Avoiding the Toughness Trap Avoiding the Toughness Trap
Candidates should rethink their commitment to outmoded security tools and veiled nuclear threats against nonnuclear states.
Nov 1, 2007 / Feature / William D. Hartung
The U.S. and the World (Editors’ Introduction) The U.S. and the World (Editors’ Introduction)
The 2008 election, more than any election in decades, will turn on questions of foreign policy and national security.
Nov 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge
These days, even London and Paris seem a bit like North Korea.
Nov 1, 2007 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Say No to Africom Say No to Africom
With little Congressional scrutiny and nary a whimper of protest, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa.
Nov 1, 2007 / Danny Glover and Nicole C. Lee
Alaska Warms to The Nation Alaska Warms to The Nation
In this cut from Blue Man/Red State,a documentary on Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson, Juneau peace activists give Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel a warm welcome and a help...
Oct 31, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cashing In on Terror Cashing In on Terror
What a boondoggle 9/11 has been for the merchants of war.
Oct 31, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates SOA Protest Draws Scant Support From Candidates
As the eighteenth annual demonstration against the Army's School of the Americas nears, we quiz Democratic hopefuls on whether they would shut it down. Their answers are not encour...
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
Benazir Bhutto’s Defining Moment Benazir Bhutto’s Defining Moment
She alone can mobilize Pakistan's poor with promises of democracy, development and free, fair elections. But does she have the power to ward off US meddling and stop Pakistan's sli...
Oct 30, 2007 / Feature / Graham Usher
Myanmar: Monks and the Military Myanmar: Monks and the Military
If the Buddhist sangha and the military are the two dominant forces in the suffering society of Burma, could monks and dissident soldiers join forces to rise up against an oppressi...
Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Charles London
Hawking War Guilt Hawking War Guilt
All the warmongering that's fit to print.
Oct 25, 2007 / Feature / Jim Sleeper