Defense contractors and the government officials that pay them are more than happy to preserve the threat of attack—to their financial benefit. 

What is the NSA doing with your metadata?

Just as the Assange saga consumes too much of Alex Gibney’s film, so today’s Snowden obsession deflects attention away from our sprawling surveillance state.

The amendment to the Defense Authorization Act urges robust negotiations toward a diplomatic settlement.

Thanks to whistleblower Edward Snowden, we now know that an army of private contractors can monitor anyone’s phone calls and e-mails.

A special report from behind rebel lines. Says one fighter, ‘The hatred in our hearts is growing. I worry that one day it will be bigger than our dreams.’

Early marriage and domestic violence in the camps are a fact of life for girls fleeing the civil war.

There are some hopeful signs, including his recent speech at the National Defense University and a new, less hawkish foreign policy team.

It’s not 1945 anymore. Humanity needs to get itself together.

Are Washington, Moscow and Beijing using the global arms trade to create a new cold war?