Foreign Policy

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The Trump Administration Rattles the Saber at Iran The Trump Administration Rattles the Saber at Iran

A Q&A with Dr. Trita Parsi, author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran, and the Triumph of Diplomacy.

Dec 5, 2018 / James Carden

Sanders War Powers Hearing

Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control

A Senate resolution to end US support for Saudi-led conflict in Yemen shows that the politics of war are finally evolving.

Dec 4, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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These 5 Academics Have Brought Us to the Brink of Geopolitical Disaster These 5 Academics Have Brought Us to the Brink of Geopolitical Disaster

Do you know their names?

Dec 3, 2018 / Alfred W. McCoy

Diego Garcia Island

Chagos Islanders Want to Go Home Chagos Islanders Want to Go Home

When the United States built a military base on Diego Garcia, its inhabitants were forced out. Will the International Court of Justice rule on their return?

Dec 3, 2018 / Abdelwahab Biad and Elsa Edynak

War With Russia?

War With Russia? War With Russia?

The New Cold War is more dangerous than the one the world survived.

Dec 3, 2018 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen

President George HW Bush in 2010

It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day It’s a Disgrace to Celebrate George H.W. Bush on World AIDS Day

The 41st president’s “civility” hid the vast nature of American state violence.

Dec 1, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

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Elizabeth Warren Just Took a Crucial Stand for Democracy and Enlightened Internationalism Elizabeth Warren Just Took a Crucial Stand for Democracy and Enlightened Internationalism

Warren is proposing to break the grip of billionaire campaign donors and corporate interests on US foreign policy.

Nov 30, 2018 / John Nichols

Outlaw King

Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem Epic Fails: ‘Outlaw King’ and Netflix’s Nationalism Problem

What the film industry gets wrong—and Monty Python gets right—about the nation.

Nov 29, 2018 / Kanishk Tharoor

Yemen airstrike

In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen In a Rebuke to Trump, the Senate Just Voted to Open Debate on US Support of Saudi War in Yemen

A resolution sponsored by Bernie Sanders breaks the deadlock, with a 63-37 vote.

Nov 28, 2018 / John Nichols

Yemen Bombed Buildings

Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds

“This war will never stop until the international community decides to take action.”

Nov 28, 2018 / Sarah Aziza

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