Avatar photoTrump-Kim II: The Scapegoat Rodeo

The summit in Hanoi was a bust.  New podcast co-host Anne Pellegrino joins Jeffrey and Aaron to discuss, as Joshua Pollack calls it, the Scapegoat Rodeo in Hanoi.     Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!

Avatar photoIP3, YEAH YOU KNOW ME

The Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform wants answers to allegations about influence peddling and a grandiose plan to sell Saudi Arabia up to 40 nuclear reactors. This week, Aaron and Jeffrey dig into the interim staff report detailing the allegations, what the purported IP3 plan really means, and safeguards on civil nuclear …

Avatar photoEnding the Korean War

This post is authored by Shea Cotton  The upcoming Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi has revived the prospect of formally ending the Korean War. Much of the ongoing conversation presents this possibility only in vague terms, or focuses on whether Trump should make some type of peace “declaration”. There has been a lot of discussion on this specific option …

Avatar photoWar Drums on the Subcontinent (Again)

Quote of the week: “Some look for scapegoats, others look for conspiracies, but this much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our society can remove this sickness from our land.” – Robert Kennedy, April 5, 1968 in Cleveland, one day after Martin Luther King’s assassination Imran Khan has …