The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem
The Department of Defense has trained more than a hundred foreign militaries that went on to stage coups in their home countries.
Aug 11, 2017 / Nick Turse
Rwanda’s Elections and the Myth of Women’s Empowerment Rwanda’s Elections and the Myth of Women’s Empowerment
Opposition to President Paul Kagame’s reelection has been jailed, thwarted, and suppressed.
Jul 28, 2017 / Claude Gatebuke and Helen C. Epstein
Over 2,000 Migrants Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean So Far This Year Over 2,000 Migrants Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean So Far This Year
The failure of European nations to develop a unified humanitarian response is taking an unacceptable toll in lives lost.
Jul 25, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown
Undermining confidence and alienating allies, Trump has already undone years of American diplomacy.
Jul 17, 2017 / Alfred W. McCoy
Is Morocco Headed Toward Insurrection? Is Morocco Headed Toward Insurrection?
The northeastern Rif, Berber heartland and site of the 1920s Rif Republic, is on fire—and the protests are spreading.
Jul 13, 2017 / Hisham Aidi
Trump-Putin Détente Partnership Begins as ‘Russiagate’ Attacks on It Grow Trump-Putin Détente Partnership Begins as ‘Russiagate’ Attacks on It Grow
Cooperation with Russia is imperative, but never has the US political-media elite’s opposition to it been so virulent.
Jul 12, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Media Contempt for Facts Grows Along With the Dangers of War With Russia Media Contempt for Facts Grows Along With the Dangers of War With Russia
“Russiagate” has become a grave threat to US national security—but its discredited foundational allegations persist.
Jun 28, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas
Americans are tired of wars without end. But the reality is that we are headed into more war without public support, without a sensible strategy or a clear purpose.
Jun 27, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Violence Is Rising in Congo—and the United States and EU Can Stop It, if They Want To Violence Is Rising in Congo—and the United States and EU Can Stop It, if They Want To
They have immense leverage over Joseph Kabila’s repressive government.
Jun 26, 2017 / James North
American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017 American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017
And we’re only halfway through the year.
Jun 26, 2017 / Nick Turse