Peter Gaffney

Multilateralism, Citizen Diplomacy, & The Future Of US Foreign Policy: An Interview With Rep. Ro Khanna

The 2016 election will be remembered largely as a crisis at the intersection of social media, private political financing, freedoms of expression, and geopolitics. Depending on who you ask, we are suffering from either too much democracy or too little, from an elite political class that has grown too insular and paternalistic or a populist […]

6y ago

Democrats Stand To Win By Offering New Vision On Foreign Policy

There’s a good reason why rising stars of the progressive left – Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, and now Rep. Ro Khanna (CA-17) – are stumping for a new direction in U.S. foreign policy. Americans across the political spectrum are fed up with the status quo offered by the U.S. foreign policy establishment, what […]

6y ago

bernie sanders|Donald Trump|foreign policy|hillary clinton

The Key To Disarming Russian ‘Soft Power’: An Interview With Foreign & Security Policy Expert Bobo Lo

While Washington works on new legislation to address the strategic use of digital media by America’s geopolitical rivals, some security and foreign policy experts are pointing to the bigger trends that have contributed to the breakdown of the “rules-based” international order and escalating political war between Russia and the West. “Just as the United States […]

6y ago

Barack Obama|bernie sanders|china|Donald Trump|russia

The End Of American Exceptionalism: EPC’s Giovanni Grevi Discusses The Changing World Order

From the isolationist rhetoric of the Trump administration to the rise of eurosceptic parties in Europe, it is clear that the West has entered a period of transition, with significant consequences for the transatlantic partnership and broader rules-based international order. This has much to do, on the one hand, with macro trends that began long […]

6y ago

Donald Trump|paul manafort|robert mueller

A White House That Is No Longer Political: Paul Manafort’s Indictment, In The Big Picture

Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought criminal charges against Paul Manafort, reported the Guardian this morning. Mr. Manafort, who denies any wrongdoing, worked as campaign manager for Donald Trump during the Republican primaries but quit the campaign in August 2016 when he was found to have connections to a pro-Russian political party in the Ukraine. […]

6y ago

Bill Clinton|clinton foundation|hillary clinton

Uranium One Investigation Points To Global Drivers Of US Political Crisis

The House Intelligence Committee announced plans yesterday to investigate a 2010 deal which gave a Russian company control over one-fifth of uranium production capacity in the United States, reports the BBC. The case involves the acquisition of the Canadian company Uranium One by Russia’s state nuclear program Rosatom, a deal which required the approval of […]

6y ago

czech republic

‘Czech Donald Trump’ Andrej Babiš Wins Election With Anti-Immigration Rhetoric And Free Donuts

With 99.95 percent of ballots counted, Andrej Babiš’s populist party, ANO, has won a large plurality of the vote in the Czech Republic – nearly 30 percent, Czech news agency Novinky reports. In addition to placing Babiš in the premiership of the country, his party will take 78 seats in parliament, with Civic Democratic Party […]

6y ago

Donald Trump

German Nationalism Is Back In The Bundestag: Robert Gold Discusses The Analogy With Trump’s America

In Europe, like in America, right-wing nationalist parties are gaining ground. Results of recent elections in Germany represent a chilling new milestone: Alternative for Germany (AfD), a far-right party with an anti-immigration and Eurosceptic agenda, captured nearly 13 percent of the vote and 94 seats in parliament. It’s the first time since the fall of […]

6y ago

Donald Trump

How Citizens Set The Agenda: Bruno Kaufmann Discusses Trump, The Populist Wave, & End Of American Paternalism

Trump’s rise to power is commonly explained as a political backlash to economic globalization made possible by a critical failure on the part of both Republican and Democrat party leadership to set an agenda that speaks for globalization’s discontents. Looking to the situation in Europe, from last year’s Brexit to the recent surge in support […]

6y ago

Donald Trump|robert mueller

Russia Probe Reveals Systemic Corruption, Not Collusion: An Interview With Security Expert Mark Galeotti

When U.S. Intelligence first released its report on Russian interference last January, it offered a new “historical memory” to explain the cause-and-effect logic of the 2016 election, especially with regard to widespread distrust of political process that has fueled populist movements on both the left and the right, and left major fault lines in both […]

6y ago