‘Liberal Global Order’: How Bush’s Neocons Crafted Obama’s Policy Of Endless War

Foreign policy analysts at the Brookings Institution urged Obama to begin ‘the provision of lethal assistance by an American-led coalition’ to Syrian rebels, while acknowledging the presence of al-Qaida fighters among their ranks.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Robert Kagan (center). speaks at the "Reagan in a World Transformed," event in February, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. (Photo: flickr/cc/Miller Center)

MINNEAPOLIS --- Despite campaign promises to draw down U.S. involvement in wars in the Middle East in an atmosphere of fear and anti-war sentiment inspired by President George W. Bush’s invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, Barack Obama’s legacy has been one of widespread military intervention and empire-building. Under the influence of neoliberal

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Hillary Clinton Lends Credibility To Zionist Colonialism At Saban Forum

Clinton recently participated in a forum hosted by a U.S. foreign policy think tank discussion that largely revolved around U.S. support for Israel and the so-called “two-state solution” — a discussion that took place within narrow Zionist parameters.

Ramona Wadi
By Ramona Wadi
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)

The Center for Middle East Policy, a U.S. foreign policy think tank under the Brookings Institution, hosted the 11th annual Saban Forum from Friday to Sunday. Under the banner of “Stormy Seas: The United States and Israel in a Tumultuous Middle East,” participants in the Zionist propaganda event included U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Israeli

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Debate Rages Over Exporting American Oil

Is the U.S. ready to lift its own ban on exporting oil to foreign nations? Even Republican members of Congress are calling for an end to the law.

Les Neuhaus
By Les Neuhaus
Total Petrochemicals Port Arhtur refinery is shown Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009 in Port Arthur, Texas. Over the past several years, Total Petrochemical's sprawling oil refinery in southeast Texas has sprayed tons of sulfuric acid and carbon monoxide into the sky. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

With U.S. oil reserves predicted to surpass that of giants like Saudi Arabia, a nearly 40-year ban on the selling of domestic oil abroad is being reexamined by congressional and business leaders, according to various reports Wednesday. Top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee Sen. Lisa Murkowski said in a speech at the Brookings Institution

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Brightening Job Numbers Offer Little Relief To Unemployed Americans

The number of jobless Americans is still higher than when the economic meltdown began.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

For unemployed Americans, there is cause for hope in the most recent statistics showing an increase in jobs in the U.S. labor market. Yet it’s a far cry from relief. Unemployment figures show the number of job-seekers is down from its highest point during the recession. However, compared to 2007, the number of jobless Americans is still higher

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America’s Poor Are Fleeing To The Suburbs

The trend closes a chapter of U.S. history, a time when living in American suburbs represented the dawning of the American Dream.

Trisha Marczak
By Trisha Marczak

In a shift from trends seen in the 1960s, the nation’s poor are fleeing the city for more affordable housing in the suburbs, with the low-income population in areas outside Minneapolis, Minn., increasing 128 percent over the last decade, according to a report released this month by the Brookings Institute. The Metropolitan Policy Program, an arm

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