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PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Establishment is Changing its Tune on Russia

PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Establishment is Changing its Tune on Russia

September 9, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Russophobic rhetoric persists in Washington, but a counter-argument is emerging. Are Western democracies, the U.S. and France in the lead, rethinking the hostility toward Russia they conjured out of nothing since Moscow responded to the coup Washington cultivated in Ukraine…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Accelerating Imperial Decline

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Accelerating Imperial Decline

June 23, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Washington’s foreign policy towards Iran is driven by desperation rather than a reasoned understanding of a world in historically significant flux. That can lead only to a continuing succession of failures. The kinetic events of the past week in Washington,…

America’s Absence in Istanbul: A Sign of Decline, Not Surrender

America’s Absence in Istanbul: A Sign of Decline, Not Surrender

November 13, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Team Trump missed the summit on Syria. In that, Patrick Lawrence sees another sign of Washington’s failure to accept its loss of diplomatic primacy. Lost in the Memory Palace: US Leads, But No One Follows You would hardly know it from…

Why the U.S. Seeks to Hem in Russia, China and Iran

Why the U.S. Seeks to Hem in Russia, China and Iran

September 13, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

America’s three principal adversaries signify the shape of the world to come: a post-Western world of coexistence. But neoliberal and neocon ideology is unable to to accept global pluralism and multipolarity, argues Patrick Lawrence. The Trump administration has brought U.S….

The Trump Administration’s Spoiler Foreign Policy

The Trump Administration’s Spoiler Foreign Policy

August 30, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

U.S. strategy abroad is assuming a curious shape. Whether the president or his minders are running affairs, Patrick Lawrence sees the U.S. being reduced to playing a spoiler role in the Middle East and Northeast Asia. It is not possible…

After the Iran deal: A foreign policy built on arrogance, ignorance and sheer desperation

After the Iran deal: A foreign policy built on arrogance, ignorance and sheer desperation

May 13, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

American foreign policy has long trended toward dark places. Under this administration, that has accelerated I am with Craig Murray now that the Trump administration has determined to scuttle the accord governing Iran’s nuclear programs. “This moment will be seen…

Now the U.S. is playing spoiler role in Korea, Syria and elsewhere. But why?

Now the U.S. is playing spoiler role in Korea, Syria and elsewhere. But why?

January 28, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Washington can’t adjust to losing its role as global sheriff, and the entire world must bear the consequences If the first few weeks of 2018 are any guide, it is going to be a tumultuous, confrontational year for America’s foreign…

American policy totally failed in Syria — let’s be thankful

American policy totally failed in Syria — let’s be thankful

November 26, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Despite media obfuscation, last week’s meeting between Putin and Assad suggests a new order in the Middle East I kept hearing National Public Radio programs this week to the effect that liberals and “progressives,” not to mention those in the…

Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First

Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First

October 31, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, The Nation.

Mattis confirms policy with Manila, Tokyo, and Seoul before the president’s first trip across the Pacific. At the end of this week our president is to set off on an 11–day sweep through Asia—five nations plus two regional forums, one…

The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests

The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests

July 6, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, The Nation.

We may not like it, but nuclear weapons may be all that stands in the way of another US-conducted “regime change.” Given that North Korea flooded the airwaves and the press during our July 4 rituals—which grow more objectionably militarist…

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