Foreign Policy

Uighur ethnic cleansing in China

How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

A million Uighurs are being held in concentration camps in Xinjiang. What can the US do?

Jan 15, 2019 / Daniel Bessner and Isaac Stone Fish

US Mexico Border

The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition

Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.

Jan 14, 2019 / Greg Grandin

us flag vehicle syria

What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals

A wise decision is greeted by denunciations, obstructionism, imperial thinking, and more Russia-bashing.

Jan 9, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Wendy Brown in Berkeley in 2016.

Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown

For the Berkeley political-science professor, border walls signify a population in distress. 

Jan 9, 2019 / Q&A / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Tlaib Swearing In

Thanks to Rashida Tlaib, Palestinians Finally Have a Voice in Washington Thanks to Rashida Tlaib, Palestinians Finally Have a Voice in Washington

The first Palestinian woman elected to Congress is unapologetic and proud of the community she represents.

Jan 7, 2019 / Hanna Alshaikh

A young man removes rubble in Syria

US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction

Washington’s wars have unsettled the planet in much the same way a giant asteroid did 66 million years ago.

Jan 7, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Catarina Alonzo, mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Now two Guatemalan children have died under Border Patrol custody. But the agency’s role in Latin American oppression has a long history.

Jan 3, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

Amos Oz Obituary

Remembering Amos Oz, the Humane Heart of Israel Remembering Amos Oz, the Humane Heart of Israel

How will Israel imagine itself with this uncompromising truth speaker no longer on the scene?

Jan 2, 2019 / Amy Wilentz

Mattis and Nicholson

The ‘Adults’ in the Room Are the Problem The ‘Adults’ in the Room Are the Problem

Maybe it’s time to think of them as the tools of a military-industrial-congressional complex that continues to serve up endless war.

Dec 27, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

Yemen Bombed Buildings

Chaos in Yemen: A Conversation With Isa Blumi Chaos in Yemen: A Conversation With Isa Blumi

A historian of the Middle East unpacks the widely misunderstood origins of one of the world’s most devastating conflicts.

Dec 21, 2018 / Gunar Olsen

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