By Authorizing Air Strikes, Did Obama Open the Door for the Iraq Hawks? By Authorizing Air Strikes, Did Obama Open the Door for the Iraq Hawks?
The president continues a two-decade legacy of wrapping the military option in Iraq in humanitarian packaging.
Aug 8, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
What Happened—and What Didn’t Happen—with Flight MH17 What Happened—and What Didn’t Happen—with Flight MH17
In southeast Ukraine and in Russia, conspiracy theories abound.
Jul 24, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
The War Hawks Are Back, and They Still Sound Like Little Boys Playing With Toy Soldiers The War Hawks Are Back, and They Still Sound Like Little Boys Playing With Toy Soldiers
Washington’s armchair generals are salivating at the world’s current turmoil, seeing a chance to rehabilitate themselves.
Jul 23, 2014 / William Greider
The Iraq That Washington Built The Iraq That Washington Built
“Fear, arbitrary arrests, indiscriminate bombing, killing, an uncertain future—this is the new democratic Iraq.”
Jul 17, 2014 / Dahr Jamail
The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars
Convulsions of violent conflict from Iraq to Nigeria to Ukraine are all being fueled by the same thing—fuel.
Jul 8, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq? Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq?
Protect the embassy, advise Iraqi troops, protect Baghdad airport. And then?
Jul 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Should We Stop Talking About National Security? Should We Stop Talking About National Security?
Our government has always justified its worst abuses of power—here and abroad—on the basis of “national security.”
Jul 1, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
Katrina vanden Heuvel to Bill Kristol: If You Want War So Badly, Join the Iraqi Army Katrina vanden Heuvel to Bill Kristol: If You Want War So Badly, Join the Iraqi Army
The Nation’s editor and publisher takes the notorious neo-con and Iraq war architect to task on ABC’s The Week.
Jun 30, 2014 / Press Room
Why Obama Needs to Ignore ‘Armchair Warriors’ and Focus on the Global Economy Why Obama Needs to Ignore ‘Armchair Warriors’ and Focus on the Global Economy
Obama’s real failure has been his inability to lead a global New Deal.
Jun 25, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
So Begins the Slow March Back into Iraq and Toward Disaster So Begins the Slow March Back into Iraq and Toward Disaster
Washington always imagines it can control combustible situations abroad. It can’t. And it won’t.
Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt