Tag / State Department
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3D Printed Guns And Gun Control
I remember watching the Vice documentary, “3D Printed Guns,” six years ago. The documentary followed the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting where 26 people, most of them children, were killed — the bloody capstone of what was referred to by some as “the year of the gun.” The documentary itself covered the existence and development of…
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Dr. Deterrence Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept the Bomb
For the American public, media, and a certain someone in the West Wing, the knowledge that North Korea will soon have ICBMs capable of targeting American cities is cause for panic. Each test launch and every tremor coming from North Korea leads to a flurry of angrily worded tweets and posturing from President Trump, which…
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The Case for Foreign Policy Regulations
Anyone specializing in any field of policy will tell you that theirs is the most important. In the case of foreign policy, that argument might hold some weight. Since the end of the Second World War, an activist foreign policy on the part of the United States has coincided with the elimination of great-power conflict,…
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The Cynical Case for Military Intervention in Syria
BY NAHUEL FEFER The humanitarian argument for intervention is strong, but often dismissed with the observation that the United States government is not a moral agent and obligated solely to its people. To some extent we all accept this premise, otherwise we would be outraged at the United States spending only .6% of the budget…
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The Case Against Susan Rice
For months now, the steady drumbeat of criticism against UN Ambassador Susan Rice has been focused on her bungled handling of the Benghazi attacks. However, as the New York Times reported on Monday, Rice’s failure as a civil servant extends beyond what she said in a Meet the Press interview. Rice, on the shortlist to…
