The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War
As the neo-McCarthyite search for Americans with Russian “contacts” spreads, the new Cold War is increasingly fraught with possibilities of hot war.
Mar 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump Doesn’t Deserve Praise for His Raid in Yemen Trump Doesn’t Deserve Praise for His Raid in Yemen
Tough questions can’t be papered over by made-for-TV moments.
Mar 1, 2017 / George Zornick
Are We Witnessing a Coup Operation Against the Trump White House? Are We Witnessing a Coup Operation Against the Trump White House?
Our intelligence apparatus is doing far more than stoking paranoia about the Russian bogeyman—it’s threatening democracy.
Feb 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?
Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.
Feb 22, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive
Common sense is getting lost in the frenzy. What we don’t need is a replay of Cold War hysteria that cuts off debate and slanders skeptics.
Feb 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Is the Deep State? What Is the Deep State?
Even if we assume the concept is valid, surely it’s not useful to think of the competing interests it represents as monolithic.
Feb 17, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop
Bipartisan allegations that Trump is a “puppet” of or “compromised” by the Kremlin have grown into latter-day McCarthyism with grave threats to America and the world.
Feb 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
What Did President Trump Know and When Did He Know It? What Did President Trump Know and When Did He Know It?
Michael Flynn is out, but until there’s an investigation by Congress, we’re at the mercy of intelligence leaks for the story.
Feb 14, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts
A new book suggests Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.
Feb 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sue Halpern
Ukraine Revisited Ukraine Revisited
From the beginning of the crisis more than three years ago, false (or half-true) narratives have dominated US media accounts and policymaking.
Feb 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen