Category: Foreign Policy
Trump’s War on Iran—In His Own Words
by WS Editors | Mar 18, 2026 | Foreign PolicyTrump’s War on Iran — In His Own Words 1. Why He Started the War February 28, 2026 Quote: “Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime, a vicious group of very hard, terrible people. Its menacing activities directly endanger the United States, our troops, our bases […]
Target: Iran (or not)
by Bob Dreyfuss | Jan 27, 2026 | Foreign PolicyHere’s the story of contemporary Iran in a nutshell: A decade ago, Iran was relatively stable, led by a reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, who’d just signed a nuclear agreement with half a dozen world powers, including the United States. Its economy, long plagued by economic sanctions imposed most emphatically by the United States, began to […]
The Russian Roots of Trump’s Venezuela and Greenland Operations
by Dave Troy | Jan 12, 2026 | Foreign PolicyVladimir Putin has been attempting to influence Donald Trump to seize both Venezuela and Greenland since at least 2017. The effort, rooted in Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine, hinged on American embrace of the Monroe Doctrine, the 1823 policy framework that focused American influence within the Western Hemisphere. Putin’s reasoning, according to witnesses familiar with the […]
After the Capture
by Jonathan M. Winer | Jan 12, 2026 | Foreign PolicyHaving removed Nicolás Maduro from power in Venezuela through military force, the United States is now the decisive external actor shaping Venezuela’s near-term political and economic trajectory. Much attention will focus on the legality of the operation, on Maduro’s fate in U.S. courts, and on how other major powers respond. Those debates will play out […]
Why Are We in Venezuela?
by Jonathan M. Winer | Dec 19, 2025 | Foreign Policy, National SecurityOn December 15, 2025, Donald Trump issued the latest in a series of unprecedented executive orders, designating the narcotic drug fentanyl—used daily as an anesthetic in hospitals throughout the United States and the world—“a weapon of mass destruction” (WMD). This designation is a true innovation. Fentanyl has never before been defined as any kind of […]
Bad Faith Documentary
