The military’s perverse obsession with preserving inter-military relationships at all costs has turned what the military construes as a source of leverage into a glaring liability. Leaning on these relations may be the only way to prevent U.S. allies from undermining Sudan’s uprising.
Read MoreAmericans are fed up with American foreign policy. CAP sees this as a marketing problem, showing once again we can’t count on the national security establishment to deliver progressive solutions.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is making the public case the for war with Iran. For the second time in a generation, the media is failing to make the case against it.
Read MoreThe DOD’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget justification for security cooperation actively undermines transparency. It’s a symptom - and a function - of the broader culture of unaccountability perpetuated by the pursuit of ‘national security.’
Read MoreWith ISIS defeated in Syria, accountability for victims of airstrikes by the U.S.-led Coalition must be a priority. SPRI looks back on the Al-Badhiya strike that killed 150 civilians.
Read MoreTo change how the U.S. government prioritizes spending public funds, progressive organizations stand to benefit by integrating an anti-imperialist approach into their advocacy efforts.
Read MoreDefense manufacturing may bolster force projection abroad, but it does little to support domestic workers. Despite the Pentagon’s claims of blue collar jobs-creation, defense spending produces fewer jobs than almost any form of federal spending.
Read MoreThe push to unseat Blue Dog Democrats must not neglect foreign policy. Henry Cuellar’s track record shows just how an international critique reveals the shortcomings of policies supported by reactionary Democrats.
Read MoreThe Brookings Institution proposes measures to redress Trump’s “egregious decision” to withdraw American troops from Syria. Their recommendations reveal exactly why the same national security establishment that mired the U.S. in the Syria conflict is fundamentally ill-equipped to bring that involvement to an end.
Read MoreThe obscure funding provision included in the House rules for the 116th Congress exemplifies the way ‘national security’ circles back to compromise working-class security.
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