Foreign Policy

NATO From Bad to Worse

NATO From Bad to Worse NATO From Bad to Worse

It is urgent to rebuild a global peace movement opposed to all military alliances and the ongoing massive increases in defense budgets.

Jun 23, 2022 / Gilbert Achcar

A Peace Settlement in Ukraine

A Peace Settlement in Ukraine A Peace Settlement in Ukraine

If the war is to ever end, it will have to do so through some form of pragmatic compromise.

Jun 22, 2022 / Anatol Lieven

American military helicopter wreckage in Mogadishu

The Perils of Shaping a Recalcitrant World The Perils of Shaping a Recalcitrant World

Relying on military power to shape events in distant countries requires very deep pockets and infinite patience—neither of which we currently possess.

Jun 22, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich and Alex Jordan

Pentagon

The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price

What’s all this new defense spending for?

Jun 21, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nuclear missile

We Must Keep Fighting to Stop the Arms Race We Must Keep Fighting to Stop the Arms Race

Or we risk facing the unimaginable. 

Jun 16, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Portrait of Haitian president

What the French Really Owe Haiti What the French Really Owe Haiti

Compensation for a history suffused with violence that left physical wounds and psychological trauma.

Jun 13, 2022 / Marlene L. Daut

NATO Secretary General holds images of Sweden's and Finland's flags.

The End of the Nordic Ideal The End of the Nordic Ideal

Finland and Sweden long held that the Nordic social model was incompatible with NATO membership. The invasion of Ukraine has changed that.

Jun 7, 2022 / Heikki Patomäki

The Dangers of Biden’s Lesser-Evilism in India

The Dangers of Biden’s Lesser-Evilism in India The Dangers of Biden’s Lesser-Evilism in India

Building an anti-China coalition, the president turns a blind eye to Narendra Modi’s increasingly authoritarian rule.

Jun 3, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Workers on motorcycles protest Chinese government in 1989.

The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers The Radical, Transnational Legacy of Tiananmen Workers

China’s labor-led protests modeled a more ambitious kind of politics than the one crafted by the Tiananmen student liberals.

Jun 3, 2022 / Promise Li

Syrian soldier US airstrike

War Is a Form of Terrorism War Is a Form of Terrorism

If we lack empathy for those who suffer in our wars, we endanger humanity’s future.

Jun 2, 2022 / Andrea Mazzarino

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