By Brian Garvey The Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran is already encountering major domestic headwinds. The Trump Administration is trying to sell a preliminary diplomatic framework as a triumph. Republicans who cheered the war are already arguing that Trump should have demanded more. Too many Democrats, including … Read More

by Cole Harrison The Memorandum of Understanding signed on June 17 by President Trump and Iranian President Pezeshkian provides a roadmap towards peace between the two countries.  Peace advocates should support it.  The journey to this point has been tortuous, the interim agreement contains numerous ambiguities, and the Trump Administration … Read More

In the first few weeks of his presidency, Donald Trump announced a massive AI infrastructure project dubbed Stargate. It was an unexpected and rather odd event for a new administration’s first major initiative. It now seems obvious that the project was a highly coordinated initiative between the federal government and the Big Tech power base that … Read More

U.S. foreign policy has long had the tendency of treating third world countries as something less than sovereign nations and partners. From practicing regime change to flexing its economic dominance, the U.S. has used its powerful global position to enforce its will in sovereign third world countries. The recent Trump … Read More

By Brian Garvey The United States and Iran have announced an initial agreement to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. That is significant news. It is a step in the right direction. It is also not the end of the crisis. We should be clear about what … Read More

Today, it is nearly impossible to go a day without hearing about U.S. foreign policy. Words of “peace talks” and “negotiations” continue to be thrown around by various news outlets, yet these claims also continue to be countered by other nations and world leaders, who offer different narratives of what … Read More