Somalia is America’s latest endless war, and it is often forgotten. There’s the Afghan war, now in its 18th year; the war against ISIS which originated from the invasion of Iraq 16 years ago. There’s the war in Yemen, now in its fourth year, despite the fact that both houses of Congress have voted to...
Author: Jefferson Morley (Jefferson Morley)
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Mueller’s Report and Trump’s ‘Cunning’
Some version of the report by Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller III will be released on Thursday. In the following article, which first appeared in the London Review of Books, Yale professor David Bromwich puts the report—and the last two years of the Trump-Russian investigation— in context. By David Bromwich On 22 March, Robert Mueller, the...
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Why Prince William Studies at MI6
The royal heir known as the Duke of Cambridge has been spending time at MI6, the British intelligence service. This has mutual benefits. Prince William comes off as a more substantive character than merely as Kate Middleton’s soul mate, which is how he is often depicted. The Secret Intelligence Service, under investigation for torture, also...
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Five Features of the New Progressive Foreign Policy
Ganesh Sitarman, a law professor at Vanderbilt, says the 2020 Democratic candidates are offering a new U.S. foreign policy that is distinct from the liberal internationalism (typified by President’s Clinton and Obama) and aggressive neoconservativism (exemplified by President Bush). In speeches and articles, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Bernie Sanders have taken the lead in defining the role...
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As U.S. Withdraws, CIA Director Haspel Visits Afghanistan
Just as the U.S. armed forces are stepping out of Afghanistian, the CIA is stepping in. CIA director Gina Haspel visited the Central Asian country where the U.S. forces have been fighting for 18 years. Her mission: maintaining or even expanding the U.S. intelligence presence there. Haspel met with Afghan government officials including President Ashraf...