokesman Ismael Kawoosi said: "They are still bringing bodies, and wounded people to hospitals." A powerful vehicle bomb has hit the diplomatic area of the Kabul.…![Saudi-US War on Yemen: No Victory, but Cholera, Famine, State Collapse](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/saudi-us-war-on-yemen-no-victory-187x137.jpg)
Saudi-US War on Yemen: No Victory, but Cholera, Famine, State Collapse
Sophia Dingli | (The Conversation) | - - Yemen and its people are engulfed by utter devastation. In the two-plus years of the conflict between the Houthi movement and its allies, including…![GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/gop-not-the-party-of-security-as-187x137.jpg)
GOP not the party of ‘Security’ as Intel Allies Flee Trump
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Globally, US security partners are beginning to rethink sharing sensitive intelligence with the United States. That decisio should worry all Americans, since it…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/dower_violent-180x137.jpg)
American Amnesia in the Garden of War
By John Dower | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans are charming because they have such short…![Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/trumps-real-sin-in-dc-is-not-dis-187x137.jpg)
Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Donald J. Trump's peculiar comments about and relationship with dictators and loonies among foreign leaders have upset a range of observers, from sincere…![No, MSM: Man-Baby Trump didn’t become President with Missile Strikes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/no-msm-man-baby-trump-didnt-beco-187x137.jpg)
No, MSM: Man-Baby Trump didn’t become President with Missile Strikes
By Bill Moyers | BillMoyers.com | - - It’s been a week now since Donald Trump once again became our president. Here’s how it happened. After he unleashed missiles on a Syrian…![ISIL Now Controls only 7% of Iraq: What will its Defeat Mean for the Country?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/isil-now-controls-only-7-of-iraq-187x137.jpg)
ISIL Now Controls only 7% of Iraq: What will its Defeat Mean for the Country?
Peter Bartu | (OpenDemocracy.net) | - - The west has treated ISIL as enemy number one while local actors see it as a sideshow in a political arena stretching from the Mediterranean…![Can António Guterres Fend Off America’s War on the UN?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/can-antonio-guterres-fend-off-am-187x137.jpg)
Can António Guterres Fend Off America’s War on the UN?
By Dulcie Leimbach | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - When António Guterres was chosen by the United Nations Security Council in October to become the next leader…![Trump, al-Sisi and Tightening up the Pressure Cooker](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/trump-al-sisi-and-tightening-up-187x137.jpg)
Trump, al-Sisi and Tightening up the Pressure Cooker
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - President Trump met Monday with Egyptian field marshal/ president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Trump effused, “We agree on so many things. I just want…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/51z6cefZyrL._SY346_-1-187x137.jpg)
Given Trump’s Betrayal, Can we Crowdfund American Aid and Soft Power Abroad?
David Holdridge | (Informed Comment) | - - The current debate between liberals and the Trump Administration on American soft power abroad is not being framed correctly. Liberals should be arguing for…![Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions’ Perjury?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/is-the-public-turning-on-trump-o-187x137.jpg)
Is the Public turning on Trump over Russia Ties, Sessions’ Perjury?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Americans have become deeply concerned about Russia. Some 75% of them see it as a very or moderately serious threat. This, according to…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
The Misuse of American Military Power and Mideast Chaos
By Danny Sjursen | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - The United States has already lost -- its war for the Middle East, that is. Having taken my own crack at combat soldiering in…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Has Trump quietly surrendered to Russia and China?
Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - If there’s a single consistent aspect to Donald Trump’s strategic vision, it’s this: U.S. foreign policy should always be governed by the simple…![Trump & Co.: The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/trump-co-the-weak-of-will-the-st-187x137.jpg)
Trump & Co.: The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown?
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | - - WHERE are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley, The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter? All,…![Could NSA Flynn face Criminal Charges over Russia Ties?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701063510im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/02/could-nsa-flynn-face-criminal-ch-187x137.jpg)