Imperialism

Trump Navy

Rather Than Russia, America Should Fear Itself Rather Than Russia, America Should Fear Itself

Like the Soviet Union, it is now defined by surveillance, militarism, and shadow government.

Jun 6, 2017 / William J. Astore

Iran election

Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement?

Reformists won big in the recent elections, but Trump favors confrontation, which helps Iranian hard-liners.

Jun 1, 2017 / Trita Parsi

Patrol in El Chorrillo

How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism

It brought together neocons and realists in a warm-up act for the first Gulf War.

May 30, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Moon Jae-in

The United States Should Listen to South Korea—or It Will Reap the Whirlwind The United States Should Listen to South Korea—or It Will Reap the Whirlwind

Recent US actions underscore a deep-seated problem: refusal to see South Korea as an independent nation with interests of its own.

May 5, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

National Security Adviser McMaster

The Military Now Runs US Foreign Policy The Military Now Runs US Foreign Policy

And as Trump’s recent turnabout shows, the establishment will brook no dissent from the reigning orthodoxy.

May 2, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

US Special Forces in Mali

Secret US Military Documents Reveal a Constellation of American Military Bases Across Africa Secret US Military Documents Reveal a Constellation of American Military Bases Across Africa

Newly disclosed numbers contradict more than a decade’s worth of dissembling by US Africa Command.

Apr 27, 2017 / Nick Turse

Mike Pence at the DMZ in Korea

How Our Foreign-Policy Elites Manufactured the Korea Crisis How Our Foreign-Policy Elites Manufactured the Korea Crisis

The attack on the Syrian airfield was a message to North Korea and China—and a demonstration of Trump’s capitulation to the imperial clique.

Apr 20, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

America Wants Peace for the World—By Any Means Necessary

America Wants Peace for the World—By Any Means Necessary America Wants Peace for the World—By Any Means Necessary

When the quest for peace means violence and terror.

Mar 28, 2017 / John Dower

US marines outside of Falluja in 2004.

Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’ Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’

We shouldn’t be surprised—they’re the children of unending war.

Mar 21, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Rafael Correa

Ecuador’s Left-Wing Success Story Ecuador’s Left-Wing Success Story

It doesn’t fit with neoliberal orthodoxy, but President Rafael Correa has made remarkable progress. Will the next government sustain it?

Feb 14, 2017 / Mark Weisbrot

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