War and Peace

Palestinians on Land Day

Why Does Adidas Sponsor Soccer Teams in Illegal Settlements? Why Does Adidas Sponsor Soccer Teams in Illegal Settlements?

A hundred and thirty Palestinian sports organizations have called on Adidas to stop branding teams in Israeli settlements.

Apr 2, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Is America’s Number-One Weapon Salesman Donald Trump Is America’s Number-One Weapon Salesman

And he couldn’t be prouder of the job he’s doing.

Apr 2, 2018 / William D. Hartung

The Washington Monument and US Capitol silhouetted at dawn in Washington, DC.

Democrats Enlist to Serve, Protect, and Defend the Discredited Foreign-Policy Consensus Democrats Enlist to Serve, Protect, and Defend the Discredited Foreign-Policy Consensus

Meet the new Beltway group that seeks to protect and defend the bipartisan foreign-policy orthodoxy.

Apr 2, 2018 / James Carden

Les Payne

Remembering Les Payne (1941–2018) Remembering Les Payne (1941–2018)

Reflections on the journalism pathbreaker.

Mar 30, 2018 / Gene Seymour

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

If the Trump Administration Gives You Déjà Vu, This Is Why If the Trump Administration Gives You Déjà Vu, This Is Why

The president is an excellent recycler—of war crimes.

Mar 30, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War

“Russiagate” and the Skirpal affair have escalated dangers inherent in the new Cold War beyond those of the preceding one.

Mar 28, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

A map showing the US empire in 1898

The Left’s Embrace of Empire The Left’s Embrace of Empire

The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.

Mar 28, 2018 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin

Trump China Tariffs

The Threat of a Trade War Is Overblown―Real War Is Far More Likely The Threat of a Trade War Is Overblown―Real War Is Far More Likely

America’s trading partners will probably just wait for Trump to move on to his next distraction—which could be a shooting war.

Mar 28, 2018 / Mark Weisbrot

Nuclear missiles

Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap

For our national security, we need self-control more than we need arms-control talks.

Mar 27, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

John Bolton

Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet

Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy.

Mar 27, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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