US Wars and Military Action

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

The Military-Industrial Complex Is on Corporate Welfare The Military-Industrial Complex Is on Corporate Welfare

The Pentagon will get an extra $165 billion over the next two years—that’s even more than Donald Trump asked for.

Feb 27, 2018 / William D. Hartung

Nuclear Football

Nukes Are the New Normal Nukes Are the New Normal

Say, here’s an idea: Let’s make it easier for Trump to pull the nuclear trigger.

Feb 26, 2018 / Rajan Menon

What It’s Like to Teach a Class That Doesn’t Remember 9/11 What It’s Like to Teach a Class That Doesn’t Remember 9/11

Many of my students have lived their entire lives in a country at war.

Feb 22, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Mission Accomplished

Why We Need to Remember the Iraq War—As Well as the Global Resistance to It Why We Need to Remember the Iraq War—As Well as the Global Resistance to It

The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of the US invasion 15 years ago.

Feb 22, 2018 / Phyllis Bennis

Mattis and Nicholson

The Pentagon Wants to Spend $716 Billion Next Year The Pentagon Wants to Spend $716 Billion Next Year

And it is justifying that by playing on fear.

Feb 20, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

Afghan Escalation

The Real Reason Americans Don’t Care About the Costs of War The Real Reason Americans Don’t Care About the Costs of War

And what we can do to change that.

Feb 15, 2018 / Stephanie Savell

Red Square in Moscow

If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’? If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’?

The ongoing role of false narratives and historical fallacies.

Feb 14, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Moon, Pence, Kim Yo-jong Pyeongchang Olympics

Mike Pence and Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe Rain on South Korea’s Olympics Parade Mike Pence and Japanese Leader Shinzo Abe Rain on South Korea’s Olympics Parade

But the pressure could backfire, a former Japanese prime minister tells The Nation.

Feb 14, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

Hagel speaks with Afghanistan troops

Why Does the Pentagon Always Tell Us the End Is Right Around the Corner? Why Does the Pentagon Always Tell Us the End Is Right Around the Corner?

What they should say is how many times they’ve been wrong about that.

Feb 13, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

The Nuclear Posture Review Signals a New Arms Race The Nuclear Posture Review Signals a New Arms Race

We need to revive momentum for reducing nuclear weapons, not for “modernizing” them.

Feb 13, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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