Armed Conflicts

A Ukrainian serviceman walks past destroyed Russian tanks

The Ukraine Conflict Is Not About American Freedom The Ukraine Conflict Is Not About American Freedom

Washington elites are ignoring history when they try to spin this war to restore faith in US leadership.

Apr 28, 2022 / Feature / Andrew J. Bacevich

Boy watches airstrike Yemen

These Are the Civilian Deaths You Don’t Hear About These Are the Civilian Deaths You Don’t Hear About

Until the Defense Department overhauls its air strike policies, civilians will continue to die in attacks.

Apr 27, 2022 / Nick Turse

Art Protest: Save Mariupol

Art Protest: Save Mariupol Art Protest: Save Mariupol

300 blue and yellow flags placed on Brighton Beach, in memory of people who perished in the bombing of Mariupol’s Drama Theater. Organized by the Ukrainian Help Center and For Free...

Apr 26, 2022 / OppArt / George de Castro-Day

Peace activist Daniel Ellsberg receives Dresden Peace Prize

Daniel Ellsberg on the Existential Threat of Global Conflict Daniel Ellsberg on the Existential Threat of Global Conflict

“As the world has correctly perceived, this has the seeds of a regional nuclear war and all-out war between the US and Russia.”

Apr 22, 2022 / Sasha Abramsky

Destroyed apartment buildings in Ukraine

Against World War III Against World War III

Is a long, bloody war between Russia and Ukraine really in our national interest?

Apr 21, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Putin Index Finger

This Is How We End the War in Ukraine This Is How We End the War in Ukraine

It’s time to finally deliver a bill to Vladimir Putin for a foreign policy that has involved little more than flattening one hapless city after another

Apr 21, 2022 / Alfred McCoy

Protesters dressed with cutout faces of Biden and Putin prepare to throw nuclear weapons in the garbage

Ukraine’s Nuclear Flashpoints Ukraine’s Nuclear Flashpoints

How to avoid Armageddon in the new nuclear era.

Apr 20, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Press gaggle

The American Media’s Approach to War Coverage Needs to Be Fundamentally Reimagined The American Media’s Approach to War Coverage Needs to Be Fundamentally Reimagined

We need more reporting on forgotten conflicts—and more stories that spotlight how war ravages people and leads to atrocities.

Apr 19, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

War on War

War on War War on War

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Apr 19, 2022 / OppArt / Elijah Scott

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning fighter jet is shown at the Singapore Airshow in 2014

The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis

The new gold rush of defense spending is a disaster in the making.

Apr 19, 2022 / William D. Hartung and Julia Gledhill

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