There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS There Is Only One Way to Destroy ISIS
Neither airstrikes nor boots on the ground will do it. We must address the conditions that led to its rise, and that means ending the Syrian civil war and the regional Saudi-Irania...
Nov 16, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer
What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders? What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders?
The American government’s changing, contradictory account of the deadly attack on a hospital in Afghanistan has been anything but believable.
Nov 16, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener
Is It Wrong to Mourn Paris More Deeply Than Beirut? Is It Wrong to Mourn Paris More Deeply Than Beirut?
Paris was a wake-up call for Westerners—a reminder that we usually have the luxury to ignore the costs of war, even as our governments inflict them on foreigners.
Nov 16, 2015 / Jeanne Kay
Hillary Clinton’s Best Asset Is Also Her Greatest Liability Hillary Clinton’s Best Asset Is Also Her Greatest Liability
Her answers at the Des Moines debate revealed a fluency with complicated global challenges. But can Democrats forgive her Iraq vote?
Nov 16, 2015 / Joan Walsh
France Should Stop Listening to Saudi Arabia on Syria France Should Stop Listening to Saudi Arabia on Syria
ISIS is the most urgent threat to the West stemming from the Syrian war and must be destroyed. Assad’s murderous dictatorship can be dealt with next.
Nov 15, 2015 / Juan Cole
November 13, 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Is Dedicated in Washington, DC November 13, 1982: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Is Dedicated in Washington, DC
“One can hardly expect images of napalmed children and weeping parents to remind us of what the war was really like.”
Nov 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them. The Saudis Are Stumbling. They May Take the Middle East with Them.
America’s leading Sunni ally is proving how easily hubris, delusion, and old-fashioned ineptitude can trump even bottomless wealth.
Nov 12, 2015 / Conn Hallinan
Washington Appears to Reject the Opportunity to End the New Cold War With Russia Washington Appears to Reject the Opportunity to End the New Cold War With Russia
The US is rejecting Putin’s proposal to cooperate against the terrorist Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, while escalating NATO’s “exercises” against Russia in Eastern Europe.
Nov 11, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
November 11, 1918: Armistice Ends World War I November 11, 1918: Armistice Ends World War I
“Every remaining king, whether well-meaning figure-head or despot, should and must go.”
Nov 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Splinterlands: The View From 2050 Splinterlands: The View From 2050
A dystopian fictional tour of the world that awaits us.
Nov 10, 2015 / John Feffer