Foreign Policy

Inside the Emergency-Management-Industrial Complex

Inside the Emergency-Management-Industrial Complex Inside the Emergency-Management-Industrial Complex

In which a chance encounter with a trade magazine inspires reflections upon the prophets, and profits, of fear.

Jul 29, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

The Curious Cases of Edward Snowden and Robert Seldon Lady

The Curious Cases of Edward Snowden and Robert Seldon Lady The Curious Cases of Edward Snowden and Robert Seldon Lady

What two versions of "justice" tell us about our one-superpower world.

Jul 29, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Obama’s Choice on Iran

Obama’s Choice on Iran Obama’s Choice on Iran

Hawks in Congress want to pile on more sanctions, a strategy that is stupid and counterproductive.

Jul 24, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance

Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance Congress Moves Toward Meaningful Reform of Domestic Surveillance

Is Congress moving towards putting a real check on the executive branch’s spying power?

Jul 23, 2013 / George Zornick

Obama: Don’t Cancel the Moscow Trip

Obama: Don’t Cancel the Moscow Trip Obama: Don’t Cancel the Moscow Trip

The president can’t just take his nuclear football and go home.

Jul 19, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Letter to Edward Snowden

A Letter to Edward Snowden A Letter to Edward Snowden

Prometheus among the cannibals.

Jul 18, 2013 / Rebecca Solnit

Samantha Power’s Testimony Confirms Foreign Policy Orthodoxy

Samantha Power’s Testimony Confirms Foreign Policy Orthodoxy Samantha Power’s Testimony Confirms Foreign Policy Orthodoxy

The nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations said Security Council authorization should not be necessary for military action. 

Jul 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter

The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies

The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies

Why, to Beltway reporters, Glenn Greenwald is no Bob Woodward.

Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

How to Be a Rogue Superpower

How to Be a Rogue Superpower How to Be a Rogue Superpower

A manual for the twenty-first century.

Jul 16, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt

Surveillance Blowback

Surveillance Blowback Surveillance Blowback

The making of the US surveillance state, 1898–2020.

Jul 16, 2013 / Alfred W. McCoy

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