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Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink,  civil wars, Asif Ali Zardari

Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.

Digital surveillance

Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.

Anwar al-Awlaki

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Syrian boy living in Mafraq, Jordan

After fleeing violence at home, Syrians struggle to eke out a new life in Jordan’s cities and towns.

The Tsarnaev brothers

It appears the Tsarnaev brothers were self-motivated. But their Salafist extremism was itself one outgrowth of the brutal Chechen wars of independence against Russia.

With the killing of Awlaki, the president of the United States became judge, jury and executioner for American citizens.

Iraq

What used to be called "shell shock" is now the daily stress of living in a war zone.

Afghan patrol

The US has managed to turn a post-communist, enemy-less world into a hive of imminent threat.

Invisible War

Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering tell The Nation what the military can do to prevent sexual assault.

Blogs

The airstrike on a convoy in Syria signals Israel will back the rebels, who may not even want its help.

January 31, 2013

One young Palestinian woman explains the program that has brought eight students to NYU to share a bedroom with a student from the opposite territory, and spend twice a week in dialogue about “the conflict, the history, the legitimacy of the country, the definition of terrorism.”

January 31, 2013

A collaborative musical project he helped found carries on the Nation contributor’s legacy.

January 30, 2013

A new book shows that incidents like the My Lai massacre were part of the widescale killing of non-combatants.

January 30, 2013

As US forces prepare to pull out, are we leaving Afghanistan on the brink of chaos and civil war?

January 29, 2013

With covert ops and drone warfare on the rise, we have to ask ourselves about how we fight terrorism.

January 28, 2013

The documentary on covert operations around the world takes home the Cinematography award.

January 27, 2013

In an op-ed, a soldier asks if he was wrong in accidentally killing Afghan civilians—but do Americans really care?

January 25, 2013

Putting women on the frontlines is about much more than military policy.

January 25, 2013

Eric on Jazz at Lincoln Center and Reed on reining in defense spending.

January 24, 2013