Trump’s Wildly Inconsistent Foreign-Policy Vision Trump’s Wildly Inconsistent Foreign-Policy Vision
Last night’s State of the Union speech showcased the president’s deeply contradictory approach toward foreign affairs.
Feb 6, 2019 / James Carden
The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller The Climate Wall: Q&A With Todd Miller
There is an inextricable link between border militarization and climate change.
Feb 6, 2019 / Q&A / Will Meyer
Economic Nationalism Is Suicide Economic Nationalism Is Suicide
Our inability to think globally pushes us further into a world of growing jingoism and martial confrontation.
Feb 5, 2019 / Jamie Merchant
Trump Is Igniting a Perilous New Nuclear-Arms Race Trump Is Igniting a Perilous New Nuclear-Arms Race
Enforcement, not abandonment, is the answer to violations of the INF Treaty.
Feb 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The War in Afghanistan Shows the Bankruptcy of Our Foreign-Policy Elite The War in Afghanistan Shows the Bankruptcy of Our Foreign-Policy Elite
It’s clear the United States can’t win, but the “experts” insist on delaying defeat forever.
Jan 31, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’ Trump’s Withdrawals From Afghanistan and Syria Are Hardly ‘A Gift to Putin’
Why would Moscow want to fight terrorists without the US? It doesn’t.
Jan 30, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Peace in Afghanistan? Maybe—but a Minerals Rush Is Already Underway Peace in Afghanistan? Maybe—but a Minerals Rush Is Already Underway
And that rush is a direct result of Trump’s pressure on the Afghan government to open up the country to foreign corporations.
Jan 30, 2019 / Antony Loewenstein
A Former Boeing Executive Is Now Running the Pentagon A Former Boeing Executive Is Now Running the Pentagon
Patrick Shanahan, Trump’s new acting defense secretary, has spent an career serving the interests of Boeing’s bottom line. How will he serve the public instead?
Jan 29, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela Bret Stephens, the ‘Times,’ and Fearmongering Over Venezuela
Columnist Stephens and others on the right are worried about the growing popularity of socialism. Their panicked response? “But Venezuela!”
Jan 29, 2019 / Greg Grandin
Stephen F. Cohen and Dan Rather in Conversation With Katrina vanden Heuvel Stephen F. Cohen and Dan Rather in Conversation With Katrina vanden Heuvel
At 92Y, Cohen argues that our new Cold War with Russia is even more dangerous than the first one, and that Russiagate is only exacerbating the problem.
Jan 28, 2019 / The Nation