Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy, Military

Operation Bolivar: The Capture of Nicolás Maduro and the Shockwave Across the Hemisphere

Jack Barnes / January 3, 2026

Operation Bolivar examines the reported capture of Nicolás Maduro and how silence, ambiguity, and precedent are reshaping power across the […]

Foreign Policy, Lobbying, Uniparty

Weapons and Wokeness: How The Israel Debate Got Hijacked

Jack Barnes / August 25, 2025

Section I: The Human Beings Buried Under the Hashtags You’d never know it from the shouting, the hashtags, or the

Foreign Policy, Military

Israel’s Permanent War and Aid Machine: The Real Endgame

Jack Barnes / August 24, 2025

I. War as the Default The Israeli government doesn’t accidentally keep slipping into war. It’s not some tragic cycle of

Ukraine, Trump, and the Deep Grip of the Military-Industrial Complex

Jack Barnes / July 10, 2025

It started with a shrug. In early 2024, Donald Trump — the once-and-future Republican frontrunner — made headlines not by