US Wars and Military Action

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio

How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting? How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting?

Hint: the answer is way more than you think.

Sep 24, 2015 / Nick Turse

Kfredrian, Idlib

Long Before the Refugee Crisis, the World’s Powers Had Failed the People of Syria Long Before the Refugee Crisis, the World’s Powers Had Failed the People of Syria

It’s time for the US and Russia to stop treating Syria like a chess game.

Sep 24, 2015 / Rula Jebreal

Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow

Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow

Will the result be a spreading or curtailing of the new US-Russian Cold War?

Sep 23, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

GOP 2016 Debate

The Republican Candidates Just Can’t Quit Neoconservatism The Republican Candidates Just Can’t Quit Neoconservatism

With the exception of Rand Paul, the GOP field remained in thrall to a bankrupt ideology.

Sep 17, 2015 / James Carden

Star Trek

What Can ‘Star Trek’ Teach Us About American Exceptionalism? What Can ‘Star Trek’ Teach Us About American Exceptionalism?

The quintessentially American urge “to boldly go,” regardless of consequence, has gotten humanity into a heap of trouble.

Sep 17, 2015 / John Feffer

The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria

The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria

Has it created another front in the new Cold War?

Sep 16, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Michigan Base, Afghanistan

The United States Probably Has More Foreign Military Bases Than Any Other People, Nation, or Empire in History The United States Probably Has More Foreign Military Bases Than Any Other People, Nation, or Empire in History

And it’s doing us more harm than good.

Sep 14, 2015 / David Vine

Brigadier General James Linder

The United States Is Training Militaries With Dubious Human Rights Records—Again The United States Is Training Militaries With Dubious Human Rights Records—Again

American special forces are still conducting training for some of Africa’s most notorious paramilitaries.

Sep 10, 2015 / Nick Turse

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’?

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’? Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’?

If so, why is Washington opposed to Moscow’s help in the war against ISIS?

Sep 9, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

US Marine

Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’ Radical Histories: Waging Peace in the Pages of ‘The Nation’

For 150 years The Nation has refused to join the war party, instead urging skepticism, sobriety and pragmatism in the use of force for political ends.

Sep 8, 2015 / The Nation

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