![Richard Falk UN](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Richard-Falk-UN-rtr-img.jpg)
A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2 A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2
On Israel, Palestine, and his work as a UN special rapporteur.
Jan 31, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence
![Guantánamo Protest](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/guantanamo_rtr_img.jpg)
My Client Has Spent More Than a Third of His Life Imprisoned in Guantánamo My Client Has Spent More Than a Third of His Life Imprisoned in Guantánamo
Now, 16 years after the prison opened, Sharqawi Al Hajj has joined a legal challenge to end his indefinite detention.
Jan 12, 2018 / Pardiss Kebriaei
![US Special Forces in Africa](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/US_Special_Forces_Niger_rtr_img.jpg)
Bulking Up on Special Operations Forces in 2018 Will Not Stop Terrorism Bulking Up on Special Operations Forces in 2018 Will Not Stop Terrorism
With a record number of deployments and outsourced proxies, elite forces are achieving less with more.
Jan 9, 2018 / Nick Turse
![Afghan Escalation](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4000-troops-afghanistan-ap-img.jpg)
There’s One Way That Donald Trump Is No Different From Obama There’s One Way That Donald Trump Is No Different From Obama
New president, same old American wars.
Dec 19, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
![Michael Flynn White House](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/flynn_abe_ap.jpg)
Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia Media Malpractice Is Criminalizing Better Relations With Russia
The pillorying of General Flynn and hounding of Secretary of State Tillerson equate détente with “collusion with the Kremlin.”
Dec 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Pakistan Drone Protest](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/pakistan-drone-protest-img.jpg)
In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land In Pakistan’s Tribal Areas, Collective Punishment Is the Law of the Land
Civilians here, who live under an outdated colonial regime, have been terrorized by US drone strikes and extremist Islamists for many years.
Dec 6, 2017 / Umar Farooq
![Gitmo](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Gitmo_AP_img.jpg)
What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo
A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.
Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson
![Russian President Vladimir Putin](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Putin_Malaysian_Air_rtr_img.jpg)
Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5
By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security.
Nov 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
![George Bush](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/bushshame_ap_img_1.jpg)
What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11? What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11?
Things could have gone very, very differently.
Nov 27, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
![Trump Putin Vietnam](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/trump-putin-vietnam-ap-img.jpg)
‘Russiagate’ Zealots (Mainly Democrats) Have Become a Major Threat to US National Security ‘Russiagate’ Zealots (Mainly Democrats) Have Become a Major Threat to US National Security
At an international summit in Vietnam last week, President Trump took necessary steps to reduce the perils of the new Cold War with Russia. Liberal Democrats call it “treasonous.”
Nov 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen