Foreign Policy in Focus

Rick Santorum’s foreign policies range from the frightening to the odd.

A personal post on the similarities with which a progressive experiences libertarianism and atheism.

What happened to the idea of saving money?

The consequences of the Iran Threat Reduction Act’s provision for outlawing diplomacy with Iran could be dire.

Hawk criticism of Ron Paul is a sign of alarm about the potential crumbling of the neocon consensus on foreign policy.

A new book describes an attempt to map uncontacted tribes in the Amazon without contacting them.

What we got from Durban was largely a set of promises to do something…some other time.

Working through his fellow commissioners, nuclear energy political operatives have attacked Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Gregory Jaczko.

Meanwhile, to avoid appearing soft on defense during the election year, President Obama might agree to an attack.

All eyes are on North Korea after Kim Jong Il’s death. But the real changes are taking place in the South.

The Syrian opposition can’t seem to decide whether or not it wants the West to intercede.

Millions of people have thronged the streets of cities all over the world this last year to protest the influence of money on power–the corruption in Mubarak’s Egypt and Ben Ali’s Tunisia, the malign effects of Wall Street and other financial institutions, the power elite in Russia.

23rd November 2011 was the first anniversary of the artillery exchange between the two Koreas around the island of Yeonpyeong off the west coast of Korea.

Iran war hawks continue to try to link Iran and al-Qaeda.

The images conjured up sordid memories of decades ago. Two young people laying dead on the ground, shot to death while heavily-armed state policemen were breaking up a public protest.

What a Busted Robot Airplane Tells Us About the American Empire in 2012 and Beyond

South Korean parliamentarian Kim Geun-Tae was a soft-spoken man dedicated to reunification of the Koreas.

Has an apocalyptic element surged to the fore in Iran?

Gingrich’s willingness to outsource U.S. military policy to Tel Aviv is even more mind-boggling than Romney’s deference on diplomacy.

The Army’s impending switch to a fully automatic option on its rifles poses new dangers.