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Despite Slamming Trump's Exit as 'Short-Sighted,' Biden Says US Won't Reenter Open Skies Treaty

During his campaign, Biden said concerns of Russian violations "should be addressed not by withdrawing from the treaty, but by seeking to resolve them through the treaty's implementation and dispute mechanism."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·
President Joe Biden in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 21, 2021.
Members of Afghanistan's 777 Special Mission Wing prepare for a helicopter flight during a visit by Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces Gen. Mohammad Yasin Zia, at their base in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Photo: Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Congress Urged to Divert Pentagon Dollars After Afghan Withdrawal Towards Social Uplift, Climate Emergency

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

A health worker inoculates a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary, at Primary Health Center (PHC) Govt. Hospital, on May 17, 2021 in Greater Noida, India. (Photo: Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Covid-19 Is a Global Threat to Humanity—and Requires an International Response

Jesse Jackson ·

US President Joe Biden holds a pen as he prepares to sign a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. (Photo: JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

If Biden Genuinely Aspires to Build Back Better, He Would Deviate From US Militarism

Andrew Bacevich ·

Then-U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr holds a news conference at the Department of Justice on December 21, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Michael Reynolds-Pool via Getty Images)

'Direct Attack on the First Amendment': Trump DOJ Secretly Obtained Washington Post Journalists' Phone Records

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·

Such vulnerabilities stem from bugs in the programs—and sometimes even the hardware—that run our increasingly wired society. (Photo: Getty Images/Stock Photo)

America Hacks Itself: The Cold War Has Already Turned Hot—on the Internet

Waiting for the cyber-apocalypse.

John Feffer ·

Biden with NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg. (Photo: haramjedder.blogspot.com)

Biden's Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy

For a president who promised a new era of American diplomacy, this has been a dreadful start.

Medea Benjamin ·

President Biden may not get such an opportunity to begin the long process of harm reduction in US foreign policy as he does with Afghanistan. (Photo: Jim Watson / Contributor / Getty Images)

Biden's Progressive Path Through Afghanistan

No greater bleeding wound exists for the United States in the world than the unending Global War on Terror.

Matthew Hoh ·

U.S. troops patrol near Forward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan. (Photo: U.S. Army/Public Domain)

After Nearly 20-Year Assault on Afghanistan, Biden Says 'It Is Time to End America's Longest War'

White House announcement for complete withdrawal comes nearly two decades after the U.S. president, then a senator, backed the 2001 invasion.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

"The U.S. military's new emphasis on near-peer conflicts will undoubtedly help funnel trillions of dollars into yet more weaponry, including a revamped nuclear arsenal," writes Astore, "but it does not bode well for reasoned diplomacy or anything like peace on this planet." (Image: CodePink)

Back to the Future—and the Cold War—at the Pentagon

Why 2021 looks so much like 1981—and why that should frighten us all.

William Astore ·

A PLA naval aviation brigade under the PLA Eastern Theater Command takes part in a combat training exercise in east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan 14, 2021. (Photo: Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

Chinese and American Leaders Are Playing a Game of Chicken That Couldn't Be More Dangerous

Could the U.S. and China face an unintended blowup in the western Pacific in the Biden years?

Michael T. Klare ·

Peace activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and newly elected US President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of Berlin's landmark the Brandenburg Gate on January 29, 2021 in an action to call for more progress in nuclear disarmament. (Photo: John MacDougall / AFP)

The Urgent Need for a Biden-Putin Summit

"Do you want to reduce the chances of nuclear war?" Assuming the answer is yes, any opposition to such a summit is illogical at best.

Norman Solomon ·

Polish soldiers patrol the rail yard at Mockava, Lithuania during Exercise Brilliant Jump 20, military trainings that took place in November, 2020. (Photo: Flickr/cc/NATO)

What Planet Is NATO Living On?

NATO's failure to seriously examine its own role in what it euphemistically calls "uncertain times" should therefore be more alarming to Americans and Europeans than its one-sided criticisms of Russia and China, whose contributions to the uncertainty of our times pale by comparison.

Medea Benjamin ·

Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is accused of illegally transferring weapons to Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar. (Photo: The Oxford Union/REX Shutterstock)

Report of Illegal $80 Million Arms Transfer by Erik Prince to Libyan Warlord Raises Question of Who's Backing Former Blackwater CEO

Prince has "been linked to the Trump administration, the Emirati leadership, and the Russians," noted one expert.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken concludes his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2021. (Photo: Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)

'Makes Us All Safer': Biden Admin Announces Five-Year Extension of New START Nuclear Treaty With Russia

"This welcome step is the start of our efforts to pursue effective arms control that lowers the risks of war and helps prevent arms races," said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Kenny Stancil, staff writer ·