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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Foreign Policy Explained

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump’s Foreign Policy Explained

December 29, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Trump arrived in Washington as a New York property man unfamiliar with the permanent DC establishment, but determined to make deals where others dare not go. Chaos was the result.‘ “Some friendly health advice to Iran,” President Donald Trump tweeted last Wednesday….

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Empire with a Human Face

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Empire with a Human Face

December 14, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The Biden people are unlikely to speak of a new cold war with China, but they appear likely to wage one all dressed up as a sophisticated trans–Pacific strategy. Those boneheaded Trump people explained their hostile, xenophobic, fated-to-fail policy toward…

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 9—Opening the CIA’s Vault

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 9—Opening the CIA’s Vault

October 26, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

As its publisher remains in prison awaiting judgment on his extradition case, we continue our series of looking at WikiLeaks’ significant revelations contributing to the public’s right to know. On Feb. 6, 2017, WikiLeaks released documents detailing the Central Intelligence Agency’s espionage program in…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Damage Russiagate Has Done

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Damage Russiagate Has Done

October 19, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Authoritarian liberals have unleashed a censorious syndrome peculiar to our national character, dating to 17th century Quaker hangings in Boston.  An inhabitant of Twitterland named “Willow Inski” took to the keyboard on Oct. 11, asking why anyone still accepts official…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Europe Going Its Own Way

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Europe Going Its Own Way

October 6, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Events of the past week show the Continent restoring some of its pre-1945 independence from U.S. hegemony. Those who come after us will look back and conclude we lived in a time of great moment. This is true in all sorts of…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Mike Pompeo’s Cold-War Fever

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Mike Pompeo’s Cold-War Fever

September 22, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

As this dreadful year draws near its close, the top U.S. diplomat has put us at far more risk of war than we were at its start. Will we start a war with Iran? Will we invade Venezuela? Will we…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State

August 31, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Between Biden and Trump, U.S. voters have no alternative to our anxious empire’s lawless conduct abroad. What are we in for on the foreign policy side come Nov. 3? Whoever wins this election, Joe Biden or Donald Trump, the answers…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: A United State of Delusion

PATRICK LAWRENCE: A United State of Delusion

August 4, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Americans are caught in a kind of national psychosis, wherein little of what is said about foreign conduct — from Germany to the South China Sea — can be taken at face value.  Let’s face it: The Trump regime has from the…

Bravate di Guerra Fredda nel Pacifico

Bravate di Guerra Fredda nel Pacifico

July 20, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

This Italian translation appeared on Sakeritalia. Prima è arrivata al Congresso la richiesta formale [in inglese] da parte del Dipartimento della Difesa per un  assegno di 20 miliardi di dollari per aumentare la propria presenza in tutto il Pacifico. Un mese dopo la…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific

July 20, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

There is a lot to read into this moment, but one thing’s clear. The U.S. doesn’t know what time it is.   First came the Defense Department’s formal request to Congress for a $20 billion check to upgrade its presence across the Pacific. That…

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