US Wars and Military Action

Ariana Grande Manchester bombing

Ariana Grande Understands Counterterrorism Better Than Jim Mattis Ariana Grande Understands Counterterrorism Better Than Jim Mattis

Inclusiveness, not polarization, is the right approach.

May 31, 2017 / Juan Cole

Trump Boards Plane

Terrorism and the Perils of ‘Russiagate’ Terrorism and the Perils of ‘Russiagate’

As Trump and Putin strive for an essential US-Russia alliance against international terrorism, American media frenzy, fueled by anonymous leaks, continues to thwart it.

May 31, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Patrol in El Chorrillo

How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism How the 1989 War on Manuel Noriega’s Panama Super-Charged US Militarism

It brought together neocons and realists in a warm-up act for the first Gulf War.

May 30, 2017 / Greg Grandin

John McCain Iran deal

Don’t Fall for the Washington War Hawks’ Iranophobia Don’t Fall for the Washington War Hawks’ Iranophobia

Their demands for war and regime change should be ignored.

May 30, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

‘The America and the World of Our Dreams—How Far Away They Seem on This Memorial Day!’

‘The America and the World of Our Dreams—How Far Away They Seem on This Memorial Day!’ ‘The America and the World of Our Dreams—How Far Away They Seem on This Memorial Day!’

Ninety-nine years ago, an editorial in the magazine pleaded for “a world freed from the burden of mutual national distrust and hatred and deceit.”

May 29, 2017 / Column / Richard Kreitner

Trump in Saudi Arabia

What Explains Trump’s Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia? What Explains Trump’s Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia?

It has more than a little to do with the power of the Saudi lobby—as well as the administration’s deep hostility toward Iran.

May 22, 2017 / James Carden

Trump at press conference

Donald Trump Committed Another Impeachable Offense This Week Donald Trump Committed Another Impeachable Offense This Week

And it had nothing to do with the Russia investigation. 

May 20, 2017 / John Nichols

Joe Lieberman

Joe Lieberman Is a Civil Libertarian’s Nightmare Joe Lieberman Is a Civil Libertarian’s Nightmare

The nation’s top law-enforcement officer shouldn’t have flagrant disregard for constitutional protections.

May 19, 2017 / George Zornick

Soldiers Mourn

Who Pays the Moral Price of War? Who Pays the Moral Price of War?

Our desire for never-ending intervention overseas causes never-ending pain for our troops.

May 18, 2017 / Peter Van Buren

Mattis and Nicholson

Trump Is Poised to Plunge Deeper Into the Afghan Quagmire Trump Is Poised to Plunge Deeper Into the Afghan Quagmire

More US troops cannot stabilize the corrupt and despised government in Kabul.

May 17, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

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