Time is Running Out to Stop the TPP and TTIP
The Obama administration’s trade agenda is poised to serve corporate interests at the expense of consumers and taxpayers.
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Tag: U.S. Policy
Iran and the Nuclear Club: History Says Yes
Nuclear weapons in and of themselves do not automatically beget instability.
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Millennials at the Gate: The Wary Inheritors of American Foreign Policy
Millennials may be a greater danger to American foreign policy than any number of “little green men.”
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A Military Policy Failure in the Greater Horn of Africa
In Africa’s most unstable region, U.S. military aid has done more harm than good.
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What the Fed Missed: U.S. Interest Rates and Global Risk
Federal Reserve officials voted last week to keep the target federal funds rate near zero. Regrettably, this may not have been the right decision.
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The Club of the Willing, Dues Required
For smaller, less strategically significant nations like New Zealand, staying in America’s graces is a costly endeavor.
What Democrats Don’t Get About the TPP
The TPP should be a rallying point for both parties. Yet few Democrats seem to grasp the importance of the trade deal.
America’s Dangerous Infatuation with Counterinsurgency
After unsuccessful nation-building enterprises in Iraq and Afghanistan, a change in military strategy may well be in order.
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The Pen is Mightier than the Pipeline
Last March, President Obama vetoed the “Keystone XL Pipeline” bill, to the relief of environmentalists and anti-pipeline stakeholders. But were the environmental and social costs of the pipeline ever really in doubt?
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