12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1014+ words) Ongoing security crises are testing Massad Boulus’s initiative A series of crises have roiled Libya over the last month, undermining a U.S.-led initiative to resolve the country’s profound political predicament and open its markets to American investment. In a tone…...

12+ hour, 57+ min ago   (384+ words) In their new book, Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick chart the evolution of this powerful special interest and its unmatched influence in the US In March 2006, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced the essay by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, "The…...

14+ hour, 13+ min ago   (839+ words) After tonight's primary, Darline Graham is a shoe-in for her brother's Senate seat in November and a reliable vote for Trump's wars. It's what they're all counting on. Darline Graham won the Republican primary Tuesday and will likely win a…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1080+ words) Markets analyst Rory Johnston spoke with RS about why worst case predictions about crude markets have yet to materialize For decades, the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz has been considered the ultimate doomsday scenario for global oil markets....

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (392+ words) Even as the DoD’s budget skyrockets, the services don’t request enough funds for repairs A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finds that the maintenance backlog for military installations has ballooned to more than $285 billion — leaving many facilities in disrepair,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (531+ words) For two years, Israel's war in Lebanon has been measured largely in a human toll: the dead, the wounded, the displaced. What has drawn far less attention is the destruction of the land itself. Across southern Lebanon, a combination of…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (328+ words) The weapon Washington insists Iran must never possess proved largely incapable forcing Tehran to capitulate or prevent it from retaliating in this war For decades, the United States treated the prospect of an Iranian nuclear weapon as an intolerable threat....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (281+ words) Authors Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick join the Always at War podcast to discuss the lobby's role in our elections, as well as its evolution and future. The pro-Israel lobby is dominating American headlines during the current election because of…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (341+ words) Military force — and even economic pressure — without clearly defined outcomes has been the downfall of US war policy for decades The latest U.S. strategy in the Middle East is defined as one of “maximum pressure,” combining military containment and…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (410+ words) One former official is now working as a defense lobbyist even as he serves on a major Navy commission, according to a new report In the last decade, 31 former members of Congress and top staff have left Capitol Hill and…...