Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’ Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’
Too many reputations and other interests are vested in the legend for it to vanish from American politics anytime soon.
Mar 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen say that the risk of outright conflict between the US and Russia is increasing all the time.
Mar 12, 2019 / The Nation
A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation
Robert Mueller has yet to allege collusion, and Democrats who accuse Trump of being a Kremlin conspirator are silent when his policies escalate tensions with Russia.
Mar 12, 2019 / Aaron Maté
The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege The Manafort Sentence Is a Lesson in White Privilege
But the solution isn’t to inflate sentences for wealthy white men—it’s to reduce sentences for poor people of color.
Mar 8, 2019 / Elie Mystal
The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’ The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’
The two governments have repeatedly interfered in each other’s domestic politics during the past 100 years—and it’s not all bad.
Mar 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Strange News From Another Star… Strange News From Another Star…
What life on another planet can teach us about our own.
Mar 5, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.
Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion
All the investigation has shown is that Stone asked for secrets from two people with none to provide.
Feb 1, 2019 / Aaron Maté
Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’ Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’
Why would Moscow want to fight terrorists without the US? It doesn’t.
Jan 30, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Stephen F. Cohen and Dan Rather in Conversation With Katrina vanden Heuvel Stephen F. Cohen and Dan Rather in Conversation With Katrina vanden Heuvel
At 92Y, Cohen argues that our new Cold War with Russia is even more dangerous than the first one, and that Russiagate is only exacerbating the problem.
Jan 28, 2019 / The Nation