On the Campaign Trail: Pete Buttigieg (say “Buddha-jidge”) , the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and rising star of the Democratic field, is a former naval intelligence officer. Unlike the other military veterans in the race–Tulsi Gabbard and Seth Moulton–Buttigieg has not made national security or foreign policy the centerpiece of his campaign. When talking...
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Mass Shootings Should Make Us Rethink ‘National Security’
After the El Paso massacre, the idea that white nationalist terrorism is a threat to U.S. national security is the new normal. Even President Trump felt obliged to mouth a bromide about white supremacy. Outside of Trumpland, a new sort of consensus is taking hold. Bernie Sanders calls for “redirecting federal resources to address this...
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Buttigieg Lays Out His Foreign Policy Vision
Pete Buttigieg delivered a high-profile speech outlining his foreign-policy priorities and agenda at Indiana University on Tuesday, June 11. He follows Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in devoting an entire speech to issues of war and peace.
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The AIPAC Test: Buttigieg Is a Thumbs Up
One emerging key issue in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination is Israel, and more specifically, the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). The question for would-be Democratic presidents is: Does AIPAC have too much influence over U.S. policy toward the Middle East? Or is AIPAC’s influence a non-issue? In the social media binary...