Boiling Point: How America Brought War to Ukraine
“A brilliant, thoroughly researched study that demonstrates how the United States failed to take advantage of the end of the Cold War to create a more peaceful world. Should be read by every American concerned with the rising violence in the world and the heightened danger of a nuclear conflict.”
Jack F. Matlock, Jr., former US Ambassador to the Soviet Union
Due October 2026
Trump may be headed toward a pointless confrontation with Cuba
The president seems to think he may be the one to finally squelch the Communist regime. Does he realize how few good options he has?
Book Talk | The History of U.S. Regime Change Operations
The U.S. kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, and threats against Iran and other states, have once again put the issue of regime change at the center of discussions on U.S. foreign and security policy. There is, however, nothing new about such U.S. operations. They date back at least to the 1890s, and have taken place in almost every region of the world. To discuss this history and its lessons for the present and future, Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute is joined by Stephen Kinzer.
Trump should know the folly of meddling in Iran
The Islamic Republic is fending off an uprising. American intervention could make the situation worse.
Seizing Greenland would shock the world. It shouldn’t.
The United States has often violated international law when that suited its purposes.
