How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World
A year after 122 nations adopted a nuclear-weapons ban, the treaty is showing results.
Jul 6, 2018 / Ray Acheson
What Does It Mean to Give David Petraeus the Floor? What Does It Mean to Give David Petraeus the Floor?
Some historians worry that giving the former general an invitation to keynote means giving him a pulpit.
Jul 5, 2018 / Gunar Olsen
Despite Anonymous Carping, US–North Korea Talks Continue Despite Anonymous Carping, US–North Korea Talks Continue
Opponents of talks are using a DIA assessment to undercut the Singapore summit.
Jul 3, 2018 / Tim Shorrock
The Shrinking Ambitions of Donald Trump’s ‘Infrastructure’ Plan The Shrinking Ambitions of Donald Trump’s ‘Infrastructure’ Plan
Eighteen months into his administration, no credible proposal has been made.
Jul 2, 2018 / William D. Hartung
We Are All Paying the Price for America’s Reckless War Spending We Are All Paying the Price for America’s Reckless War Spending
Deficit spending abroad is driving inequality at home.
Jun 28, 2018 / Stephanie Savell
Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?
If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.
Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trump’s Border: Gitmo for Kids Trump’s Border: Gitmo for Kids
The Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility set the stage structurally, institutionally, and legally for what we’ve just witnessed at the border.
Jun 26, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg
Snapshots of Our Bloated Military Budget Snapshots of Our Bloated Military Budget
The Pentagon has seriously misplaced priorities.
Jun 22, 2018 / Feature / Lindsay Koshgarian
It’s Time for the United States to Adopt a New Humanitarian Grand Strategy It’s Time for the United States to Adopt a New Humanitarian Grand Strategy
Rather than continue along our current path of retreat, the country must dedicate itself to responding to—and preventing—global crises.
Jun 22, 2018 / Feature / Madeline Rose
Nuclear Weapons Pose the Ultimate Threat to Mankind Nuclear Weapons Pose the Ultimate Threat to Mankind
A growing number of movements are dedicated to making sure they’re banned.
Jun 21, 2018 / Feature / Betsy Taylor