Brennan at the CIA Might Surprise Us Brennan at the CIA Might Surprise Us
The tough guy might yet rein in drones. And steer the CIA away from covert ops to intelligence collection.
Jan 22, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Covert Wars Contradict His Rhetoric Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Covert Wars Contradict His Rhetoric
The president continues to expand drone strikes and special operations, even as he decries the country’s war footing.
Jan 22, 2013 / Press Room
The Military Powder Keg in the Pacific The Military Powder Keg in the Pacific
Will China-Japan-US tensions in the Pacific ignite a conflict and sink the global economy?
Jan 22, 2013 / Michael T. Klare
Precedent Ford Precedent Ford
In the Algerian “rescue,” blundering, botched unilateralism. In 1975, America showed them the way.
Jan 20, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
The Antiwar Case for Chuck Hagel The Antiwar Case for Chuck Hagel
Chuck Hagel is no leftist. But he has stood up to AIPAC, the defense industry and the neocons.
Jan 16, 2013 / Feature / Phyllis Bennis
America’s New Cold War With Russia America’s New Cold War With Russia
Obama, Congress and the media continue their dangerous, one-dimensional approach.
Jan 16, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen
Nine Years in One Day: On Haiti Nine Years in One Day: On Haiti
The tension between the personal and the political permeates new books on Haiti by Amy Wilentz and Jonathan M. Katz.
Jan 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell
Melissa Harris-Perry: Who Is to Blame for Haiti’s Ongoing Crisis? Melissa Harris-Perry: Who Is to Blame for Haiti’s Ongoing Crisis?
NGOs and foreign governments are preventing Haitians from repairing their broken country.
Jan 14, 2013 / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Pentagon: A Global NRA The Pentagon: A Global NRA
The Pentagon is intent on pursuing its own global version of the Second Amendment.
Jan 14, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
The Wrong Torture Debate The Wrong Torture Debate
Zero Dark Thirty has us arguing over whether torture works, not whether it should be banned.
Jan 11, 2013 / Peter Weiss