In April 1965, U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) explained why he was escalating US involvement in Vietnam. With an Orwellian touch, LBJ titled the speech "Peace without Conquest" as he announced the beginning of US air attacks on Vietnam. He...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 10 Killed
After Meeting Blinken, Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family ‘Still Waiting’ for Justice
Relatives of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist shot dead by Israeli forces in occupied Palestine in May, followed up a Tuesday meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken by imploring the Biden administration to pursue justice for the...
Is Russia Expanding Its Goals in Ukraine?
On July 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia’s war aims had been altered and that Russia might have to push further west. "Now the geography is different," he said, "it’s far from being just the DPR and LPR [Donetsk and Luhansk...
Domestic Political Surveillance: How Deep Is DoD Involvement?
In the wake of George Floyd's murder and the nationwide protests it sparked over two years ago, among the other alarming developments that eventually came to light was the level of government surveillance of Americans protesting Floyd's death at the hands of the...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed
Guam: The Sharpening of the Spear’s Tip
The RIMPAC exercise once again underscores the role of the islands and region in warfighting strategy as well as the complex and even paradoxical nature of “defending” and “protecting.” This is especially true for the island of Guam, the homeland of the indigenous...
US Celebrates Alliance With Seoul: But Is South Korea Worth a Nuclear War?
Originally appeared at the American Institute for Economic Research. President Joe Biden visited Northeast Asia last month. As if possible involvement in a European nuclear conflagration wasn’t enough, he threatened China with war over Taiwan, and pledged to defend...
Biden Should Remove Cuba from the Infamous State Sponsors of Terrorism List
As the Cuban government celebrates the July 26 Day of the National Rebellion – a public holiday commemorating the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks that is considered the precursor to the 1959 revolution – U.S. groups are calling on the Biden administration to stop...


