Foreign Policy - The New American

America’s Perpetual War

This Memorial Day, before we further decorate the earth with more graves of more young Americans, let us pause to consider who really...

Jack Kenny May 28, 2012

Outrage Grows After U.S. Drug War Kills More Honduran Women, Children

Alex Newman May 25, 2012

The U.S. government’s so-called “War on Drugs” in Central America is under heavy fire again after a barrage of negative publicity surrounding a...

Clinton Urges Passage of Law of Sea Treaty

Bruce Walker May 25, 2012

Ronald Reagan did not support the Law of the Sea Treaty over concerns that our nation would be surrendering sovereignty to the United...

Despite Change to Drone Policy, Drones Still Controversial

Raven Clabough May 23, 2012

The use of drones by the United States is so controversial that even mainstream media outlets cannot ignore it. Earlier this week, CBS...

NATO Chicago Summit: Protests, Bomb Plots … And Expanded NATO Missions

William F. Jasper May 22, 2012

While most media accounts of the Chicago NATO Summit have focused on the revolutionary activities of street protesters and alleged bomb plotters, the...

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Says U.S. Ready for Attack on Iran

Raven Clabough May 18, 2012

According to U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro, America is now fully prepared for a military strike on Iran. Unbeknownst to Shapiro, his...

U.S. Special Forces Being Deployed to Protect “Security” of Yemen

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 17, 2012

Despite Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's assurances to the contrary, U.S. troops will be sent back to Yemen to help the Yemeni government...

Obama Administration Tries To Justify Proliferating Drone Strikes

Thomas R. Eddlem May 3, 2012

White House senior counterterrorism adviser John Brennan has tried to justify proliferating drone strikes in Islamic countries this week as a legitimate reaction...

Obama Gives Green Light to Expanded Drone Campaign in Yemen

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. May 2, 2012

Just weeks ago the CIA requested expanded authority to deploy drones to target and kill suspected militants hiding in Yemen. To no one’s...

Russian Troops Coming to U.S. for Terror Drills, DoD Confirms

Alex Newman April 27, 2012

Russian "Airborne Assault Forces" will be arriving in Colorado this May for joint terror-war exercises with U.S. soldiers, according to U.S. officials and...

New Executive Order Gives President Power Over “Human Rights Abuses”

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 24, 2012

Over the weekend, President Barack Obama signed an executive order granting himself power to impose sanctions against companies that are suspected of assisting...

CIA Wants to Deploy More Drones in Yemen

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. April 22, 2012

The CIA wants permission to deploy drones to seek and destroy suspected terrorists regardless of the potential for collateral damage (read: innocent people...

Despite Mounting Regional Pressure, Obama Vows More Drug War

Alex Newman April 19, 2012

Across the political spectrum, amid growing violence and destruction, Latin American leaders assembled in Colombia for the "Summit of the Americas" urged President...