A Low-Intensity War Is Underway in Northeast Asia A Low-Intensity War Is Underway in Northeast Asia
Beneath the radar in Korea, a military buildup—by both sides—has raised tensions to an alarming degree.
Dec 23, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’ North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’
With a mysterious message from Kim Jong-un’s government and a US missile test over the Pacific, tensions have refused to cool this month.
Dec 17, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
How Our Defense Budget Became So Bloated How Our Defense Budget Became So Bloated
Defense spending is higher now than it was during the Korean or Vietnam conflicts and may soon be twice the Cold War average.
Dec 17, 2019 / William D. Hartung
Want to Stop Climate Change? Start With the US Military Want to Stop Climate Change? Start With the US Military
Our endless wars are taking countless innocent lives and destroying the planet itself.
Dec 4, 2019 / William Astore
From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, alternatives do exist to the deep divisions in Europe.
Nov 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks
“We are on the cusp of a dangerous time,” a peace delegation declared at the UN.
Nov 7, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths
Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.
Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Impeachment Lures Democrats Into a Cold War Mentality Trump’s Impeachment Lures Democrats Into a Cold War Mentality
The hawkish mindset that liberals have embraced threatens not just their own political fortunes but also global peace.
Nov 4, 2019 / Aaron Maté
It’s Only Been 30 Years Since the End of the Cold War—Why Are We Starting a New One? It’s Only Been 30 Years Since the End of the Cold War—Why Are We Starting a New One?
What can the fall of the Berlin Wall teach us at a time when democracy is in retreat, predatory capitalism is on the rise, and a new arms race is ramping up?
Oct 29, 2019 / James Carroll
Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War Democrats Shouldn’t Let Trump’s Problems Turn Them Into the Party of War
The danger in criticizing the president’s policies is that it could revive an interventionist temper on the left.
Oct 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel