The Coming of a Values-Free Foreign Policy

The Coming of a Values-Free Foreign Policy

The Trump administration seems intent on undermining America’s ability to make human rights a significant element of its foreign policy. As evidence of that, consider its plan to dramatically reduce policy directives and personnel devoted to those very issues, including the dismantling of the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Rights, and Labor. Even worse, the Trump team has attacked a crucial global institution, the International Criminal…

The End of Human Rights?

Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy.

The End of Human Rights? Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy

By Ashley Gate and William D. Hartung ( Tomdispatch.com ) – The Trump administration seems intent on undermining America’s ability to make human rights a significant element of its foreign policy. As evidence of that, consider its plan to dramatically reduce policy directives and personnel devoted to those very issues, including the dismantling of the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Rights, and Labor. Even worse, the Trump team has attac…

The End of Human Rights? - Other News - Voices against the tide

By Ashley Gate* and William D. Hartung* – TomDispatch Donald Trump Has Ripped Off the Human Rights Veneer That Once Graced U.S. Foreign Policy The Trump administration seems intent on undermining America’s ability to make human rights a significant element of its foreign policy. As evidence of that, consider its plan to dramatically reduce policy directives and personnel devoted to those very issues, including the dismantling of the State Depart…