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Will Trump’s arms race weaken or strengthen the Russian – Chinese strategic partnership?

By Andrew Korybko As risky of a gambit as it is and contrary to conventional thinking on this topic, Trump's arms race aims to weaken the Russian-Chinese Strategic Partnership by…

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The strengthening case against Trump

By Elizabeth Drew It is already clear that the 2016 US election was contorted by extraordinary events. The House of Representatives' incoming Democratic committee chairs insist that they have no…

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Trump orders creation of US space command

By Ryan Browne & Elizabeth Landers President Donald Trump ordered the creation of "Space Command", a move the administration is labeling a precursor to creating a US Space Force. “I…

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US war strategists Military defeats and political success

By James Petras In a previous article ('US: the century of lost wars”) I recorded the repeated US military defeats over the past two decades. In this discussion I will…

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The President is visiting troops in Iraq, to what end?

Do presidential visits to combat zones offer leaders any insights, or boost morale for troops? By Krishnadev Calamur & Jonathan Ernst Since Franklin D. Roosevelt secretly flew to Morocco to…

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US – German secret treaty means Berlin is Washington’s vassal until 2099

By Anna Voronova Top intelligence officers rarely reveal secret strings, pulling the nation's political mechanism. Publication of a book like The German card. The obscure game of secret services, authored…

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US will defeat EU army

By Finian Cunningham The testy slap-down by US President Donald Trump to the idea of a European army was telling. Any notion of the Europeans stepping away from American "protection"…

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Washington finally accepts independent European defense initiatives?

By Ted Galen Carpenter The United States has a long, depressing record of trying to discourage European efforts to create an independent security capability. Washington's hectoring of its NATO allies…

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More countries set to close ranks against Washington’s unilateralism

By Xie Chao It is clear that US President Donald Trump has resorted to unilateralism to change America's strategic position in relation to other major powers. While making it plain…

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Is America finished?

By Paul Craig Roberts Americans are now so polarized that they “no longer share basic sympathies and trust, because they no longer regard each other as worthy of equal consideration.”…

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