PRESS ROOM

Mexico, it seems, bowed to pressure from the U.S. and has stepped up repression of migrants...

The blundering of Donald Trump and his mediocre national security team is largely responsible for the setbacks over the past two years. But U.S. exceptionalism and even political bipartisanship carry a heavy responsibility as well...

The most negative thing about the agreement that was reached is that Mexico appears to be in many ways supporting this image that these immigrants, these asylum seekers – women and children primarily – who are coming up from Central American countries are actually a threat to national security. And that’s simply not true...

There is simply no military solution to the Korean nuclear crisis — at least none that would come at an acceptable cost to U.S. and allied security, given North Korean counterstrike capabilities. It is urgent that both sides recognize they would be much safer if they agreed to stop the current uncontrolled escalation of tensions...

“We will not stand idly by and allow the president or the secretary of state to further erode congressional review and oversight of arm sales,” said Menendez in a statement. “Regrettably, Secretary Pompeo’s abuse of this emergency authority has broken the arms sales process"...

Handing the Saudis the capacity to develop high-tech bombs on the level of U.S. weaponry could have disastrous consequences for the people of Yemen, who are already suffering from the world's worst humanitarian crisis...

Cargill has taken steps to end deforestation, but says the issue is complex. Environmental groups say businesses like Cargill are unwilling to take true leadership on the issue and must do more...

Laura Carlsen joins us to give reaction to the deal between the Trump administration and Mexico to crack down on migrants passing through Mexico to reach the U.S. border...

Critics say the acting Pentagon chief’s past career blurs the line even further between the military and the companies that supply its arsenals and build its ships. Taken together, some analysts argue that those developments highlight how the armed forces and their industry partners have stockpiled power and influence to an unprecedented level...

On Friday, Mexico pledged to deploy more National Guard troops along the border with Guatemala in an effort to slow the large number of Central Americans reaching the US. Mexico also agreed to expand a program that allows the U.S. to return migrants to Mexico, while they wait for American asylum hearings to take place...

The United State Government’s overall orientation toward Africa has, since September 11, 2001, increasingly been defined by the militarization of U.S.-Africa relations. In 2003, the George W. Bush administration established the first permanent U.S. base on the continent in Djibouti. In 2007, the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) was created. In 2016, construction on the $110 million Reaper drone base in Agadez, Niger began and is scheduled for completion in mid-2019.

With greater scale, Raytheon and United Technologies could gain more bargaining power with the Pentagon, and larger geographic reach would give it more sway with members of Congress...