Category: National Security
Iran and the Long Shadow of Vietnam: How Trump’s “Excursion” Could Lead to a Quagmire
by George Black | Apr 10, 2026 | National SecurityAs a tenuous ceasefire offers a brief respite from the aerial destruction of Iran and the disruption of the global energy economy, it’s time to ask what might happen if, as seems entirely possible, the two-week window for negotiations fails to result in a lasting peace agreement and the war enters a new phase. The […]
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 […]
International Law and the Small Boat Strikes
by WS Editors | Dec 17, 2025 | Foreign Policy, National SecurityEarlier this month, Reed Brody—an international war crimes prosecutor and member of the International Commission of Jurists—sat down with the BBC to discuss the legal issues that have been raised by the US strikes against small boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. BBC: Reed Brody, thank you very much for joining us. As you […]
Cracks Are Showing in Air Force Stonewall Over Minuteman ICBM Crews’ Cancer Charges
by Robert Rudney | Sep 29, 2025 | Health, National SecurityOver 800 Air Force personnel have independently reported cases of cancer and other serious illnesses due to extended exposure to toxic chemicals while serving at three Minuteman ICBM bases since 2023. These missileers’ revelations come at a critical moment as the Air Force continues with restructuring its exorbitant $140.9 billion plan to decommission 450 Minuteman […]
A Reflection on the Alaska Summit
by Mark Medish | Aug 15, 2025 | National SecurityWe are at a crossroads for global strategic stability: either regional conflicts will be reasonably settled and diplomatic engagement resumed—significantly including arms control and limitation—or the world could veer into a dangerous escalatory spiral with widening hot spots, destabilization and chaos. Strategic arms control is of supreme importance today, much as it was in the […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety