Congress’s War Powers Must Be Made a Reality Congress’s War Powers Must Be Made a Reality
It’s time to put an end to the establishment default about endless wars without victory or sense in the Middle East.
Oct 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia? Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia?
“Russiagate” is abetting the possibility of direct military conflict with Moscow, and liberals, once opponents of such politics, are promoting it.
Sep 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
An Interview With Stephen Kinzer, Part 2 An Interview With Stephen Kinzer, Part 2
The award-winning foreign correspondent and author of The True Flag speaks about the state of US foreign policy and the media.
Sep 27, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
What the US Military (Still) Doesn’t Understand About Afghanistan What the US Military (Still) Doesn’t Understand About Afghanistan
Sixteen years in, the Pentagon hasn’t learned any lessons.
Sep 20, 2017 / Ann Jones
Will Russia Leave the West? Will Russia Leave the West?
The new Cold War could drive the planet’s largest country, long anchored politically in both geopolitical worlds, eastward to stay.
Sep 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
An Interview With Stephen Kinzer An Interview With Stephen Kinzer
The award-winning foreign correspondent and author of The True Flag speaks on the 120-year history of American intervention in the world.
Sep 11, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’? Does Putin Really Want to ‘Destabilize the West’?
Just as there is no forensic evidence of a Kremlin “attack on our democracy” in 2016, there is no political logic for Putin’s alleged motives.
Sep 6, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev
Thirty years ago, the last Soviet leader gave the world the possibilities of a democratic Russia and (with Ronald Reagan) an end to Cold War and nuclear arms races. Today, it is as...
Aug 24, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War
You can also write a letter to the editor to demand the removal of Confederate statues, and join a campaign to take economic power from Wall Street and give it back to communities.
Aug 22, 2017 / NationAction
Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow
Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.
Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen