After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken? After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken?
Mission unaccomplished—and lessons unlearned.
Mar 30, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We Still Don’t Know Why Russia Invaded Ukraine We Still Don’t Know Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
From the beginning, the war has thoroughly confounded military mavens and experts on Russia and Ukraine.
Mar 30, 2023 / Rajan Menon
On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape
Civilians in border villages have been nervously going about their daily lives while trying to survive the never-ending threat of Russian attacks.
Mar 30, 2023 / Leif Reigstad
Israeli Protesters Say They’re Defending Freedom. Palestinians Know Better. Israeli Protesters Say They’re Defending Freedom. Palestinians Know Better.
The judiciary that protesters say protects their freedom is a key architect of the apartheid regime that has stolen so much freedom from Palestinians.
Mar 30, 2023 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Putin’s Nuremberg Moment Putin’s Nuremberg Moment
The ICC’s arrest warrant against the Russian president was historic. But where will it lead?
Mar 28, 2023 / Reed Brody
Israel’s Protest Movement Is Bringing Netanyahu to His Knees Israel’s Protest Movement Is Bringing Netanyahu to His Knees
A movement that started out against a judicial coup has morphed into an uprising. Yet questions loom about what this moment portends for Palestinians.
Mar 27, 2023 / Haggai Matar
What Will Macron Do When Arbitrary Arrests and Police Violence Fail? What Will Macron Do When Arbitrary Arrests and Police Violence Fail?
Bypassing the National Assembly to force through his unpopular pension reform looked like a clever move—until it brought the French people back onto the streets.
Mar 27, 2023 / Harrison Stetler
A Meditation on Trans-Species Love A Meditation on Trans-Species Love
The Nation spoke with Shaunak Sen, whose film All That Breathes follows a bird hospital in New Dehli and the monumental mission of saving a city's dying black kites.
Mar 27, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Jasmine Liu
Is the US Flirting With Nuclear War? Is the US Flirting With Nuclear War?
A proxy war pitting the United States against a paranoid adversary with a massive nuclear arsenal at his command: What could possibly go wrong?
Mar 23, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Indigenous Leaders Are Being Forced Into Exile Indigenous Leaders Are Being Forced Into Exile
Facing institutionalized violence from the government and opposition groups, some Indigenous activists in Guatemala have no choice but to flee.
Mar 23, 2023 / María Inés Taracena