Mark Weisbrot

  • Deadly sanctions

    When President Joe Biden decided to withdraw the US military from Afghanistan last year, much of America’s news media came down on him like a ton...

  • Worse than war

    Economic sanctions have, in recent years, become one of the most important tools of US foreign policy. There are currently more than 20 countries...

  • Bolivia election

    In recent weeks, Donald Trump has been ridiculed, slathered with contempt, and repeatedly branded a ‘liar’, as well as an existential threat to...

  • Trade war?

    The latest de-escalation of the trade war with China – with exemptions from some tariffs on both sides – has left markets uncertain as to...

  • Trump’s loss

    With the Democrats having won the House of Representatives, and forecast to gain 37 seats , there is some confusion about what this means. And there...

  • Trump’s end

    Trump is finished, he is toast – as many of us predicted, he never had a chance to be president. He’s a one-trick pony, and the...