Foreign Policy

Heather Nauert

Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up

The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.

Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette

How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism

How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism

For nearly two centuries, US politicians have channeled extremism outward. But the frontier is gone, the empire is faltering, and the chickens are coming home to roost.

Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin

Mueller walks through halls of capitol building

How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics

“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.

Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Xi Jinping

The United States Is Already at War With China The United States Is Already at War With China

Trump is accelerating a gratuitous cold war between the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases, leaving the rest of the world to suffer.

Feb 18, 2019 / Michael T. Klare

Honduran migrant at the border

The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’

Walls and borders are this country's most consistent climate-change ‘adaptation.’

Feb 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Trump USMCA Announcement

Who Lost America? Who Lost America?

The fall of the republic was foretold long before Donald Trump.

Feb 14, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Senators at AIPAC

This Is How AIPAC Really Works This Is How AIPAC Really Works

An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution.

Feb 14, 2019 / M.J. Rosenberg

Little girl at child care rally CA

Childcare for All Belongs on the Progressive Agenda Childcare for All Belongs on the Progressive Agenda

Katha Pollitt on universal child care, plus David Klion on Bernie’s foreign policy adviser, and Antony Loewenstein on Afghanistan.

Feb 14, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

The Washington Monument and US Capitol silhouetted at dawn in Washington, DC.

There’s a Lonely Voice in Washington, and It’s Talking Some Sense There’s a Lonely Voice in Washington, and It’s Talking Some Sense

For 15 years, the Committee for the Republic has been a dissenting voice of sanity and civility in Washington.

Feb 12, 2019 / James Carden

Nuclear missiles

The World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Just Rolled Off the Assembly Line The World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Just Rolled Off the Assembly Line

With the creation of a new “mini-nuke” warhead, the US is making nuclear war all the more probable.

Feb 12, 2019 / James Carroll

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