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The U.S.-Israeli War on Iran Is Illegal. Here’s Why That Matters. - FPIF
2+ hour, 13+ min ago (691+ words) The U.S. and Israeli war has, from its very beginning, violated both U.S. domestic and international law. Now, however, that future is in more danger than any other time in recent memory. Right now, Iranian civilians are paying the highest price. But…...
The War That Changed the Terms of Iran’s Crisis - FPIF
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (740+ words) The War That Changed the Terms of Iran's Crisis'Foreign Policy in Focus The War That Changed the Terms of Iran's Crisis On March 26, Donald Trump paused threatened attacks on Iran's energy plants for another ten days, said he was doing…...
Israel Didn’t ‘Drag’ the U.S. Into War—American Hawks Have Wanted This for Decades - FPIF
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (431+ words) The truth is, leaders in the U.S. were all too willing to launch this war on their own. We need to hold them accountable " and to beware of fringe, antisemitic conspiracy theorists who blame Jewish people or institutions for the Trump…...
The Existential Crisis of Mainstream Economics - FPIF
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (217+ words) Unlike the meteor that killed the dinosaurs, Inside Job did not destroy economics, though in Angus Deaton's account, "the movie did great harm to the public image of economists who were seen as benefiting mightily from an economy that they…...
Why Japan Is Not Laughing at Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jokes - FPIF
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (237+ words) Sanae Takaichi and Donald Trump (Shutterstock) On March 19, 2026, a truly remarkable scene unfolded in the Oval Office. President Donald Trump, hosting Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, decided to explain his decision to launch a massive bombing campaign against Iran without…...
The Greenland Effect - FPIF
1+ week, 1+ day ago (512+ words) With Germany at the forefront, the European Union has rejected the U.S. call for military intervention to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has become Iran's key leverage in the war. Transatlantic relations are cooling. Greenland has everything to do with…...
The Case for Global Climate Reparations - FPIF
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1649+ words) Originally published in Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung. To combat climate change, the entire world has to make the transition away from fossil fuels. If a major emitter like the United States or India doesn't substantially reduce its emissions, it will doom…...
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine - FPIF
2+ week, 21+ hour ago (336+ words) But viewing these events as disjointed spectacles misunderstands the American empire during the second Trump administration. Beneath the veneer of erratic aggression and Trump's endlessly quotable gaffes lies a coherent project of global enclosure. Welcome to the Donroe Doctrine era....
Years of Meddling in Cuba and Nicaragua - FPIF
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1246+ words) The head of a prominent U.S.-funded nongovernmental organization has recently acknowledged years of involvement in subversive operations in Cuba and Nicaragua, some in defiance of executive policies. Although Wilson insisted that NED makes its decisions in consultation with Congress and…...
Trump, the Dying Multilateral Order, and the Global South - FPIF
2+ week, 4+ day ago (459+ words) In the second year of Donald Trump's second term, beginning with the kidnaping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on January 2, 2026, followed by the war of choice he has waged against Iran alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the U.S. president has…...