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Containing the National Security State represents more than 100 editorials that assess the militarization of U.S. governance and U.S. foreign policy.

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Sino-American Relations: Breaking the Gordian Knot

This week’s meetings in San Francisco between President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping offer an unusual opportunity to calm the Cold War environment between Washington and Beijing, and to demonstrate that Biden’s national security team recognizes the importance of stabilizing Washington’s most important bilateral relationship.  The United States and China are the two…

US Advice to Israel: “Use Smaller Bombs”

“U.S. officials said they have privately outlined several steps to Israel to reduce civilian casualties in its military campaign in the Gaza Strip, including using smaller bombs, when going after Hamas leaders and infrastructure.” – The New York Times, front page, November 5, 2023 The case for asserting that the U.S. is complicit in Israel’s…

Paul Krugman Dismisses the Existence of a Military-Industrial Complex

Paul Krugman is a Distinguished Professor of Economics in the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, a columnist for the New York Times, and a leading economist and public intellectual. He received a Nobel Prize for his efforts in 2008. In a column last week, however, Krugman left his economics lane, and…

Biden Endorses the “Indispensable Nation”

“It is the threat of the use of force that is going to put force behind diplomacy. But if we have to use force, it is because we are America; we are the indispensable nation We stand tall and we see further than other countries into the future….” – Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Making…