Advertisements Israel has offered to mediate the conflict raging in Sudan. This piece at Mondoweiss explains its interest, why Sudan finally and fully joining the Abraham Accords is so important to Israel, and how this whole episode is about sidelining the will of the Sudanese people, both in their fight for democracyContinue Reading
Advertisements In this episode of the ReThinking Foreign Policy Podcast, I spend a little time on the initial reaction to my upcoming book, co-authored with Marc Lamont Hill, Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics. Then I look at the waning days of Mike Pompeo’s bumbling reign over the StateContinue Reading
Advertisements On Monday, Donald Trump announced that he was accepting a $335 million payoff from the government of Sudan in a successful extortion scheme where Trump would not remove Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list kept by the State Department. That’s not the way it’s been reported, ofContinue Reading
The EU find a way for Trump to back off of his “maximum pressure” strategy while allowing him to claim a victory, even if he lies about it, as the president did with Mexico. That path is risky, because it calls for a firmer, more direct stance from the European Union. We know how Trump treats allies who stand up to him. But it is a far smaller risk than the current situation, where one mistake could lead to the widest Mideast war yet, threatening the lives of millions and crippling the global economy.Continue Reading
The US is reaping the whirlwind of decades of failed policies. And it’s responding with more of the same. Continue Reading
