Donald Trump took office as president of the United States one year ago this week. It is a good time to evaluate what his leadership has meant for US foreign policy. Has Trump moved US foreign policy toward noninterventionism as some people had hoped he would due to...
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Silent Cal on “America First”
by Jeff Deist | Jan 18, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The rise of Trump has dredged up old and bitter debates surrounding the concept of "America First," a position Trump frequently advocates almost unconsciously and using his own peculiar terms. Consider this tweet, from 2013, as an example of Trump expressing a...
Libya Update: What’s Really Behind the Airport Firefight?
by Richard Galustian | Jan 17, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Continuing from my OpEd of the 11th January entitled "Libya Update: Power Struggles Continue - Will the UN Get its Way?", dramatic further evidence of my assessment came in the form of reports of intense fighting that started over the weekend and dramatically...
US Builds Forces inside Syria
by Michael S. Rozeff | Jan 15, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“On Sunday, the US-led coalition said it was working with its Syrian militia allies, the mainly Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), to set up a new 30,000-strong border force. The force would operate along the borders with Turkey and Iraq, as well as within...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Bundy Case, Surveillance Vote, Vermont Marijuana, Assange Citizenship, Nemtsov Street
by Adam Dick | Jan 14, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud.Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Libya Update: Power Struggles Continue – Will the UN Get its Way?
by Richard Galustian | Jan 11, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Wednesday a former distinguished US State Department official who has now switched jobs to work for the UN, Jeffery Feltman, as Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, arrived in Tripoli. His visit came as the UN’s efforts to implement the Libyan Political...
Good Advice from Andrew Napolitano: President Trump, Don’t Talk with the FBI
by Adam Dick | Jan 10, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This week, Fox News Senior Judicial Analyst Andrew Napolitano presented a keen recommendation for President Donald Trump in regard to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) potentially talking with Trump as part of the so-called Russiagate investigation.Speaking...
Is There a Pathological Obsession with Hillary Clinton Amongst Hillary Haters?
by Robert Wenzel | Jan 10, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently on the Liberty Report, Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams discussed the horrific Executive Order signed by President Trump that would allow the US government to freeze the US assets of individuals or corporations worldwide who have allegedly (without trial) violated...
Dennis Kucinich to Announce Ohio Governor Run
by Adam Dick | Jan 9, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former Democratic US House of Representatives member from Ohio and two-time presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is reported to be planning to announce next week his campaign for Ohio governor following his submitting paperwork with the state government on Monday to...
The People in Charge of the US Military
by Adam Dick | Jan 4, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Fifty-seven years ago this month President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented this warning in his farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial...
Trump Buys into Terrorist Safe Haven Myth as Justification for Wars
by Michael S. Rozeff | Jan 4, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Obama declared that the Afghanistan War was over, but Trump has renewed it. For the past 4 years, Trump made all sorts of strong unambiguous statements against being in this war. He favored hitting the exits and getting out of it. He’s now changed his mind, which...
Lew Rockwell: US Should Butt Out and Let South Korea Deal with North Korea
by Adam Dick | Aug 15, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed recently on RT, Ludwig von Mises Institute Chairman Lew Rockwell offered bold suggestions for altering United States foreign policy in regard to North Korea. Rockwell argues in the interview that the path to avoiding what “could be the worst military...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Invading Venezuela, Shona Banda, American Fear, Benghazi Emails, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Aug 14, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Breaking: Donald Trump Considers War on Venezuela
by Adam Garrie | Aug 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Donald Trump has stated that he is considering military action against Venezuela. The oil rich South American country has just sworn in its new Constituent Assembly which President Nicholas Maduro’s supporters control after July’s election for the new chamber.The...
EXPOSED: The Regime Change Efforts Of Federally-Backed Corporate Libertarians
by Shane Trejo | Aug 11, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
While libertarians are typically known for their opposition to foreign intervention, a recent exposé published by The Intercept showed that libertarians are quietly engaging in missions – with assistance from the federal and corporate partners – to foment regime...
Only Morons Believe What The US Government Says About North Korea
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 9, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Usually foreign analysts of the American political scene are either sycophantic or just annoying, but no one would dare say that about Aussie observer Caitlin Johnstone, whose punk rock style of cutting to the chase is as refreshing as it can be shocking (I am not a...
Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War
by Adam Dick | Aug 8, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and...
Libya Update: Western Governments Still Eyeing Libyan ‘Prize’
by Richard Galustian | Aug 8, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
More than six years after the US-led "liberation" of Libya, that North African country remains an open wound symbolizing the abject failure of US and European interventionist foreign policy.The obsession of the US neocons, whether Democrat or Republican, for "regime...
US Airstrikes Kill at Least 43 Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
by Jason Ditz | Aug 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
New reports out of the ISIS capital city of Raqqa say US airstrikes hit a number of residential districts in the city over the course of Saturday, killing at least 43 civilians and wounding an unknown, but substantial number of others.There was no obvious specific...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Trump’s Oath, Renouncing Citizenship, North Korea, Syria Goal, Trump Crime
by Adam Dick | Aug 6, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
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