Will 2024 Bring the Return of the Neocons?
The GOP nominee can forge a humbler path on foreign policy—or turn back to failed neoconservatism.
John Bolton
John Bolton Is Still Wrong About Iraq
Bolton says the Bush administration's biggest error in Iraq was failing to invade Iran too. That's madness.
Bolton's 'Coup' Boast Undermines Election Interference Complaints
Objections to foreign election meddling lose credibility when you overthrow governments.
The Justice Department's Investigation of John Bolton Seems Like a Witch Hunt
The Trump administration should discredit the former national security adviser's ideas, not subject him to a retaliatory investigation.
Bolton: Trump's Tough-on-China Stance Was a Campaign Strategy, Not a Trade Policy
In a new book, former White House national security advisor John Bolton says Trump's trade deal negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping "commingled the personal and the national."
John Bolton Is Still Mad That Donald Trump Wouldn't Let Him Bomb Iran
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The Justice Department Is Trying To Stop the Publication of John Bolton's White House Tell-All
They’re not likely to succeed, but the real goal is to seize any money he makes.
Citing National Security, the Trump Administration Says John Bolton Can't Publish His Book
The attempted muzzling of the former national security advisor is dubious.
Will Bolton Get To Testify Against Trump? All Signs Point to Yes.
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Bolton Book Claims Barr Was Worried About Trump's Deals With Dictators. The Justice Department Says Bolton's Projecting.
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How Does the John Bolton Bombshell Change Impeachment?
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If Investigating Joe Biden Was Perfectly Legitimate, Why Deny a Quid Pro Quo?
John Bolton's account of the Trump-ordered freeze on military aid to Ukraine highlights a contradiction at the heart of the president's defense.
More Holes in the 'Imminent Threat' Story on Soleimani
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John Bolton Says He Would Comply With Senate Subpoena to Testify in Impeachment Trial
The big question is whether Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will allow any witnesses at all.
What Would John Bolton Say About Trump's Ukraine Policy?
If I were Trump, I would not want to find out.
Mick Mulvaney Wants a Federal Judge to Tell Him If He Has To Testify Before Congress
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John Bolton Is Mad That Trump Wouldn't Let Him Bomb Iran
Trump's recently fired national security adviser fumed about the president's unwillingness to launch another half-cocked war and says U.S. should stay in Afghanistan basically forever.
The Only Thing Americans Agreed on Yesterday Is That John Bolton Sucks
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Ultra-Hawk John Bolton Fired From Trump Administration
He got the boot before managing to start any new wars.
White House Bypasses Congress, Sends More Troops and Weapons to Middle East To Counter Iran
The Trump administration keeps deliberately raising tensions with Iran, risking conflict.
Is the U.S. Stumbling Towards an Accidental War With Iran?
Trump administration officials discuss plans to deploy 120,000 troops to the Middle East amidst rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
John Bolton Threatens Iran With 'Unrelenting Force'
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If Trump Isn't Planning to Draw Down U.S. Intervention in Somalia, He Should Be
This is not a battle crucial to American security.
Administration Hawks Try to Derail Quick End to U.S. Involvement in Syria
National Security Adviser John Bolton says the U.S.'s withdrawal is conditioned on protection of the Kurds, total elimination of ISIS.
If You Liked 'Axis of Evil,' You're Gonna Love 'Troika of Tyranny'
John Bolton makes a pitch for American confrontations with Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
John Bolton to Threaten Sanctions if International Criminal Court Investigates U.S.
"For all intents and purposes, the ICC is already dead to us," Bolton reportedly plans to say.
Bombs Away in Syria: Podcast
How will Trump and new national security adviser John Bolton respond to a reported chemical attack in a war-ravaged country?
5 Things About John Bolton That Are Worse Than His Mustache
The new national security adviser embodies the reckless interventionism that Trump criticized during his campaign.
My Conversations with John Bolton
Trump's new National Security Adviser is a preemptive warrior, a nonproliferation obsessive, and someone who has described himself as a "hawkish libertarian."
Trump Picks John Bolton to Be New National Security Advisor
Non-interventionists, consider yourselves repudiated.
Trump's 'Tough Cookie' Is a Dangerous Warmonger
John Bolton's belligerence belies the president-elect's critique of reckless foreign intervention.
Five Horrifically Bad Foreign Policy Ideas That Should Disqualify John Bolton From Being Secretary of State
Calling for the preemptive use nuclear weapons, and other potential catastrophes from America's mustachioed warmonger.
Interview with Rand Paul: 'I Can't Support Anybody to Be Our Secretary of State Who Didn't Learn the Lesson of Iraq'
For the libertarian-leaning senator, just about anybody would be better than John Bolton or Rudy Giuliani.
Rand Paul on Prospective Trump Secretary of State Pick John Bolton: No Way
Senator declares: "President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on changing our disastrous foreign policy. To appoint John Bolton would be a major first step toward breaking that promise."
John Bolton, Trump's Likely Secretary of State, Is Addicted to Regime Change
How does this square with the candidate's stated foreign policies?
Bomb Iran Now, Work out the Details Later
John Bolton makes bid to lead the growing pre-emptive war caucus
Meet the Anti-Rand-Paul Protest Candidates
The peculiar presidential campaigns of John Bolton, Peter King, and Lindsey Graham