The Intercept | Mehdi Hasan: The U.S. government is run by sociopaths. How else to explain the Trump administrations callous disregard for the lives of ordinary Iranians in the midst of this global coronavirus crisis? How else to make sense of U.S. officials doubling down in their support for crippling economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic,...

Press TV - A group of US foreign policy figures, including former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, have described President Donald Trump's policies toward Iran as not only ineffectual but also potentially contributory to "a more dangerous, destructive and enduring regional conflict with Iran." In a statementfirst shared with Politico and ...

(CNN)- I teach my students that foreign policy is persuading other countries to do what you want. The tools available to accomplish this include everything from kind words to cruise missiles. Mixing them properly and with sufficient patience is the art of diplomacy, a task that for the United States has proved challenging even with our closest allies,...

[caption id="attachment_150743" align="alignright" width="210"] Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright[/caption] Former Secretary of StateMadeleine Albright became the latest Democratic voice today to take issue with Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahus upcoming address to Congress. Netanyahu was invited by SpeakerJohn Boehnerwithout ...