War and Peace

Olympics Opening Ceremony

What Do the Pyeongchang Games Mean for South Korea? What Do the Pyeongchang Games Mean for South Korea?

Professor Heejoon Chung discusses the ongoing costs of the Olympics, North-South diplomacy, and Los Angeles 2028.

Feb 23, 2018 / Madeleine Han

Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements

Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements Daniel Joseph Martinez’s Blunt Statements

What does it mean for an American artist to make photographs using the image of the German revolutionary Ulrike Meinhof?

Feb 23, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

What It’s Like to Teach a Class That Doesn’t Remember 9/11 What It’s Like to Teach a Class That Doesn’t Remember 9/11

Many of my students have lived their entire lives in a country at war.

Feb 22, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

Why Russia Is Emerging as the World’s Indispensable Diplomatic Power Why Russia Is Emerging as the World’s Indispensable Diplomatic Power

Moscow, working in concert with others, has set courses toward the diplomatic resolution of several key conflicts.

Feb 22, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance

Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance Christa Wolf’s Life Under Surveillance

In her diaries, the German novelist recorded a life of watching and being watched.

Feb 22, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld

Mission Accomplished

Why We Need to Remember the Iraq War—As Well as the Global Resistance to It Why We Need to Remember the Iraq War—As Well as the Global Resistance to It

The Middle East is still suffering from the consequences of the US invasion 15 years ago.

Feb 22, 2018 / Phyllis Bennis

Mattis and Nicholson

The Pentagon Wants to Spend $716 Billion Next Year The Pentagon Wants to Spend $716 Billion Next Year

And it is justifying that by playing on fear.

Feb 20, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

Afghan Escalation

The Real Reason Americans Don’t Care About the Costs of War The Real Reason Americans Don’t Care About the Costs of War

And what we can do to change that.

Feb 15, 2018 / Stephanie Savell

US military in Qamishli, Syria

Trump’s Syria Policy: Perpetual War Without Debate Trump’s Syria Policy: Perpetual War Without Debate

How is this Constitutional?

Feb 15, 2018 / James Carden

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Letters From the March 12, 2018, Issue Letters From the March 12, 2018, Issue

The art of nonviolence… California dreaming… In defense of male feminists… The president cuts a rug… What this country needs… Charles Murray, creationist… We’re with Kap… About tim...

Feb 15, 2018 / Our Readers

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