War and Peace

Can a New Left Movement Shift Israeli Politics?

Can a New Left Movement Shift Israeli Politics? Can a New Left Movement Shift Israeli Politics?

Standing Together is uniting Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in a shared struggle for economic and political justice. 

Jul 18, 2018 / Hannah Pollin-Galay

I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions

I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions I Came as a Journalist to Ask Important Questions

If I hadn’t been forcibly ejected from the Trump-Putin press conference, here’s what I would have asked.

Jul 17, 2018 / Sam Husseini

US Special Forces in Mali

Special Operations Forces Continue to Expand Across the World—Without Congressional Oversight Special Operations Forces Continue to Expand Across the World—Without Congressional Oversight

Even Congress doesn’t know the extent of American military reach.

Jul 17, 2018 / Nick Turse

Trump and Putin Football

The Trump-Putin Summit: From Rivals to Confederates? The Trump-Putin Summit: From Rivals to Confederates?

We may be seeing the centralization of world power in the hands of two nuclear-armed megalomaniacs.

Jul 17, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Sami Zayn

Pro Wrestler Sami Zayn Aims to Save Lives In Syria Pro Wrestler Sami Zayn Aims to Save Lives In Syria

WWE Superstar Sami Zayn’s new project is an effort to turn anger into action in the war-torn country.

Jul 13, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Mike Pompeo and Juan Zarate at FDD conference

This Think Tank Is Pushing Regime Change in Iran—and the White House is Listening This Think Tank Is Pushing Regime Change in Iran—and the White House is Listening

The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies helped kill the nuke deal, but it’s not satisfied—it wants harsh new sanctions against any country doing business with Iran.

Jul 12, 2018 / James Carden

NATO Game Over

It’s Time to Disrupt NATO It’s Time to Disrupt NATO

But not for the reasons Trump gives.

Jul 11, 2018 / Benjamin Schwarz

Trump and Putin at G20

Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’ Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’

Not surprisingly, Trump’s meetings with NATO and Putin are being portrayed as ominous events by Russiagaters.

Jul 11, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Marines at a NATO Exercise in Lithuania

What Trump’s Critics Are Missing About the NATO Summit What Trump’s Critics Are Missing About the NATO Summit

His nutty antics, as usual, dominate the headlines—while very little is being said about the alliance’s actual role in the world.

Jul 11, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

Destruction in Dera'a

Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault Horror in Southern Syria, as 300,000 Flee a Government Assault

The Assad regime has indeed won—it has won the war against its own people.

Jul 11, 2018 / Loubna Mrie

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