![Biden delivers a speech in the Oval Office](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/biden-speech-getty.jpg)
Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along
As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.
Oct 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Robert Malley, Biden administration special envoy for Iran, testifies about the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill on May 25, 2022.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1240894882.jpg)
Disinformation and Deception in Tehran and Washington Disinformation and Deception in Tehran and Washington
A series of articles allege that some high-profile Western analysts and aides are working for the Iranian government. Are they spies? Or is someone trying to sabotage their work?
Oct 19, 2023 / Nicolas Niarchos
![Left to right: Ayman Mohyeldin, Ali Melshi, and Mehdi Hasan.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/msnbc-islamophobia-195KB.jpg)
The Fight Over MSNBC’s Cave-in to Islamophobia The Fight Over MSNBC’s Cave-in to Islamophobia
Amid war fever and bigoted violence, we have to combat media cowardice.
Oct 16, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Palestinian man rescued by other civilians](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/gaza-death-toll-ap.jpg)
In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace In Gaza They Don’t Even Bother to Call It Peace
For Netanyahu, as for Hamas, the life of a child born into the opposing “nation” has no value.
Oct 16, 2023 / Amy Wilentz
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on September 22, 2023, in New York City.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1695455383.jpg)
Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11 Israel’s Response to Its 9/11 Risks Missing the Lessons of America’s 9/11
Ignoring intelligence failures and doubling down on bad policy is the worst response to terrorism.
Oct 9, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Harry G. Barnes meeting with Gen. Augusto Pinochet.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/barnes-plaque.jpg)
The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile
Everyone knows how Nixon and Kissinger paved Pinochet’s path to power. The story of Harry Barnes, who played a crucial role in the Chilean dictator’s exit, is much less well known...
Oct 5, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
![Protesters chant after the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, with a photo of SIngh Nijjar on the left](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/singh-nijjar-ap.jpg)
Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen? Did Narendra Modi Kill a Canadian Citizen?
New cold war politics might end any investigation into the assassination of a Sikh activist before it begins.
Sep 22, 2023 / Jeet Heer
![Marines in Afghanistan](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Marines_convoy_Afghanistan_ap_img1.jpg)
Regret for the War on Terror Is Not the Same as Remorse Regret for the War on Terror Is Not the Same as Remorse
For the White House, the Pentagon, and Congress, the War on Terror offered a political license to kill and displace people on a large scale.
Sep 13, 2023 / Norman Solomon
![A soldier prepares to launch a drone in Afghanistan.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/soldier_launches_drone_afghanistan-150KB-rtr_img.jpg)
As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce As Long as We Use Drones, Celebrating “American Values” Is a Farce
After decades of asymmetrical warfare, Americans have lost touch with the humanity of civilians forced to endure the extreme violence of our “mistakes.”
Sep 12, 2023 / Maha Hilal
![Photographs of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger displayed during “Secrets of State: The Declassified History of the Chilean Dictatorship,” an exhibition at the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago, Chile.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/nixon-kissinger-chile-exhibit-getty.jpg)
Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide
Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...
Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh