The strategic rationale for the US military presence in the Persian Gulf region is very weak. Here's some scholarship explaining why. Glaser & Kelanic explain that the risks of major oil disruptions in the region are quite low, the costs of a permanent presence exceed the benefits, and we can withdraw while expanding the SPR to further insulate us from shocks. foreignaffairs.com/articles/persi…

This is an important piece from @onesarahjones pointing to the lack of a cogent foreign policy platform on the left and the dearth of DC foreign policy think tanks that can "supply them with ideas once they take office." newrepublic.com/article/150317… This is a real problem. The DC think tank world largely reflects the bipartisan foreign policy establishment & its preferences for endless globe-spanning US militarism. But the left's search for an alternative is overlooking the only consistently antiwar outfit in town