US Wars and Military Action

Trump to World: Fuck You

Trump to World: Fuck You Trump to World: Fuck You

That’s essentially what the president said when he cleared three war criminals, overriding the wishes of his own military leaders.

Nov 26, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

American troops on patrol in Afghanistan

The Trauma From Our War on Terror Will Linger Long After It Ends The Trauma From Our War on Terror Will Linger Long After It Ends

A cofounder of Brown University’s Costs of War Project writes on being a military spouse and a witness to the costs of war.

Nov 26, 2019 / Andrea Mazzarino

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

Trump Is an Aggressive Arms Dealer. So Were His Predecessors. Trump Is an Aggressive Arms Dealer. So Were His Predecessors.

America has been dealing arms to the Middle East since Nixon, fueling a lucrative and disastrous kind of foreign policy.

Nov 19, 2019 / William D. Hartung

President Donald Trump

Trump Wants to Treat Undocumented Migrants Like Enemy Combatants Trump Wants to Treat Undocumented Migrants Like Enemy Combatants

But US soldiers who commit war crimes? They’re “deserving individuals” who deserve “second chances.”

Nov 19, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky

Ukraine flag

Why Are We in Ukraine? Why Are We in Ukraine?

Historically and even today, Russia has much in common with Ukraine—the United States, almost nothing.

Nov 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Berlin Wall

From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War From the Hope of 1989 to a New Cold War

Thirty years after the Berlin Wall’s collapse, alternatives do exist to the deep divisions in Europe.

Nov 12, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US soldier Mosul

I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars

At West Point, Graduation Day felt more like a tragedy than a triumph.

Nov 8, 2019 / Danny Sjursen

I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War

I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War

Fifteen years later, the Second Battle of Fallujah and the war that tore my country apart looms large in my memory.

Nov 7, 2019 / Ali Nayyef

Trump and Kim 2019

South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks

“We are on the cusp of a dangerous time,” a peace delegation declared at the UN.

Nov 7, 2019 / Tim Shorrock

Trump with arms crossed

Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths

Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.

Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

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