| May 23, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“How do you motivate men and women to fight and die for a cause many of them don’t believe in, and whose purpose they can’t articulate?” That’s what Phil Klay, author and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, asks in an essay published this month in The Atlantic....
| Oct 25, 2017 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn our military-revering culture, it’s a strange thing for a president to start a war of words with the grieving families of slain soldiers. Strange, yes. But from Donald Trump’s campaign season feud with the parents of Humayun Khan, who died protecting fellow...
| Sep 27, 2017 | Peace / SecurityWhen Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was a candidate for president, he seemed uninterested in talking about foreign policy. Instead, Sanders cast himself as a progressive populist and focused almost exclusively on domestic issues, particularly speaking out against the...
| Jun 21, 2017 | Peace / SecurityPresident Trump might have dodged military service in his youth, but he certainly is militaristic — he’s bellicose, likes to issue commands, and is constantly firing off militant tweets at anyone he perceives to be an enemy (which seems to include everyone who...
| Jun 14, 2017 | Peace / SecurityDonald Trump missed his opportunity to become a General Patton-style military commander and glorious war hero back in the Vietnam era. He surely would’ve been the greatest in history, to hear him tell it. But, alas, he says some unspecified foot problem (or...