The Confrontation in Ukraine Is Political Theater Aimed at a Domestic Audience The Confrontation in Ukraine Is Political Theater Aimed at a Domestic Audience
But the danger of accidentally triggering a real conflagration remains terrifyingly high.
Dec 10, 2021 / Nicolai N. Petro
We Need to Take China’s Military Strength Seriously We Need to Take China’s Military Strength Seriously
What’s happening between China and Taiwan should put those of us who fear a major outbreak of war on high alert.
Dec 3, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
Placing “Guardrails” on the US-China Nuclear Competition Placing “Guardrails” on the US-China Nuclear Competition
A failure to challenge inflated claims about China’s nuclear arsenal will have serious and painful consequences.
Nov 29, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction When Real Life Feels More Like Science Fiction
As almost happened in The War of the Worlds, we could kiss this planet goodbye—and if that’s not science fiction transformed into fact of the first order, what is?
Nov 26, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
Our Blind Faith in the Military Will Destroy Us Our Blind Faith in the Military Will Destroy Us
Show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what you worship.
Nov 24, 2021 / William Astore
America’s Decline Started at Home America’s Decline Started at Home
When will shifting geopolitics and climate change fully cripple Washington’s current world order?
Nov 22, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
Dangerous Brinkmanship Over Taiwan Dangerous Brinkmanship Over Taiwan
How to avoid US-Chinese military conflict in the Western Pacific.
Oct 27, 2021 / Michael T. Klare
To Avoid Armageddon, Don’t Modernize Missiles—Eliminate Them To Avoid Armageddon, Don’t Modernize Missiles—Eliminate Them
Land-based nuclear weapons are world-ending accident waiting to happen, and completely superfluous to a reliable deterrent.
Oct 19, 2021 / Daniel Ellsberg and Norman Solomon
Uniting Against the American War Machine Uniting Against the American War Machine
Twenty years and trillions of dollars later, the US counterinsurgency in Afghanistan failed—so when will we stop rewarding the military-industrial complex?
Sep 22, 2021 / William Astore