How the Greens Became the Driving Force of German Militarism How the Greens Became the Driving Force of German Militarism
The Greens, founded as a pacifist party, are now enthusiastic cheerleaders for rearmament.
Feb 10, 2025 / Fabian Scheidler
Gazans Have a Message for Trump: We’re Not Going Anywhere Gazans Have a Message for Trump: We’re Not Going Anywhere
The president wants to clear the territory and take it for the US. But people here are adamant: "I will never, ever leave my land."
Feb 6, 2025 / Noor Alyacoubi
EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires? EU vs. US or People vs. Billionaires?
Trump’s latest geopolitical moves are scary. But Americans and Europeans share a common foe.
Feb 6, 2025 / Nick Shaxson
Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline
President’s bullying of allies yields symbolic results—but betrays substantive weakness.
Feb 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer
What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump
The president’s foreign policy agenda remains unpredictable, but his war on liberal culture has deep roots.
Feb 4, 2025 / David Klion
Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup? Who Will Stop Elon Musk’s Coup?
The world’s richest man now has the power to override congressional spending decisions and access to private information about every US taxpayer.
Feb 3, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Senate Democrats Are Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons Senate Democrats Are Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons
Preferring to defend spy agencies and line up behind the hawkish consensus, the bipartisan elite ignores the director of national intelligence nominee’s rampant Islamophobia.
Jan 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Will Trump End the Most Successful Foreign-Aid Program in US History? Will Trump End the Most Successful Foreign-Aid Program in US History?
The President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief is in danger of being shuttered. The decision could kill hundreds of thousands of people and kickstart an epidemic.
Jan 30, 2025 / James North
The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine The Trump Administration Unabashedly Embraces the Monroe Doctrine
Despite other foreign-policy disagreements, a consensus is emerging among Republicans: The US must take an ultra-hawkish approach to Latin America.
Jan 30, 2025 / Guillaume Long
The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump
More than 23 years after the 9/11 attacks, here we are in the very same place we’ve been for endless years—on pause.
Jan 29, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg