![The Doomsday Clock set to 90 seconds to midnight at the National Press Club, in Washington, DC, Tuesday, January 24,](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP-Doomsday-Clock-2023.jpg)
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
![Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, left, listens to his deputy foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani, before their meeting with the Russian foreign minister in Tehran on June 23, 2022.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/iran-diplomacy-getty.jpg)
Negotiate With Iran or the Whole of the Middle East Could Burn Negotiate With Iran or the Whole of the Middle East Could Burn
If the US is going to avoid a regional war, Biden has no choice but to talk with Washington’s regional adversary.
Mar 20, 2024 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
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Requiem for the Biden of the Afghanistan Withdrawal Requiem for the Biden of the Afghanistan Withdrawal
The brightest moment in the president’s foreign policy feels like light from a dead star. The Biden of that moment would stop aiding Israeli war crimes.
Mar 13, 2024 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
![Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian city of Khan Yunis on January 8. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/explosion-khan-yunis-getty.jpg)
Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War Israel Is Not Promising to “Scale Back” Its War
As the US secretary of state shuttles to stop the war from expanding, the Israeli defense minister vows “months” more war on Gaza and suggests taking the fight to Iran.
Jan 8, 2024 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
![United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks during the press conference with union leaders and supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza outside the US Capitol on Thursday, December 14, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/uaw-for-ceasefire-ap.jpg)
A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming
After a transformative year on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers’ ambitions for building worker power don’t stop at the US border.
Dec 18, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
![Biden hands Netanyahu a pen. US and Israeli flags seen in background](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/biden-netanyahu-AP.jpg)
Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order” Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order”
World / Forever Wars / November 17, 2023 Gaza Shows the Difference Between International Law and the “Rules-Based International Order” Adherence to US hegemony determines w…
Nov 17, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
![US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 3, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/blinken-war-presser-ap.jpg)
The Weekend Biden’s Middle East Policy Collapsed The Weekend Biden’s Middle East Policy Collapsed
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s diplomatic trip was a humiliating failure. The administration’s regional approach has gone down in flames.
Nov 7, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
![Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli air strike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on October 9, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/destruction-palestine-ap.jpg)
A Mideast Deal Signed in Blood A Mideast Deal Signed in Blood
As Israel and Gaza return to war, will a security pact between the US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia do more than entrench the violence of the status quo?
Oct 10, 2023 / Spencer Ackerman
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The 9/11 Museum Is an Atrocity Exhibition The 9/11 Museum Is an Atrocity Exhibition
These New Yorkers want to transform the September 11 museum, but can it be anything other than a purveyor of War on Terror propaganda?
Oct 3, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
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US Foreign Policy Has an Extinction Agenda US Foreign Policy Has an Extinction Agenda
As the world loses time to act, US elites are working to dominate the remains of a ruined planet.
Sep 5, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman