Foreign Policy

Lara Alqasem

On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine On Boycotts, Academic Freedom, and the Struggle for Justice in Israel-Palestine

The big story in the United States is the growing support for the Palestinian cause, and for a just and viable Israel that gives equal rights to all its citizens.

Nov 1, 2018 / Bruce Robbins

The US Capitol Building at sunset

Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy? Who’s Really ‘Undermining’ American Democracy?

Allegations that Russia is still “attacking” US elections, now again in November, could delegitimize our democratic institutions.

Oct 31, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril Trump Is Pushing the World Closer to Nuclear Peril

It is not too late to end this dangerous status quo. Let’s demand a better future, one that is free from nuclear weapons.

Oct 30, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bolsonaro Crowd

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics

The new president-elect is an agent of the world’s most reactionary tendencies, many of them exported from the United States.

Oct 29, 2018 / Greg Grandin

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism? The Abolition of Nuclear Abolitionism?

President Trump’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty nullifies a historic precedent.

Oct 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

US Soldiers Afghanistan

The War Anniversary You Forgot to Mark The War Anniversary You Forgot to Mark

The media have forgotten about America’s longest war.

Oct 22, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

Somaliland Valley of Death

In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide In the Valley of Death: Somaliland’s Forgotten Genocide

Thirty years ago, the US-backed Somali government slaughtered an estimated 200,000 people. Now survivors want US help uncovering the crimes.

Oct 22, 2018 / Ismail Einashe and Matt Kennard

Washington’s Ire Shifts From Kim Jong-un to Moon Jae-in

Washington’s Ire Shifts From Kim Jong-un to Moon Jae-in Washington’s Ire Shifts From Kim Jong-un to Moon Jae-in

Trump infuriated and insulted South Koreans when he said “they do nothing without our approval.”

Oct 19, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

Trump Putin Vietnam

Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News

Intelligence agencies, Nikki Haley, sanctions, and public opinion.

Oct 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Astana Talks

Syria Moves One Step Closer to Ending the Civil War Syria Moves One Step Closer to Ending the Civil War

Each player had its reasons for not going forward with a cataclysmic offensive against the last rebel stronghold, in Idlib. 

Oct 17, 2018 / Roy Gutman

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