US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente
Is the recent tsunami of anti-Putin news reports meant to undermine US–Russian negotiations on Syria and Ukraine?
Apr 6, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Mar 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Many Presidents Does It Take to Deport 11 Million People? How Many Presidents Does It Take to Deport 11 Million People?
There’s nothing realistic about the deportation fantasies of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. But that doesn’t make them any less terrifying.
Mar 24, 2016 / Tanya Golash-Boza
Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End Start Making Sense: Bernie Is Bringing the Reagan Era to an End
Gary Younge on Obama’s legacy, plus Richard Parker on long-term political change, and Rebecca Solnit on hope.
Mar 24, 2016 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina How Obama’s ‘Declassified Diplomacy’ Could Aid the Cause of Justice in Argentina
The publication of secret US documents should not only reveal evidence regarding the dictatorship’s unresolved crimes but expose further details about US complicity.
Mar 23, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh and Carlos Osorio
Barack Obama, Our Man in Havana Barack Obama, Our Man in Havana
In his historic visit to the island—the first by a US president in 88 years—Obama declared an end to the Cold War in the Americas.
Mar 22, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh
What’s Wrong With Bernie Sanders’s Strategy What’s Wrong With Bernie Sanders’s Strategy
Building a Democratic coalition out of white, working-class voters won’t succeed. Just ask Hillary Clinton circa 2008.
Mar 21, 2016 / Joan Walsh
There Is No Military Solution for Syria There Is No Military Solution for Syria
Longtime UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi talks about how to end the tragedy, and when you really need diplomacy.
Mar 18, 2016 / Barbara Crossette
Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job Now That We Have a Supreme Court Nominee, Tell GOP Senators to Do Their Job
Senate Republicans are still refusing to even consider Merrick Garland, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court.
Mar 16, 2016 / NationAction
Obama Picked a Safe SCOTUS Nominee—This Is How It Could Backfire Obama Picked a Safe SCOTUS Nominee—This Is How It Could Backfire
An early look at activists on the left shows some reticence toward Obama’s pick.
Mar 16, 2016 / George Zornick