Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards Turkey’s Double Game and the US’s Double Standards
What the bombings in Ankara tell us about Turkey’s true motives in Syria.
Oct 12, 2015 / James Carden
The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria
It need not be on any of them.
Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer ‘The Washington Post’ Finally Finds a War It Won’t Cheer
The Post is coming down hard against Russia’s operations in Syria.
Oct 5, 2015 / James Carden
Bureau of Sex Slavery Bureau of Sex Slavery
For Yanar and my sisters in Iraq and Syria.
Oct 2, 2015 / Eve Ensler
October 2, 2002: Sniper Attacks Begin Around the Washington, DC, Area October 2, 2002: Sniper Attacks Begin Around the Washington, DC, Area
“As we ride out the heightened troubles of these times, as our domestic fears become conflated with international terror, let us work hard not to fall back on the models that have ...
Oct 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Obama and Putin Meet in New York, Agree on Nothing Obama and Putin Meet in New York, Agree on Nothing
The US establishment doesn’t understand that Russia’s foray into Syria is more than an imperial gamble.
Sep 29, 2015 / James Carden
The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia
In the United States, you’re more likely to be crushed by falling furniture than killed by a terrorist—but try telling that to Washington.
Sep 29, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
What Keeps Right-Wingers Up at Night? What Keeps Right-Wingers Up at Night?
The very real fear of gay marriage and children’s science projects.
Sep 29, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East
We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”
Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin
September 27, 1996: The Taliban Conquers Kabul September 27, 1996: The Taliban Conquers Kabul
“American responsibility for recent events in Afghanistan is greater than Administration officials pretend.”
Sep 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner