The executive director of The American Conservative discusses Trump's meeting with Netanyahu, support for Ukraine, MAGA schisms, and the president's "grand strategy" on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Emma Ashford and Faisal Saeed Al Mutar join Nick Gillespie to discuss the conflict in Iran.
The Iran bombings, public land selloffs, and the collapse of big city governance
On Sunday talk shows, the vice president made the case for bombing Iran—a notable shift from his previous anti-war rhetoric.
The conflict with Iran is the latest in a decadeslong series of regime change operations, long-term entanglements, and all-out wars that always seem to invite more problems.
The attack on Iranian nuclear sites is a risky gamble. And it was completely by choice.
House Republicans' budget would spend billions of dollars on the F-35's successor before the current model is even up to par.
U.S. involvement in the new Middle East conflict, political violence at home, and the No Kings protests
The Trump administration, which was ready to negotiate on Sunday, is now gambling on an all-out war.
Americans shouldn’t have to read the tea leaves to know about life-and-death decisions made by their government.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine has a clear path to victory. The Ukrainian drone attack last week and the Russian air raids on Friday don't change that.
The president’s speech in Saudi Arabia promised a new course for U.S. policy in the Middle East. Can he deliver?
The pendulum within Trump’s Middle East policy has swung back toward deal making, for now.
Trump has hired a notorious hawk as his national security adviser—and fired that adviser after getting in the way of delicate diplomatic talks—in each of his two terms.
Washington is dumping valuable resources—literally—into a Middle Eastern war of choice.
A Civil War follow up that depicts the bleak, meaningless, moment-to-moment terror of modern war.
The president is quickly wiping out his own accomplishments.
The U.S. is back to bombing the Houthi movement.
Plus: Democrats' filibuster hypocrisy, Trump bombs Yemen, March Madness, and more...
Hawks from both major parties lashed out at the confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for top military strategist.
The Trump administration made an extreme claim about wasteful foreign aid that just wasn't true.
Trump wants to negotiate instead of bombing Iran. Jilted war hawks are blaming his advisers.
Trump was considered reckless for wanting to start a war at the end of his term. Now, Biden is doing the same.
From Afghanistan to Ukraine to Israel, Biden's was a presidency defined by contradictions on peace and interventionism.
Mike Waltz has called for a “credible military option” against Iran, wants to “take the handcuffs off” Ukraine, and regrets ending the "multi-generational war" in Afghanistan.
Democrats assumed they could campaign as neoconservatives while keeping Middle Eastern votes. They were wrong.
Israel is getting U.S. troops and Saudi Arabia is getting billions of dollars' worth of American weapons.
The first debate question was a pitch for war with Iran. Tim Walz and J.D. Vance both dodged it.
Many conservatives saw the Abraham Accords as a way to get U.S. forces out of the Middle East. Now the architect of the agreement is pushing for a regime change campaign in Lebanon—and maybe Iran.
Washington risks Americans’ lives in wars of choice, then uses their deaths to justify more war.
Kamala Harris couldn’t realistically say how she would end the war in Gaza, and Donald Trump couldn’t realistically say how he would end the war in Ukraine.
The New Yorker sued for photos of the Haditha killings in Iraq—and found audio of a Marine general bragging about covering up those photos.
Both Israeli hostage families and Palestinian Americans want the war to end with a prisoner exchange. But that isn’t moving Democratic policy.
The president is reversing a ban on selling offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia and advancing taxpayer-funded military aid to Israel.
War on Terror fears and the CIA’s torture program kept Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of civilian courts—and prevented true justice from being served.
Israeli leaders have been betting on a U.S.-Iranian war for a while. After this week, it might be at their doorstep.
The late U.S. diplomat helped form America’s policies towards Iran, Iraq, and Israel. By the end of his life, he'd had enough.
The wars aren’t over. America is still fighting—directly and indirectly—in the Middle East, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
The president who helped end America’s longest war now regrets leaving behind U.S. bases.
The candidate makes the case against the two-party system.
Plus: A single-issue voter asks the editors for some voting advice in the 2024 presidential election.
Plus: A listener asks the editors to steel man the case for the Jones Act, an antiquated law that regulates maritime commerce in U.S. waters.
In his State of the Union address, Biden promised indefinite U.S. involvement in Ukraine, Gaza, Yemen, and beyond.
Plus: An immigration deal that's already collapsing, more expensive Big Macs, and Taylor Swift (because why not).
Plus: Trump vows a costlier trade war, Elon Musk's brain implant, and more...
Plus: Send your questions for the editors to roundtable@reason.com ahead of this week’s special webathon episode!
Our troops are just sitting there with targets on their backs. Why?
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