Nuclear Arms and Proliferation

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What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump

The president’s foreign policy agenda remains unpredictable, but his war on liberal culture has deep roots.

Feb 4, 2025 / David Klion

Newspapers inn Tehran, Iran, report that Donald Trump has officially taken office as president of United States, on January 21, 2025.

Can Trump Make a Deal With Iran? Can Trump Make a Deal With Iran?

More likely, things will unravel quickly, with war on the horizon.

Feb 3, 2025 / Bob Dreyfuss

Drilling in California Central Valley

Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction Trump Is Hitting the Gas on Our Path to Planetary Destruction

The planet’s decline is already deeply underway. Trump’s clearly about to lend it a remarkably helping hand

Jan 31, 2025 / Tom Engelhardt

A nuclear test on May 25, 1953, at the Nevada Proving Grounds.

The Washington Establishment Isn’t Going to Protect Us from Nuclear War The Washington Establishment Isn’t Going to Protect Us from Nuclear War

They’re protecting their bottom line.

Jan 27, 2025 / William D. Hartung

The Doomsday Clock set to 90 seconds to midnight at the National Press Club, in Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 24,

The Doomsday Clock Will Move Forward The Doomsday Clock Will Move Forward

So why is the grave threat of nuclear war virtually absent from our politics?

Jan 23, 2025 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Former president Donald Trump holding a microphone in front of a crowd.

Trump’s Military Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen Trump’s Military Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Fighting endless wars in distant lands is not the solution here. It’s the problem.

Jan 21, 2025 / William Astore

Minerals displayed at the showroom of a battery recycling plant in Wuhan, China, in 2023.

Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals Beijing Calls Washington’s Bluff on Strategic Metals

China’s latest export restriction lays bare the complex geopolitics behind President Trump’s proposed tariffs—and the green energy transition.

Jan 2, 2025 / Nicolas Niarchos

Trump China Tariffs

What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy What to Expect With Trump’s Future China Policy

China is considered the Big One by those in Trump’s entourage responsible for devising foreign policy.

Dec 23, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

An effigy of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a protest outside the National Assembly in Seoul following the second martial law impeachment vote on December 14, 2024.

South Korea's Autumn of the Patriarchy South Korea's Autumn of the Patriarchy

President Yoon Suk-yeol is the first of his country's leaders eager to be a stooge of both Washington and Tokyo. His impeachment is testimony to the strength of Korean democracy.

Dec 19, 2024 / Bruce Cumings

The new face of the resistance? Outgoing Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

It Would Be Idiotic to Make Mitch McConnell the Face of Anti-Trump Resistance It Would Be Idiotic to Make Mitch McConnell the Face of Anti-Trump Resistance

Countering imaginary isolationism, the outgoing Senate Republican leader advocates a return to Cold War militarism.

Dec 17, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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