National Security

How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War

How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War

The spread of the Obama Doctrine of counterinsurgency signals a new and dangerous phase of contemporary warfare.

Oct 13, 2015 / Juan Cole

Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards

Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards

What the bombings in Ankara tell us about Turkey’s true motives in Syria.

Oct 12, 2015 / James Carden

October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament

October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament October 11, 1986: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, to Negotiate Disarmament

“It is not nor at the most fundamental level has it ever been postwar U.S. policy to relinquish the ambition of superiority in the arms race.”

Oct 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria

The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria

It need not be on any of them.

Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Laurie Anderson Guantanamo

Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread

The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.

Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel

Obama Speech

The US Massacre in Kunduz Exposes the Bankruptcy of Obama’s National-Security Policy The US Massacre in Kunduz Exposes the Bankruptcy of Obama’s National-Security Policy

Air power inflicts horrific human-rights violations and has been thoroughly discredited as a means of fighting insurgencies.

Oct 6, 2015 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer

‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer ‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer

The Post is coming down hard against Russia’s operations in Syria.

Oct 5, 2015 / James Carden

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The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia

In the United States, you’re more likely to be crushed by falling furniture than killed by a terrorist—but try telling that to Washington.

Sep 29, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio

How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting? How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting?

Hint: the answer is way more than you think.

Sep 24, 2015 / Nick Turse

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