Jeffrey Cavanaugh

Jeffrey Cavanaugh is a former MintPress political analyst and columnist specializing in international relations and US policy. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations, specializing in International Security and Conflict. He has worked as a political science and public administration lecturer at Mississippi State University.

The Stars Have Aligned For Kurdistan

With the support of not only Turkey, but also Israel and the U.S., the time is right for the establishment of a Kurdish state in the despotic Middle East.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Geopolitics And Corporate Profits Push Iraq And Syria Towards Partition

In the modern Middle East there are two stateless peoples that have been oppressed and terrorized by an occupying power, risen up in failed rebellions, and generally been the subject of intrigue and geopolitical manipulation by outside powers. The first is the Palestinians, whose struggles against the Israeli state are well known. The second is the

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What Japanese Remilitarization Means For Asia And The World

As China flexes its newly developed military muscle throughout Asia and re-draws maps at will, what would happen if Japan abandoned its post-war pacifist policy?

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Japan South China Sea

This past week the world witnessed the centennial anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His assassination 100 years ago sparked a crisis between Austria and Serbia that, due to the polarized alliance system of the day, quickly pit one group of great European

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The Jindal Jinx: How Big Oil And The GOP Rule Louisiana

Down in Louisiana, the governor’s rolling out the tired old song-and-dance routine of peddling conservative values while coddling wealthy interests.

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By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Bobby Jindal

When it comes to suffering, there are few better places than the American South to set stories of oppression and malfeasance. Amidst magnolia trees, lazy rivers, backwoods bayous and the twists and tangles of religion and race, American conservatives rule their states with an iron fist. Of course, the party labels and faces may change over time,

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Why Are We Listening To These People?

The media spotlight is again turning to Iraq. Luckily, the media elite has grown a little wiser — or at least more skeptical of the neocon agenda — since 2003.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

A stopped clock is right twice a day, but in the Orwellian world that is U.S. mainstream media it seems that stopped clocks are always right -- as long as one doesn’t look too much into the background, that is, to see the rusted, smashed-up innards of the clocks themselves. For a perfect example of this inexplicable ability of the media to never

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Of Failed States And Tribes With Flags

Partitioning Iraq may actually be the best solution for the state overwhelmed by sectarian feuding.

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By Jeffrey Cavanaugh

Unless you live under a rock or read the American version of Time magazine -- which featured an admonition to eat more butter on this week’s front cover -- then you’re likely aware of the hugely important foreign policy story that broke this week: the complete collapse of Iraqi state authority across a wide swath of that country’s northern

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Only America’s Old Feel Threatened By Loss Of Religious Liberty

It appears that a new Age of Reason is just around the corner for America.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Blackwater Guards Face Trial In Iraq Shootings

  If you listen to Fox News, right-wing radio or any of the mouth-breathing websites catering to the political right these days, you will receive a powerful message about the state of freedom in contemporary America. Seemingly everywhere, say right-wingers, liberty -- but especially religious liberty -- is being trampled upon by an

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We Deserted Bowe Bergdahl; He Didn’t Desert Us

Compared to why he and others in the U.S. military were in Afghanistan to begin with, arguing whether Bergdahl is a deserter is beside the point.

Jeffrey Cavanaugh
By Jeffrey Cavanaugh
Bowe Bergdahl

If you didn’t think that things could get any lower in American politics, then the events of the last week were surely a shocking reminder that no matter how rancorous our discourse, things can always get worse. That’s because a simple prisoner exchange has suddenly, out of nowhere, become a fresh source of outrage for those on the partisan

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