The disconnect with “the Blob” is hard to miss.
Daryl Kimball and Aaron Mate: US threatens nuclear arms race ‘into oblivion’ as it kills another treaty and mulls bomb tests
The U.S. has announced plans to withdraw from the Open Skies Treaty, which allows participants to launch joint surveillance flights in a bid to avert military conflict. Trump officials have also rejected talks on renewing New START and reportedly discussed conducting the first US nuclear test since 1992. All this comes as Trump’s arms control envoy said that Trump can outspend Russia and China on nuclear weapons “into oblivion.”
Norman Solomon: The Frenzy About Russia Has Undermined Progressive Agendas
The Democratic National Committee went into 2017 with a grand total of one full-time staffer to address the nation’s rampant suppression of voting rights.
Patrick Porter: ‘The Blob’ strikes back, and misses
In an age of war, debt, and plague, is America’s foreign policy establishment, or “the Blob” as it has been dubbed, part of the problem? Or part of the answer?
Riva Enteen: Russian Pride and US Exceptionalism
Riva Enteen reports on a recent citizens’ delegation to Russia and the chance to consider the country and its recent turbulent history from the vantage point of people living there.
VIDEO: The Hill TV Rising: Russia Brain
Saagar Enjeti discusses former Obama Defense Official Evelyn Farkas’ wavering stance on Russian collusion after she admitted to lying on MSNBC to the House Intelligence Committee.
Robert Wright: Could we please kill the Blob’s “gift to Putin” meme?
American foreign policy elites are in near-unanimous agreement that President Trump’s withdrawal of troops from northern Syria, along with the ensuing influx of Russian and Syrian troops, is a “gift to Putin.”
ELN Group Statement: Saving the Open Skies Treaty
For nearly two decades, the Open Skies Treaty allowed its members to gather information on each other’s military forces and activities through aerial surveillance.
Professor Stephen Cohen – Opportunity for peace with Russia but can Trump do it?
Stephen F. Cohen joins The Cats Roundtable with John Catsimatidis.
Asia Times: Russians want more cooperation with EU, polls show
Despite the Russian government’s standoff with Western nations, public opinion has been shifting away from hostility.
Hunter DeRensis: The Blob Strikes Back
“Taylor’s testimony shows he believes that the constitutionally elected head of the executive branch is supposed to serve unelected officials like himself. He personifies what Obama administration officials characterized as ‘the blob,’” says Daniel McCarthy, a columnist for SpectatorUSA.
Paul Robinson: Marching Into Oblivion
Jaw, jaw is still better than war, war.
Doug Bandow: Instead of Warmongering, Trump Should Throw Turkey Out of NATO
Ankara is long past being an alliance member in good standing. And why are we on the hook for so many eastern nations anyway?
The Guardian: World nuclear arms spending hit $73bn last year – half of it by US
Trump boosted nuclear funding but cut pandemic prevention.
VIDEO: Robert Wright and Michael Tracey on UkraineGate
According to Tracey, Ukrainegate flows out of Russiagate…
John Hudson and Paul Sonne: Trump administration discussed conducting first U.S. nuclear test in decades
he Trump administration has discussed whether to conduct the first U.S. nuclear test explosion since 1992 in a move that would have far-reaching consequences for relations with other nuclear powers and reverse a decades-long moratorium on such actions, said a senior administration official and two former officials familiar with the deliberations.
Lyle Goldstein: Slavic Studies Becomes a Mandatory Course for All Americans
The Washington foreign-policy establishment’s ill-advised obsession with Russia and Ukraine are propelling an arms race that will cost Americans and the planet dearly.
George P. Shultz, William J. Perry and Sam Nunn: Open Skies Help Keep the Peace With Russia
Ike’s idea, codified in a 1992 treaty, is still a good one. The U.S. shouldn’t abandon the pact.
Ann Garrison: Impeachment Watch
In their crusade to get Trump and distract from their own corruption, the Democrats have moved on from Russiagate to an impeachment inquiry over “Ukrainegate.”
NY Times: Trump to Withdraw From ‘Open Skies’ Arms Control Treaty
Mr. Trump’s decision, the third major retreat from arms control agreements, will be viewed as evidence that he also plans an exit from the last major arms treaty with Russia: New START.