US Wars and Military Action

Okinawa Base Protest

In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers In Their Fight to Stop a New US Military Base, Okinawans Confront Two Colonizers

For the Japanese government, which has never acknowledged Okinawan indigenous rights, the island is a convenient location for the American military.

May 16, 2019 / Maia Hibbett

Trump and Pelosi

Congress Must Deny Trump a Blank Check for War With Iran Congress Must Deny Trump a Blank Check for War With Iran

The House and Senate should do everything in their power to prevent this president from steering this country into another quagmire.

May 15, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump Putin Vietnam

Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security

If Venezuela becomes a Cuban Missile–like Crisis, will Trump be free to resolve it peacefully?

May 8, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Aircraft Carrier

Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger

The announcement that the Pentagon is sending a strike force to the Middle East caps a yearlong campaign of threats and intimidation.

May 7, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss

US South Korea

America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think America’s Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think

Each year, Congress approves hundreds of billions of dollars for the US defense budget—but the real number exceeds $1 trillion.

May 7, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger

Trump Air Force One

Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention

He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.

May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

(AP Photo / Manu Fernandez)

Did the CIA Orchestrate an Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Spain? Did the CIA Orchestrate an Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Spain?

A Nation investigation reveals a Rashomon-like tale with conflicting truths.

May 2, 2019 / Tim Shorrock

Robert Mueller sworn in

Mueller’s Own Mysteries Mueller’s Own Mysteries

Little-noted aspects of the first volume of the Mueller report.

May 1, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

The Pentagon

The Pentagon’s Long Con The Pentagon’s Long Con

The US military-industrial complex has been swindling Americans for decades.

Apr 30, 2019 / William Astore

Drone image

The New Face of American War Is a Robot The New Face of American War Is a Robot

Artificial intelligence makes it easier for us to think of war in the abstract—and makes it harder to stop fighting. 

Apr 29, 2019 / Allegra Harpootlian and Emily Manna

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