![Russia Sanctions Currency Exchange](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/russia-sanction-currency-exchange-ap-img.jpg)
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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Amid an Uprising, Can Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Deliver on His Promises? Amid an Uprising, Can Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Deliver on His Promises?
Haiti’s “Banana Man” compared himself to Trump—he was more right than we realized.
Jul 27, 2018 / Jake Johnston
![How to Destroy Democracy, the Trump-Putin Way](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Trump-Putin-Helsinki-rtr-img.jpg)
How to Destroy Democracy, the Trump-Putin Way How to Destroy Democracy, the Trump-Putin Way
All around the world, strongmen are seizing power and subverting liberal norms.
Jul 20, 2018 / Katha Pollitt
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Trump as New Cold War Heretic Trump as New Cold War Heretic
The president has broken with the nearly 20-year orthodoxy of blaming Russia alone for today’s post-Soviet confrontations.
Jul 18, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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For Some Migrant Families, a Second Separation Awaits For Some Migrant Families, a Second Separation Awaits
Facing a legal labyrinth, deported parents may be forced to leave their children behind so that they can seek asylum.
Jul 11, 2018 / Renée Feltz
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Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’ Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’
Not surprisingly, Trump’s meetings with NATO and Putin are being portrayed as ominous events by Russiagaters.
Jul 11, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Migrant_families_Mexico_rts.jpg)
Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy Real Border Security Comes From a Moral Foreign Policy
Rather than build internment camps, the US should build equitable relationships with Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jul 6, 2018 / Danny Glover and Rep. Ro Khanna
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Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?
If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.
Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Angela Merkel stares down Trump G-7](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/merkel-trump-g7-quebec-ap-img.jpg)
Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to the Next Great Depression Donald Trump’s Trade Wars Could Lead to the Next Great Depression
And we’ll be the ones who pay the price.
Jun 21, 2018 / Nomi Prins
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Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence
The unprecedented allegation that the Kremlin “attacked America” and “colluded” with its president in order to elect him is based on two documents devoid of facts or logic.
Jun 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen