War and Foreign Policy

Not judges allotting blame. We seek truth, not guilt.

The other book of 1919—written months before Keynes.

Part of the Trump administration’s aggression to further impoverish Cuba has been to discourage tourism to that island. Unfortunately, the administration is succeeding.

Trump’s apparent willingness to restart his unpopular war with Iran after next week’s elections reveals a fundamental problem with modern mass democracy. And, in doing so, it helps clarify how public opinion actually affects government.

Twenty-five years ago, in the immediate wake of 9/11, Ron Paul did not propose doing nothing. Instead, he proposed targeting Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda rather than launching a global War on Terror.

Twenty-five years ago, in the immediate wake of 9/11, Ron Paul did not propose doing nothing. Instead, he proposed targeting Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda rather than launching a global War on Terror.

Cuba’s economy is collapsing in large part because the US government is engaged in illegal and immoral economic warfare against it.

The belief that an economic siege can bring about the collapse of socialist Cuba and install a free-market system rests on the assumption that economic and social transformation can be engineered through external pressure.

The people making foreign policy are not disinterested servants of some objectively identifiable “national interest.” They are people and interest groups that respond to incentives and self-interest like everyone else.

Lifting sanctions on Russian diesel may provide Americans a little relief from high energy prices. The same economic logic applies to the thousands of other sanctions Washington continues to enforce.