Trump Is Deploying Troops Against Americans, and Military Leaders Are Abetting Him Trump Is Deploying Troops Against Americans, and Military Leaders Are Abetting Him
High-ranking military officials have a choice: Obey the orders of your commander in chief or your oath to the Constitution.
Jun 4, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Trump Is Using the Military to Hide His Weakness Trump Is Using the Military to Hide His Weakness
The president’s show of strength demonstrates the precariousness of his authority.
Jun 3, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests
Officers swear an oath to the Constitution, not to the president. Trump’s threat to deploy the military domestically challenges that.
Jun 2, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
The Question Isn’t Whether Trump Will Go Full Authoritarian—It’s How We’ll Respond The Question Isn’t Whether Trump Will Go Full Authoritarian—It’s How We’ll Respond
We know that no one is coming to save us from Trump. So how will we save ourselves?
Jun 2, 2020 / Elie Mystal
Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security
The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.
Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Minneapolis: The Rise of the ‘Thumpers’ Minneapolis: The Rise of the ‘Thumpers’
How decades of liberal reform failed to rein in a racist, defiantly brutal police department.
Jun 1, 2020 / Will Cooley
2 Days in May That Shattered Korean Democracy 2 Days in May That Shattered Korean Democracy
The US response to a dictatorship’s repression in Gwangju in 1980 was even worse than we thought.
May 28, 2020 / Tim Shorrock and Injeong Kim
Trump’s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military Trump’s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military
Exclusive: Africom fears that China will use the White House’s suspension of World Health Organization payments to expand its influence in Africa.
May 27, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
Withdrawing From Open Skies Puts the US at Odds With the World Withdrawing From Open Skies Puts the US at Odds With the World
Trump’s latest assault on global arms control makes him and the United States the odd man out.
May 26, 2020 / James Carden
We Must Resist the ‘China Threat’ Syndrome We Must Resist the ‘China Threat’ Syndrome
Hyping it increases the likelihood of armed clashes and prevents the two superpowers from working together to overcome serious global perils.
May 26, 2020 / Michael T. Klare