The Saudi Lobby Moves from K Street to Main Street
This piece was first published at TomDispatch.com on April 19, 2021. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S., was on the
How Anti-Asian Rhetoric at Home Influences U.S. Foreign Policy and Vice Versa
I knew white supremacy before I could name it. I assume this is common among first generation Asian Americans and most people of color in the United States. Though we admit and acknowledge it to varying degrees, I think most of us have walked alongside and inside of it for our entire lives.
Why It Matters That Expected Arms Sales Rose Sharply Under Trump’s Final Year in Office
If there’s one thing we can learn from the Trump administration’s final-year arms sales extravaganza, it’s that we can’t expect administrations to abide by norms that aren’t set into law. We need stronger regulatory frameworks, particularly on transparency. This is critical to ensuring the international community can continue to monitor foreign arms sales, that arms sales aren’t at odds with diplomatic priorities, and that the United States gets closer to a more responsible arms sales policy.
Biden Stays the Course on Security Assistance to Increasingly Authoritarian Egypt
If President Sisi’s administration continues its slide toward autocracy, the Biden administration should send a clear message that security assistance is not unconditional.
Rethinking Defense: Reducing Pentagon Spending While Increasing Security
The Biden administration’s first Pentagon budget proposal is now slated to come out in early May. Rather than sticking with current levels of spending, the administration should craft a plan that reduces the Pentagon budget while freeing up funds for investment in other security priorities. Doing so would mark an important first step towards revising America’s approach to security and allocating resources accordingly.
Pan-Africanism and Today’s Movement for Black Lives
President Biden has made it clear that US Africa policies need to address COVID-19 as well as other health crises, climate change, insecurity, human rights and economic growth. Now that the US has addressed Africa with renewed interest and respect, how will Africa respond?
The Saudi Lobby Moves from K Street to Main Street
This piece was first published at TomDispatch.com on April 19, 2021. Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the U.S., was on the
How Anti-Asian Rhetoric at Home Influences U.S. Foreign Policy and Vice Versa
I knew white supremacy before I could name it. I assume this is common among first generation Asian Americans and most people of color in the United States. Though we admit and acknowledge it to varying degrees, I think most of us have walked alongside and inside of it for our entire lives.
Why It Matters That Expected Arms Sales Rose Sharply Under Trump’s Final Year in Office
If there’s one thing we can learn from the Trump administration’s final-year arms sales extravaganza, it’s that we can’t expect administrations to abide by norms that aren’t set into law. We need stronger regulatory frameworks, particularly on transparency. This is critical to ensuring the international community can continue to monitor foreign arms sales, that arms sales aren’t at odds with diplomatic priorities, and that the United States gets closer to a more responsible arms sales policy.
Rethinking Defense: Reducing Pentagon Spending While Increasing Security
The Biden administration’s first Pentagon budget proposal is now slated to come out in early May. Rather than sticking with current levels of spending, the administration should craft a plan that reduces the Pentagon budget while freeing up funds for investment in other security priorities. Doing so would mark an important first step towards revising America’s approach to security and allocating resources accordingly.
Why is the U.S. Still Building ICBMs?
Although Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) are often touted as an essential part of the United States’ nuclear deterrence apparatus, they don’t actually make us safer.
Trump’s Other Legacy: Making Foreign Influence Great Again
This week, the Senate will begin the impeachment trial of Donald Trump for a historic second time. Regardless of the outcome of the trial that
The Militarization of American Democracy
We don’t just have a right-wing violence problem. We have a democracy problem fueled by a war problem.
Nuclear Weapons Profiteers are Driving the Nukes Debate
With a price-tag of more than $1.2 trillion dollars, there’s intense debate about plans to overhaul U.S. nuclear forces. What many don’t realize is that there’s considerable money within this debate, and it’s coming from the very companies that will make billions if the United States upgrades its nuclear forces.
The Things We Know, But Do Not Say, About the Costs of American War
“Well, we like war. We’re a war-like people,” the comedian George Carlin, whom I’ve been missing of late, pronounced way back in 1992, on the heels of America’s triumphalist First Persian Gulf War “victory.”
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