Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep
With the US set to remain in Afghanistan until 2014, the war has taken on a life of its own, disconnected from any strategic goal.
Dec 16, 2010 / The Editors
Tossing the Afghan COIN Tossing the Afghan COIN
The US military's reinvented counterinsurgency turns out to be the same old brutal game.
Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Michael A. Cohen
Afghan Review: ‘Lookin’ Good,’ Says Obama Afghan Review: ‘Lookin’ Good,’ Says Obama
It's mostly spin, not substance, and the real fight over what to do in Afghanistan will come early next spring.
Dec 16, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Swedish State on Trial in Assange Case? Swedish State on Trial in Assange Case?
The feeling is growing among WikiLeaks watchers that Sweden is a pawn in a US plan to have Julian Assange extradited and placed in custody here.
Dec 15, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Is a US-Iran Nuclear Deal in the Works? Is a US-Iran Nuclear Deal in the Works?
More straws in the wind on a possible deal with Iran.
Dec 13, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
WikiLeaking Covert Wars WikiLeaking Covert Wars
The latest WikiLeaks dump has corroborated, in part, what sources recently told The Nation about covert military actions in over seventy-five countries.
Dec 9, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
A Flood of Drone Strikes A Flood of Drone Strikes
What the WikiLeaks revelations tell us about how Washington runs Pakistan.
Dec 9, 2010 / Fatima Bhutto
US-Iran Talks: A Good Start US-Iran Talks: A Good Start
No breakthroughs yet, but it's looking like the United States is finally ready to recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium.
Dec 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard
Under Obama, the American war dead have, it seems, like the war they are now fighting, generally gone into the dustbin of news coverage.
Dec 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
The Decline and Fall of the American Empire The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Domestic and global trends suggest that in 2025, just 15 years from now, the American century could all be over except for the shouting.
Dec 6, 2010 / Alfred W. McCoy