Goodbye to George Santos and Henry Kissinger
Plus: an unexpected digression into the world of Little Debbie dessert snack cakes.
Interventionism
Henry Kissinger's Deadly Career Gives the Lie to the Myth of the Disinterested Statesman
But his cynical brand of realism did at least lead him to caution against some of America's ideological military adventures.
Yes, Heavy Regulation Hurts the Economy. Just Look at France.
We're often told European countries are better off thanks to big-government policies. So why is the U.S. beating France in many important ways?
Don't Believe Janet Yellen's Shoddy Wartime 'Girl Math'
Plus: President Joe Biden’s weird economy and Rep. Mike Johnson as the unlikely new speaker of the House of Representatives.
What Joe Biden Got Right—and Wrong—Last Week in the Middle East
Plus: A listener asks the editors about mandatory maternity leave.
U.S. Faces Risks in Spreading Israel-Hamas Conflict
Americans are likely to be blamed no matter what happens.
No, the U.S. Shouldn't Wage War Against Mexican Cartels
There's little reason to believe that any of the tactics Republican politicians are proposing would be effective in keeping fentanyl out of the country.
New House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul Is a Standard Old-School Interventionist
Kevin McCarthy's pick to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee evades any post-Trump humbleness in foreign policy.
'The U.N. Is a Massive Club for Dictators'
The Human Rights Foundation is mobilizing a global band of activists to fight authoritarianism in China, Iran, Russia, and beyond.
Joe Rogan, Canadian Truckers, Coronavirus Mandates, and the Terrible State of Free Speech
What Joe Rogan and Canadian truckers tell us about free speech.
U.S. Foreign Policy: Bill Kristol vs. Scott Horton
Antiwar.com's Scott Horton takes on The Weekly Standard's founding editor, Bill Kristol
Bill Kristol and Scott Horton Debate U.S. Interventionism at the Soho Forum
A leading proponent of the invasion of Iraq vs. the editorial director of Antiwar.com.
9/11's Lesson: War Doesn't Work
Historian Stephen Wertheim says two decades of failed wars have finally made America more likely to embrace military restraint.
Stephen Wertheim: 9/11, Afghanistan, and Failed Foreign Policy
"You don’t get to lose a war and expect the result to look like you won it," says the author of Tomorrow, the World: The Birth of U.S. Global Supremacy.
Why It Took So Long To Leave Afghanistan: Antiwar.com's Scott Horton
The foreign policy author and podcast host discusses Joe Biden's withdrawal and how to fix U.S. foreign policy.
Afghanistan: A 'Sudden Fall' Two Decades in the Making
Plus: A history of U.S. sex work prohibition and its harms, against the Open App Markets Act, and more...
The All-American Arms Dealer
Samuel Cummings built a global weapons empire in Washington, D.C.'s shadow.
Dysfunctional and Disorderly at Home, the U.S. Must Stop Meddling Abroad
Our own house is not in order, and Washington has no business policing the world or forcibly remaking other countries in its own image.
Why Is America Still In Syria?
Trump brought chaos to a region already on the brink, and the unintended consequences of his actions will reverberate for years to come.
Americans and Their Foreign Entanglements
Nothing in U.S. history suggests that ordinary Americans are isolationists—but nothing suggests they've embraced international adventurism either.
A Partial Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal Prompts Predictable Political Backlash
For some, Trump’s troop drawdowns are too fast and too much. In reality, they’re too little and way too late.
The Iranian Coup that Led to 67 Years of Reckless Intervention
The documentary Coup 53 explores how a seemingly easy regime change wrecked U.S. foreign policy for decades.
The Afghanistan Deal Is Already Falling Apart
We should reduce the number of troops anyway.
Escalation Breeds Escalation, in Iran and Beyond
Washington's dangerous reliance on military intervention does not serve American interests, increase our security, or put us on a path to peace.
Reminder: American Officials Lie About War
A humble and prudent foreign policy begins with recognizing the fog of war—and rejecting the dangerous paths of obedient belief and premature omniscience.
A Decade of No Lessons Learned in U.S. Overseas Intervention
Despite a change in administrations, U.S. foreign policy in the 2010s stayed its wasteful, destructive course.
Tulsi Gabbard: The Anti-War Candidate
She's not a libertarian, but Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is shaking up the race for the Democratic nomination.
Iraqi Protests Are Yet Another Reason To End U.S. Intervention
America's exit from Iraq could benefit both Iraqis and Americans.
The Government Has Been Lying About Afghanistan All Along
Plus: Provocative reindeer cause trouble for beer label, Law & Order's sex work fantasy, and more...
Does It Matter That Impeachment Enthusiasts Are Lousy on Foreign Policy?
The Reason Roundtable panelists ask: Why so many hawks in the anti-Trump clump?
3 Reasons to Stop Freaking Out About a Tulsi Gabbard Third-Party Run
Promoters and detractors alike are not thinking through how unlikely it would be for Gabbard to seek and win the Green Party nomination, let alone come anywhere close to Jill Stein's totals from 2016.
Trump Makes Baghdadi Death About Humiliation, not Human Rights
Plus: GMO fear is killing people, the suburbs are changing, and more...
Trump Wishes Russia Luck in Syria as U.S. Bombs Its Own Bases and Erdogan Scoffs at Trump's Attempt to Make a Deal
Plus: U.K. drops porn age-verification plans, Congress grills tech leaders again, D.C. to hear testimony on prostitution decriminalizion, and more...
America Can't Win Afghanistan's Civil War for Kabul
Washington's priority should be ending America's role in this fight.
Charles Koch, George Soros Help Fund Think Tank Opposed To 'Endless War'
Welcome to 21st-century politics (finally) with creation of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
Iranian Downing of U.S. Drone Raises Risk of War
Non-interventionists should be deeply concerned by the escalating tensions between the two countries.
Is the U.S. Stumbling Towards an Accidental War With Iran?
Trump administration officials discuss plans to deploy 120,000 troops to the Middle East amidst rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
Here Are 3 Bad Reasons We're Still in Afghanistan
There is no military solution to be had. It's time to simply come home.
Beto O'Rourke: U.S. 'Has Completely Forgotten Its Constitutional Responsibility to Lawfully Declare and End These Wars'
O'Rourke has long been a critic of U.S. intervention abroad.
Military Intervention in Venezuela Would Be a Reckless, Dangerous Option
The push for intervention is no surprise, and it should be given no quarter.
Tulsi Gabbard Pushes Back Against Meghan McCain's 'Assad Apologist' Accusation: Reason Roundup
Plus: Will Wilkinson on "abolishing billionaires," and what's really going on with YouTube?
This 2008 Video Game Is an Oddly Prescient Cautionary Tale About Venezuelan Intervention
In Mercenaries 2, China and the U.S. fight over pieces of Venezuela, before the entire country is wrecked by a nuclear warhead.
Trump Doubles Down on Withdrawing Troops From Syria Despite Freakout From Warmongering Establishment: Reason Roundup
"Does the USA want to be the Policeman of the Middle East?" the president asks-and gets a resounding yes from Republicans and Democrats.
John McCain, the Senate's Most Influential Hawk, Is Dead
The late Arizona senator's relentless energy and patriotic sense of honor led him to heroic acts of defiance, but also misguided support for disastrous foreign interventions.
Syria Shows Not Much Has Changed Under Trump's Foreign Policy
The cautious prudence the U.S. desperately needed after a decade and a half of shoot-from-the-hip interventionism has been relegated to a talking point.
Will McCain-Style Conservatism Live On?
In the Arizona senator's waning days, it's an open question whether his familiar vision of a robustly interventionist America idealistically leading the international trading order will survive in Donald Trump's GOP.
Mike Pompeo's Reckless Approach to North Korea Shows Why He Shouldn't Be Secretary of State
Pompeo's past support for regime change, and his current refusal to disavow the idea, disqualify him for the position of America's top diplomat.