ReThinking Foreign Policy

The farce of Trump’s nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia The White House announced an agreement to supply nuclear material to Saudi Arabia, and then probably killed it by linking it to normalization with Israel. But even if the deal fails, it will significantly impact Gulf politics. Read more at Mondoweiss   https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/25/the-farce-of-trumps-nuclear-deal-with-saudi-arabia/

Saudi Nuclear Deal is Strategically Suicidal Donald Trump has agreed to supply Saudi Arabia with nuclear technology while also agreeing to remove most of the standard safeguards that ensure that such tech can't be used to create a nuclear weapon. Even for Trump, this is reckless, short-sighted, and stupid.   Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/22/saudi-nuclear-deal-is-strategically-suicidal/

Oman’s Foreign Minister to the West: You’ve been containing the wrong country In a Le Monde op-ed, Oman's Badr al-Busaidi argues the West's decades-long policy of "containing" Iran was always misguided, and that the true threat comes from Tel Aviv. Al-Busaidi pushes for a new security order built around regional states. Read more at Mondoweiss   https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/19/omans-foreign-minister-to-the-west-youve-been-containing-the-wrong-country/

How Do We Get Out of This? An Iran War Proposal (text article) As the U.S. war on Iran heats up once again, the threat to the global economy is greater than ever, and there seems to be no way out. I map out an achievable, albeit difficult, road to end this war. Read more at Cutting Through   https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/19/how-do-we-get-out-of-this-an-iran-war-proposal-text-article/

The New Forever War: Iranian Ceasefire Over The War on Terror has a new name. If the pundits are to be believed, it’s the ... https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/18/the-new-forever-war-iranian-ceasefire-over/

Sounds of Resistance: Mitchell on the Iran War I had the pleasure of speaking with Samaa Elibyari on her show, Sounds of Resistance on CKUT in Canada. Listen on CKUT https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/15/sounds-of-resistance-mitchell-on-the-iran-war/

How Do We Get Out of This? An Iran War Proposal As the American war on Iran heats up once again, the world watches in peril. The threat to the global economy is greater than ever, and there seems to be no way out.... https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/18/how-do-we-get-out-of-this-an-iran-war-proposal/

Israeli and Palestinian Violence: American Double Standards When Ro Khanna was asked some difficult questions by Jeremy Scahill it shed light on aspects of double standards applied to #Israel and #Palestinians that are too often left unasked. Read more at The Battleground https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/17/israeli-and-palestinian-violence-american-double-standards/

The Political Landscape in Israel Ahead of Elections I spoke with Ian Masters on Background Briefing about the political landscape in Israel and the settler attacks in the West Bank this weekend, including on Rep. Ro Khanna   Listen at Background Briefing https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/14/the-political-landscape-in-israel-ahead-of-elections/

US Declares War On International Law The State Department's new threat to "dismantle" the ICC puts international law in the crosshairs but has equally worrisome implications for the rule of law in the U.S. as well. Read more at Cutting Through   https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/14/us-declares-war-on-international-law/

Globalists: The Mamdani-Polanski Experience  In this week’s Globalists, Josh White and Mitchell Plitnick unpack the rise of Zohran Mamdani in New York and Zack Polanski in Britain.... https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/13/globalists-the-mamdani-polanski-experience/

Rahm Emmanuel In Tel Aviv: Trying to Revive “Progressive Except for Palestine” Emmanuel hopes to be the pro-Israel Democratic candidate in 2028. His speech shows that he can only rehash old tropes which are not going win back Democratic voters who are fed up with Israel. Read more at Cutting Through   https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/12/rahm-emmanuel-in-tel-aviv-trying-to-revive-progressive-except-for-palestine/

The U.S. war of choice against Iran has now become the War of Hormuz American goals in the war on Iran were unclear from the start, driven by Donald Trump’s personal ambitions and the fantasies of pro-Israel neoconservatives. Now, however, there is a clear agenda: to prevent Iranian control of the Strait of Hormuz. Read more at Mondoweiss https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/12/the-u-s-war-of-choice-against-iran-has-now-become-the-war-of-hormuz/

Netanyahu’s Next Iran: Türkiye and Israeli Power Israeli leaders, both in government and the opposition, have repeatedly threatened to turn Türkiye into the next #Iran.... https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/10/netanyahus-next-iran-turkiye-and-israeli-power/

Latest Graham Platner Scandal Can’t Be Explained Away Like many who supported Graham Platner, I'm ending that support now that a very credible allegation of sexual assault has been made against him. But it is important that the right lessons be drawn from this.   Watch on YouTube Listen on Spotify https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/07/latest-graham-platner-scandal-cant-be-explained-away/

Reading Frederick Douglass In Palestine Douglass' epic July 4 speech of 1852 holds powerful lessons for us in this monumental moment in the history of American policy toward Palestine and Israel. Read more at Cutting Through   https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/06/reading-frederick-douglass-in-palestine/

American Unexceptionalism: Why Trump Was Inevitable American exceptionalism was always a con job. The only surprise is how long it worked. In this week’s Globalists, Josh White and Mitchell Plitnick discuss why Donald Trump is the culmination of US politics, why Britain remains trapped in Washington’s orbit, and whether the left can reconcile antiracist and class politics. Watch on Substack Watch on YouTube https://rethinkingforeignpolicy.org/2026/07/05/american-unexceptionalism-why-trump-was-inevitable/