To be fair, most of the people who labor in government or in the penumbra of foreign-policy institutions are patriotic, well-meaning, intelligent, and dedicated and sincerely believe in what they are doing. They want the United States to be secure and prosperous, and they would like to make the rest of the world a better place. And sometimes they do just that. But many of these people are also ambitious, and they are imbedded in a system that rewards conformity, rarely if ever questions the value of U.S. “global leadership,” and is quick to marginalize anyone who thinks America’s self-indulgent approach to foreign policy might be doing more harm than good.
Race for Latest Class of Nuclear Arms Threatens to Revive Cold War - The New York Times - 0 views
Taking Notes By Hand May Be Better Than Digitally, Researchers Say : NPR - 0 views
What's really wrong with the U.S.-Saudi relationship - The Washington Post - 1 views
Publications - E-International Relations - 1 views
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36122928 - 2 views
Big move in Serbia's path for EU membership!
North Korea launches missile from submarine, Seoul says - 1 views
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North Korea appears to have launched a ballistic missile from a submarine Saturday evening, South Korea's joint chiefs of staff said. The missile was fired from a submarine off North Korea's east coast, in the Sea of Japan, about 6:30 p.m. local time, the joint chiefs said.
Transgender activists in India fight for inclusion at key Hindu festival - 0 views
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In the waning heat of the evening, a group from India's transgender community clambered down steep steps to a holy river in India, their multicolored saris catching the breeze before they plunged joyfully into the glittering waters of the Shipra.
Kurds, Shiite militias clash in northern Iraq - 0 views
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Security officials said the latest clashes erupted Saturday night in Tuz Khurmatu amid increased tensions between Shiite militias and Peshmerga forces -- uneasy allies in the fight against ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State -- in recent days. Seven Kurdish fighters and eight militia members were killed in the ongoing clashes, security officials said.
What can be done to stop global water scarcity? - 0 views
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Water scarcity is a growing problem, caused by everything from man-made climate change to poor governance. It is affecting more people than ever before and across all continents. In a time of technological innovation, why is something as basic as access to water still such a huge problem?
Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters storm Iraq's parliament - 0 views
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A state of high alert has been declared in the Iraqi capital Baghdad after protesters broke into the fortified Green Zone and stormed the parliament building, shortly after politicians again failed to approve new ministers.
That Ben Rhodes Profile | Joshua Foust - 0 views
North Korea leader Kim says will not use nuclear arms unless threatened: KCNA - 0 views
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World | Sat May 7, 2016 6:22pm EDT SEOUL North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed on by others with nuclear arms and it is willing to normalize ties with states that had been hostile towards it, state media reported on Sunday.
The Donald vs. the Blob | Foreign Policy - 1 views
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Hillary Clinton is intimately connected to this community and cannot help being linked to its recent performance. By signing up all those experienced foreign-policy insiders, she reinforces her association with some of the good things the United States has done in recent years. But it also means that she owns the past 25 years of foreign-policy missteps
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She has little choice but to defend the strategy of liberal hegemony pursued by all three post-Cold War presidents: If anything, she is more enthusiastic about it than President Barack Obama has been. Her problem is that this record is not easy to defend.
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