Foreign Policy

Central Park Nuclear Protest

The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It. The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It.

In the 1980s, millions of antinuclear activists took to the streets, forcing Western governments to respond to our demands. We can do the same now.

Nov 14, 2018 / David Cortright

US soldier Mosul

Why Liberal Hegemony? Why Liberal Hegemony?

Three new books make the case against a failed grand strategy.

Nov 12, 2018 / James Carden

Mattis and Nicholson

The Pentagon’s Best Skill Is Rewriting the Past The Pentagon’s Best Skill Is Rewriting the Past

A new war-commemoration website is a perfect example.

Nov 8, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs

The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women

The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women

How a feminist foreign policy can save us from nuclear weapons.

Nov 8, 2018 / Feature / Beatrice Fihn

When the World Tried to Outlaw War

When the World Tried to Outlaw War When the World Tried to Outlaw War

What, if anything, can we learn from the 1928 Paris Peace Pact?

Nov 8, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim

North Korea Missile

Donald Trump’s Ignorance Has Us Headed Straight for the Second Nuclear Age Donald Trump’s Ignorance Has Us Headed Straight for the Second Nuclear Age

There’s good reason to be concerned.

Nov 5, 2018 / James Carroll

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

David Hendrickson: We Need a ‘New Internationalism’ David Hendrickson: We Need a ‘New Internationalism’

The author and professor in conversation.

Nov 2, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Lockheed F-35 Jet Australia

The Military Is the Ultimate Special-Interest Group The Military Is the Ultimate Special-Interest Group

More money than ever is going towards the least-efficient sector of the economy.

Nov 1, 2018 / William D. Hartung

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

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