Foreign Policy

Pandemic Artists Posters

Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War Waiting for Catastrophes While Living Under the Specter of Pandemic and War

When “How are you doing?” is also a question of politics and the world.

Apr 28, 2021 / Vijay Prashad

Joseph Biden Ukraine

The Successful Campaign to Block Matthew Rojansky’s Appointment Is Ominous for Biden’s Russia Policy The Successful Campaign to Block Matthew Rojansky’s Appointment Is Ominous for Biden’s Russia Policy

Recalibrating our relations to Russia—and reducing the tensions around Ukraine and the Russian border—surely must be part of that effort.

Apr 27, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

President Joe Biden

The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President The Most Righteous Thing Joe Biden Has Done as President

His decision to label the mass murder of Armenians as “genocide” finally put the US on the right side of an awful chapter in world history.

Apr 27, 2021 / John Nichols

Marines Out

The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific The Toxic Legacy of the US Military in the Pacific

A Welsh journalist uncovers a decades-long environmental disaster around US bases in East Asia.

Apr 27, 2021 / Tim Shorrock

President Joe Biden

Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions

Like Trump, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy rooted in fears of American decline.

Apr 24, 2021 / Dilip Hiro

Reema bint Bandar Al Saud

The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street

By enlisting community members across the US to peddle the best version of the Kingdom, the Saudi lobby has given its brand an American-as-apple-pie shine.

Apr 21, 2021 / Benjamin Freeman, Brian Steiner, and Leila Riazi

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars From the Forever Wars to the Hypersonic Wars

The United States bolsters high-tech forces in Europe. 

Apr 20, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Democractic Republic of Congo soldier

The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo

Will a Texas hedge fund drag the US into another dangerous quagmire?

Apr 20, 2021 / Helen C. Epstein

Ted Hui

After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile After ‘the Death of Hong Kong’s Democracy,’ an Ex-Legislator Fights Beijing From Exile

Ted Hui fled Hong Kong, but he hasn’t given up the struggle.

Apr 20, 2021 / Q&A / Sharline Liu

Obama Raul Castro

Cuba Moves Into the Post-Castro Era Cuba Moves Into the Post-Castro Era

On the 60th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion, many US officials still can’t seem to accept a socialist country “under their very noses.”

Apr 16, 2021 / Peter Kornbluh

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