![US Navy Pacific Ocean](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/USNavy-PacificOcean-rtr-img.jpg)
What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget? What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget?
We have now reached the point in our collective history where we face three certainties: death, taxes, and ever-soaring spending on weaponry and war.
Apr 6, 2022 / William Astore
![A tank on a road, with scattered soldiers walking alongside it.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ukraine_tank_ap_img.jpg)
How Kherson Was Occupied How Kherson Was Occupied
What Novaya Gazeta’s reporter Elena Kostyuchenko saw with her own eyes.
Apr 6, 2022 / Elena Kostyuchenko
![Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/putin_background_ap-img.jpg)
Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US
If there’s one thing to be learned from the present moment, it’s just how fickle such calculations can be and how easily the global situation can turn.
Apr 4, 2022 / Michael T. Klare
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War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change War Is Not an Excuse to Ignore Climate Change
Don’t let the oil and gas companies fool you.
Apr 1, 2022 / Stan Cox
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You Can’t Isolate the Food Crisis From the Climate Crisis You Can’t Isolate the Food Crisis From the Climate Crisis
Interrupted food exports from Russia and Ukraine could have disastrous consequences for regions that are already food insecure due in part to climate change.
Apr 1, 2022 / Covering Climate Now / Andrew McCormick
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The Climate Crisis Doesn’t Acknowledge Borders The Climate Crisis Doesn’t Acknowledge Borders
Without collective action aimed at creating a carbon neutral world by 2050, we’ll all lose this fight.
Mar 31, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino
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Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Shattered the Old World Order Russia’s War in Ukraine Has Shattered the Old World Order
As a new Iron Curtain threatens to divide Europe, progressives must face the dangers of a resurgent militarism—and seize the opportunities to advance our priorities.
Mar 31, 2022 / Editorial / Michael T. Klare for The Nation
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The Ongoing Russian Resistance to Putin’s War The Ongoing Russian Resistance to Putin’s War
Reports on the opposition to war inside Russia: What’s happened since February 27, 2022.
Mar 28, 2022 / Finley Muratova
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Starve the Putin War Machine—and Save the Climate Starve the Putin War Machine—and Save the Climate
Long overlooked, energy conservation is the best and fastest way to end the world’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels.
Mar 28, 2022 / Paul Hockenos
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Exclusive: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Warns of “Real Hell” for Russians Exclusive: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Warns of “Real Hell” for Russians
Brig. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov’s warning that Russia was about to invade his country was widely dismissed—until the war began. So his latest predictions about the course of what is turn...
Mar 25, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos