Foreign Policy - The New American

Ten Republican Senators May Vote for Resolution Ordering End to Conflict With Iran

Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) says 10 Republican senators are considering voting for a resolution he is sponsoring to force the United States to...

Michael Tennant January 14, 2020

Esper: No Evidence Iran Planned to Attack Four Embassies

Michael Tennant January 13, 2020

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Sunday he had seen no evidence suggesting that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was plotting attacks on four U.S....

The Real WWIII Threat Was Hillary Clinton

Selwyn Duke January 9, 2020

While many young people are worried about President Trump starting WWIII with Iran, Hillary Clinton would have been much more of a warmonger...

Iran Fires Missiles at Bases Housing U.S. Forces in Iraq; Trump Responds

Warren Mass January 8, 2020

Iran fired as many as 15 ballistic missiles that targeted two air bases housing U.S. and coalition troops — in Irbil, northern Iraq,...

Reports: U.S. Border Patrol Detaining Iranian-Americans for Hours

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 8, 2020

According to various reports, Customs and Border Patrol at a crossing in Wasington State are detaining people appearing to be of Iranian descent. ...

Should We Believe Trump’s Reasons for Soleimani Assassination?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. January 7, 2020

How credible are the president's reasons for why he had to order the execution of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani? ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Says Soleimani Was in Iraq to Discuss De-escalating Tensions

Warren Mass January 7, 2020

Iraq’s prime minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said that Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, killed in a U.S. drone strike, was in Iraq to deliver...

Iraqi Parliament Votes to End U.S. Troop Presence in Iraq

Warren Mass January 6, 2020

The Iraqi Parliament voted on January 5 to eliminate the U.S. troop presence in Iraq “due to the end of military operations in...

Rand Paul: Constitution Requires Congressional Declaration of War

Steve Byas January 4, 2020

Does the president possess the authority under the Constitution to go to war on his own? Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky thinks not,...

Iraq Embassy Attack Illustrates Dangers of Continued Interventionism

Steve Byas January 3, 2020

Determining who is a friend or a foe in the Middle East is rather difficult. Perhaps we should let the people in the...

Chinese Embassy Officials Expelled After Entering Virginia Military Base

Warren Mass December 17, 2019

After the United States expelled two Chinese Embassy officials who drove onto a U.S. Navy base in Virginia Beach, the Chinese asked the...

U.S. Officials Lied to American Public About War in Afghanistan

Warren Mass December 10, 2019

The head of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction said, “the American people have constantly been lied to” about...