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Afghan Escalation

Great Power Politics After Afghanistan Great Power Politics After Afghanistan

Resetting the global chessboard.

Aug 24, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Another Lively Debate Another Lively Debate

If there’s one thing both sides can agree on, it’s that it’s not their fault.

Aug 24, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

AFGHANISTAN-SOCIETY-EDUCATION

Afghan Women and Girls Are Caught in the Cross Fire Afghan Women and Girls Are Caught in the Cross Fire

Anti-war feminists in both Afghanistan and America are left picking up the pieces after a long occupation and sudden exit.

Aug 20, 2021 / Katha Pollitt

US Marines in Afghanistan

Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In

There should be a serious accounting for the Afghanistan debacle.

Aug 17, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season

Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season

For Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the weekend’s earthquake is virtually a gift from God.

Aug 16, 2021 / Amy Wilentz

Displaced Afghan Girl

The Story of an Afghan Girl The Story of an Afghan Girl

Unlike Joe Biden, Mursal wasn’t surprised at how fast Kabul fell. She knows firsthand how effectively the Taliban has been terrorizing Afghans into silence and complicity.

Aug 16, 2021 / Column / Helen Benedict

Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.

Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account. Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.

The grotesque costs of lying about the war have grown too large to bear.

Aug 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Violetta Grudina Brings Political Dissidence to Murmansk

Violetta Grudina Brings Political Dissidence to Murmansk Violetta Grudina Brings Political Dissidence to Murmansk

An ally of Alexey Navalny running for local office in northern Russia faces naked repression in an increasingly hostile political climate.

Aug 6, 2021 / Vadim Nikitin

“We Will Live in a Completely Different World”: A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich

“We Will Live in a Completely Different World”: A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich “We Will Live in a Completely Different World”: A Conversation With Svetlana Alexievich

The Nobel laureate on a new wave of repressions in Belarus, the role of women in revolution, and life after the pandemic.

Aug 2, 2021 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Bolivia protester 2019

House Democrats Want to Know the Truth About the Bolivian Coup House Democrats Want to Know the Truth About the Bolivian Coup

The OAS’s false accusations led to the expulsion of Evo Morales. Now members of Congress want the State Department to investigate.

Jul 30, 2021 / Aída Chávez

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