Show of Hands

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Sep 8, 2016 Dig deeper

Boris Johnson Plans Britain’s Future

Jeff Danziger / Truthdig Jul 1, 2016 Dig deeper

On the Verge of the Great Unraveling: The View From 2050

By John Feffer / TomDispatch Nov 11, 2015 As everyone now knows, the spirit of integration imbued in international trade pacts would go down to defeat as the bloodlands of the 20th century gave way to the splinterlands of the 21st. The sense of disintegration and disunity that settled over our world came at precisely the wrong moment. We needed more unity, not less. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

As China Rises, What Game Is President Xi Jinping Playing?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 29, 2015 During a late-March conference concerned with responding to China’s continued rise to global economic power, Western foreign policy and security experts sought to define the international statecraft being practiced by the country's leadership. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nuke Egg

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Nov 27, 2013 Dig deeper

Spain and Many Others Are in Cahoots With the NSA

Staff / Truthdig Oct 31, 2013 Spanish newspaper El Mundo reports that Spain's intelligence agency collaborated with the NSA to track the phone calls of millions of Spaniards. And Spain's not the only country that's been caught red-handed. It appears the U.S. isn't alone in its obsession with spying on its own inhabitants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The News on China

Will Ford / Truthdig Aug 16, 2013 People are fascinated by China, but there’s something being lost in all the hubbub -- what everyday life is like there. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

American Economic Diplomacy

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jul 22, 2013 Dig deeper

Obama’s Diplomacy Vlog

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2009 President Obama has gone digital, releasing an online video of diplomacy to the people and politicians of Iran, suggesting "new beginnings" between the two nations to coincide with Iran's new year holiday, Nowruz. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Adm. Mike Mullen on Charlie Rose

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2009 Get inside the head of Barack Obama's chief military adviser, Adm. Mike Mullen, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as he chats up Charlie Rose in a telling discussion centered on international relations and the trajectory of U.S. foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cubans Hoping for a Thaw

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2009 The 50-year U.S. relationship with revolutionary Cuba may warm up this winter, with some on the island seeing an Obama presidency as an indicator of potential change in the two countries' diplomatic and trade status. A Havana barber is quoted as holding hope for reconciliation despite the fact that Obama "is a capitalist and likely an imperialist." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Palin Enrolls in International Relations 101

Staff / Truthdig Sep 24, 2008 After weeks of embarrassing displays of political incompetence and general ignorance of current events, Sarah Palin participated in a daylong tour de force of international relations at the United Nations. Henry Kissinger, Hamid Karzai and Alvaro Uribe were among the officials she encountered on a day during which she "largely listened." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )