The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’ The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’
New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by The New York Times or o...
Jan 10, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan
The history of the Ukrainian crisis, which has made everything it affected worse, is distorted by political myths and American media malpractice.
Jan 3, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Marcus Raskin: Farewell to a Prodigiously Beating Heart Marcus Raskin: Farewell to a Prodigiously Beating Heart
Above all, he gave us hope.
Dec 29, 2017 / Norman Birnbaum
Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’ Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’
Russiagaters allege, with no evidence, that “Russia attacked America” in 2016, but many Russians believe—with reasonable cause—that the US has been attacking their country for 25 y...
Dec 20, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia
The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”
Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia. Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia.
After the Cold War, right-wing populists surged to power by exploiting economic uncertainty.
Dec 5, 2017 / John Feffer
Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5
By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security.
Nov 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’ Trump’s Pentagon Wants to Make Nuclear Weapons More ‘Usable’
That sounds like a good idea.
Nov 20, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
Trump’s Cold-War Politics Are Hurting Ordinary Cubans Trump’s Cold-War Politics Are Hurting Ordinary Cubans
Recent US measures have compounded daily insecurities and hardships.
Nov 15, 2017 / Sujatha Fernandes
The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55 The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55
The bullshit, the truth… and Trump.
Oct 27, 2017 / James G. Blight and Janet M. Lang