Showing posts with label foreign policy and national security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign policy and national security. Show all posts
Sunday, August 30, 2026

Iran and Overstretch

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Many posts have discussed war powers and the US military .   The Iran War has been a disaster . Shelby Holliday, Michael R. Gordon, and ...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Israel Losing US Support

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Many posts have discussed relations between the US and Israel   Franklin Foer at The Atlantic : Just over a decade ago, support for Isr...
Saturday, July 25, 2026

Israel Lobbying

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Many posts have analyzed how foreign governments try to influence American politics and policy .  And m any posts have discussed rela...
Friday, June 19, 2026

Financial Cost of the Iran War

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Many posts have discussed war powers and the US military .  The Iran War has been a disaster . Edward Wong and Aruni Soni at NYT : For ...
Thursday, June 18, 2026

Surrender

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Many posts have discussed war powers and the US military "There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!... IRAN W...
Thursday, June 4, 2026

Constraints on Presidential War Power

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Many posts have discussed war powers and the US military . Matt Glassman : My view, as discussed last week , is that presidential warma...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Gutting the Diplomatlic Corps

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Many posts have discussed federal employment and bureaucracy . Abigail Williams at NBC The State Department declined to provide exact n...
Monday, May 25, 2026

The Fallen in the Iran War

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Previous posts have discussed Memorial Day .  The United States is in another war, and more Americans have died. At CBS, Kerry Breen repo...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

The Vatican and the US Government

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Many posts  have  discussed  the  role  of  religion  in  American life .  Matthew Choi and Dan Merica at WP : For decades, the Vatican has...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Blockade

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Many   posts  have  discussed   war powers  and  the US  military .  Mark Nevitt at Just Security: CENTCOM has clarified that the U.S. block...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Polarized Views of Foreign Policy

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Many posts   have   discussed   partisan polarization . From Gallup : 
Tuesday, March 17, 2026

US and Israel

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Many   posts  have discussed relations between the US and   Israel Ben Kamisar at NBC : American voters’ feelings on Israel and the Palest...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Hegseth Endorses War Crime

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 María Teresita Armstrong-Matta at Raw Story: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's offhand remark that the U.S. would show "no quarter,...
Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Iran and the Shadow of Previous Wars

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Many   posts  have  discussed   war powers  and  the US  military .  Natalie Jackson at National Journal : Afghanistan was retaliation for 9...
Monday, March 2, 2026

Airstrikes

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Many   posts  have  discussed   war powers  and  the US  military . Zachary Basu at Axios:  No president in the modern era has ordered more ...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

War, Israel, and Public Opinion

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WP : The U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday, as President Donald Trump vowed to eliminate Tehran’s missiles and nuclear pr...
Tuesday, February 10, 2026

CMC Connects: Presidential Power in 2026

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Hard Power Executive Orders Personnel Net reduction of 242,260 employees Political and ideological considerations SCOTUS case on the FTC Par...

Goodbye, CIA World Factbook

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"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

A Year and a Week of Trump

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Many   posts  have   discussed   the  presidency .  My article in La Tercera (original English): The first year of President Trump's s...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

Invading Greenland Would Be Illegal

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Many   posts  have  discussed   foreign policy ,  war powers  and the US  military . Alberto J. Mora at Just Security : Unfortunately for Tr...