Foreign Policy

Destroyed apartment buildings in Ukraine

Against World War III Against World War III

Is a long, bloody war between Russia and Ukraine really in our national interest?

Apr 21, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Putin Index Finger

This Is How We End the War in Ukraine This Is How We End the War in Ukraine

It’s time to finally deliver a bill to Vladimir Putin for a foreign policy that has involved little more than flattening one hapless city after another

Apr 21, 2022 / Alfred McCoy

How Can Feminists Stand in Real Solidarity with Afghan Women?

How Can Feminists Stand in Real Solidarity with Afghan Women? How Can Feminists Stand in Real Solidarity with Afghan Women?

The United States and mainstream NGOs argue that the best way to support Afghan women is to cut ties with the Taliban, but grassroots activists have no choice but to engage.

Apr 20, 2022 / Sunita Viswanath

Protesters dressed with cutout faces of Biden and Putin prepare to throw nuclear weapons in the garbage

Ukraine’s Nuclear Flashpoints Ukraine’s Nuclear Flashpoints

How to avoid Armageddon in the new nuclear era.

Apr 20, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

War on War

War on War War on War

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Apr 19, 2022 / OppArt / Elijah Scott

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning fighter jet is shown at the Singapore Airshow in 2014

The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis

The new gold rush of defense spending is a disaster in the making.

Apr 19, 2022 / William D. Hartung and Julia Gledhill

Military personnel carry flags

America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall

Unapologetic and unembarrassed by its string of recent failures, the war party is once again climbing back into the saddle.

Apr 18, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich

A man waves a blue flag in a crowd

Should NATO Exist? Should NATO Exist?

David Klion argues that NATO’s function now is to contain a war, while Chase Madar writes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that the US’s European allies are capable of defen...

Apr 15, 2022 / The Debate / David Klion and Chase Madar

Vladirmir Putin looks away from the camara

Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression

Prosecuting the crime of aggression is the only effective way to target those who are most responsible for the horrors of war. Yet international law does not currently recognize th...

Apr 14, 2022 / Philippe Sands for The Nation

America’s Hypocrisy Over Ukraine and “Spheres of Influence”

America’s Hypocrisy Over Ukraine and “Spheres of Influence” America’s Hypocrisy Over Ukraine and “Spheres of Influence”

The principle of each country’s right to determine its own foreign policy clearly does not apply in the Western Hemisphere. 

Apr 12, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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