It is an undeniable fact that presently America is experiencing serious challenges on both domestic and foreign fronts. The dramatic polarization of society, the largest number of pandemic victims and major disputes between the nuclear powers require strong leadership and social unity.
France 24: ‘Back at the head of the table’: A look at Biden’s foreign policy agenda
France24November 17, 2020
Observers note that Washington has not been complacent with Moscow in the intervening years, imposing sanctions on Russia during Trump’s term in office even as the man behind the desk in the Oval Office seemed keen to look the other way. But under Biden, the mixed message of friendliness to Vladimir Putin conveyed by Trump – who declined to address such affronts as the bounties Moscow allegedly put on the heads of US troops in Afghanistan – will likely be a thing of the past.
VIDEO: Moderate Rebels: Anti-war US Army veteran warns of hawks in Biden transition team
GrayzoneNovember 17, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team is full of war hawks and weapons industry shills. Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton speak with US Army veteran Danny Sjursen, who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan before becoming an anti-imperialist activist and journalist, about what a Biden-Harris administration foreign policy would look like.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: How Biden can make Russia’s nuclear policy nonprofits great again
BOASNovember 17, 2020
Today, the Russian nonproliferation NGO community and its Western partners have failed in their mission as it was defined back in the 1990s.
Daniel Larison: The Bankruptcy Of ‘Bipartisan Foreign Policy’
TACNovember 17, 2020
A potential Biden Secretary of State lays out his case for a failed orthodoxy…
Lyle J. Goldstein: Washington should chill out over Russia’s Arctic ambitions
Defense NewsNovember 17, 2020
One day before the U.S. election, Russian President Vladimir Putin attended the commissioning of a new diesel-electric icebreaker ship, the Viktor Chernomyrdin, which is the most powerful non-nuclear icebreaker in the world. Just two weeks prior, another ceremony announced the entry into service of an even larger and more formidable icebreaker, appropriately named Arktika.
Robert Wright: Introducing the progressive realism report card
nonzeroNovember 16, 2020
Today we launch a series of evaluations of people who are in the running for major roles on Biden’s foreign policy team. We call these evaluations “progressive realism report cards”…
Doug Bandow: The ‘Adults In The Room’ With Trump Weren’t Adults At All
TACNovember 16, 2020
A new book tour by H.R. McMaster shows how little the foreign policy professionals have learned from two decades of endless war.
VIDEO: Tucker Carlson: DC elites want the US to remain in endless wars
FNCNovember 16, 2020
Tucker discusses Joe Biden’s foreign policy legacy and what it could mean for the future.
Ted Galen Carpenter: Will the Democrats and Biden continue to treat Russia as the enemy?
RSNovember 12, 2020
An early foreign policy challenge facing Joe Biden’s administration will be how to deal with Russia.