Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves
This has been a violent American century—but even less recognized is how our War on Terror helped us to turn on one another.
Aug 24, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino
The American Military Is Truly Exceptional—at Spending Money The American Military Is Truly Exceptional—at Spending Money
Americans can certainly brag about one thing this country has beyond compare: the most expensive military around.
Aug 11, 2023 / William Astore
Closing Guantánamo Won’t Be Enough Closing Guantánamo Won’t Be Enough
Decades later, the harm and the crimes associated with Guantánamo continue.
Aug 4, 2023 / Karen J. Greenberg
The War in Sudan You’re Not Reading About The War in Sudan You’re Not Reading About
The US is not alone—the entire world is lagging badly in its response to the humanitarian tragedy in Sudan.
Aug 2, 2023 / Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox
The US Military Has an Extremism Problem The US Military Has an Extremism Problem
Ideological zealotry is disruptive wherever it takes root, even if it never erupts into violence, but it’s particularly chilling inside the military.
Jul 19, 2023 / Nan Levinson
Humanity Has Created Too Many Ways of Destroying Itself Humanity Has Created Too Many Ways of Destroying Itself
The potential for nuclear disaster and the slow destruction of climate change are both man-made.
Jul 18, 2023 / Tom Engelhardt
The Future of AI Is War The Future of AI Is War
Once confined to the realm of science fiction, the concept of supercomputers killing humans has now become a distinct possibility in the very real world of the near future.
Jul 17, 2023 / Michael T. Klare
What the Failed Wagner Mutiny Means for Africa What the Failed Wagner Mutiny Means for Africa
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary army might have been disbanded in Russia, but in Africa—where the group props up dictators, extracts mineral wealth, and siphons off billions from leg...
Jul 12, 2023 / Nicolas Niarchos
In Jenin, as Elsewhere, Netanyahu Knows He Can Count on Washington’s Complicity In Jenin, as Elsewhere, Netanyahu Knows He Can Count on Washington’s Complicity
As America's nonresponse to the attack on Jenin demonstrates, support for Israeli apartheid is fully bipartisan.
Jul 7, 2023 / James Bamford
Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy Henry Kissinger, Elliott Abrams, and the Rot of American Foreign Policy
Our bipartisan elite is always willing to forgive war crimes by its made men.
Jul 7, 2023 / Jeet Heer