Brian Cloughley

Brian Cloughley writes about foreign policy and military affairs. He lives in Voutenay sur Cure, France.

Moving Closer to Doom

Ukraine and the NATO Military Alliance

Propaganda Feeds Fear and Loathing

Surging Corruption in Afghanistan

Human Rights and the Arrogance of Power

Who Benefits From Prolonged Warfare?

Western Hypocrisy About Airstrike Killings

The Beneficiaries of Conflict With Russia

“These Things Are Done”: Eavesdropping on Trump

The Next Terrorist Atrocity

What are You Going to Do About Afghanistan, President Trump?

Australia and Europe Should Rethink Their Relationship With the US

How Trump is helping Israel Destroy the Palestinian People

What Happens to Afghanistan Now?

What Money Can Buy: the Quiet British-Israeli Scandal

Humbugs and Moderate Rebels

The US, NATO and the Pope

Drumbeats of Anti-Russia Confrontation From Washington to London

The Kashmir Crisis: Let the UN Do Its Duty

Wars, Killings and Lectures by the Greatest Nation Ever Created

Billions Down the Afghan Drain

The United States Wants to Put Russia in a Corner

Hillary Clinton’s War Policy

Catastrophe in Afghanistan: Where Next for NATO?

Could Trump be Good for Peace?

Boris Johnson: Britain’s Lying Buffoon

NATO Prepares for War: Confrontation and Insanity

Murder by Drone: Killing Taxi Drivers in the Name of Freedom

Our Man in Ankara: Why Does Washington Support Yet Another Vicious Dictator?

Pivoting to War

NATO’s Reluctant 2 Percenters

Is Washington Preparing for War Against Russia?

Turkish Delight in Washington’s Patronage

Trump on Jihadi Terrorism in Europe

Competing With Russia and China: the Shares are Rising!

Beware of Bears and Dragons in Their Own Backyards

Turkey’s Erdogan is a Dangerous Tyrant

Profits for the Economic Club: How US Military Spending Benefits the Few

Candidates for the U.S. Presidency and Their Threats to Russia

We Had to Destroy the Hospital to Save the Town

Scapegoating Russia: Dangerous Bluster From the Presidential Campaign

Why US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is the Biggest Threat to World Peace

Afghanistan: the Catastrophic Quagmire

Bases of Confrontation: the US Military Empire

NATO: Expansion and Confrontation

The Rise of Japanese Militarism

American Confrontation in China’s Sea

Hospital Slaughter and the US/NATO Propaganda Machine

The US-NATO Alliance Destroyed Libya, Where Next?

Of Refugees and Rebels