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Trump’s Climate Fail: Another Loss for American Leadership

Trump’s Climate Fail: Another Loss for American Leadership

March 31, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

President Trump put more than progress on climate change in jeopardy when he reversed the previous administration’s clean-energy policies on Tuesday. With a signature on an executive order, he put America’s global leadership more seriously at risk than at any…

Trump’s Next Challenge: Russia Returns to Afghanistan

Trump’s Next Challenge: Russia Returns to Afghanistan

March 24, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

America’s 16-years in Afghanistan has so far resulted in 2,216 dead soldiers, 20,049 casualties, and an estimated $800 billion in direct war costs — not including veterans’ health and pension payments that could reach $400 billion before it’s all over….

Famine Could Kill 20 Million in Africa and Yemen—Why the Deafening Silence?

Famine Could Kill 20 Million in Africa and Yemen—Why the Deafening Silence?

March 24, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, The Nation.

As with the threat to kick 24 million off health care here, unchecked power is bringing humanity to a grave crisis. Two striking stories, back to back, come our way as spring arrives. I cannot get either out of my…

Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy

Tillerson’s Asia Trip Could Signal the End US Soft Diplomacy

March 17, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

It was clear as soon as Rex Tillerson arrived in Tokyo late Wednesday that the new secretary of state’s first trip to Asia could turn out to be a mission impossible. In a six-day tour of three nations, the unproven…

If France Elects Le Pen, Another Country Will Have Been Scared Stupid

If France Elects Le Pen, Another Country Will Have Been Scared Stupid

March 10, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The French, along with the rest of Europe, were on the edges of their seats before the American elections last autumn: Who will it be—a right-wing populist disrupter or a centrist favoring liberal economics, open borders, global institutions, and a…

Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea?

Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea?

March 8, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, The Nation.

We have no alternative but to open talks with Pyongyang; the sanctions strategy is not working. Author’s update: South Korea’s Constitutional Court removed Park Geun-hye, the nation’s beleaguered president, on Friday, March 10, as had been anticipated at the time…

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