War and Peace

US marines outside of Falluja in 2004.

Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’ Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’

We shouldn’t be surprised—they’re the children of unending war.

Mar 21, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Hagel speaks with Afghanistan troops

What They Won’t Tell You About the American Military What They Won’t Tell You About the American Military

“Prepare, pursue, prevail!”—and other euphemisms from US Central Command.

Mar 21, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Trump Navy

In Trump’s Budget, America Comes Last In Trump’s Budget, America Comes Last

Throwing money at the Pentagon, while cutting everywhere else, betrays the president’s promise to rebuild our country.

Mar 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump Administration

Everything Trump Did in His 8th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 8th Week That Really Matters

Fired US Attorneys and frightening developments in North Korea. 

Mar 17, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick

trump battleship

If You Want to Know Where Donald Trump Came From, Look to Iraq If You Want to Know Where Donald Trump Came From, Look to Iraq

Trump denies he was ever in favor of the 2003 invasion—but he’s a president made by war.

Mar 16, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

How to Revive the Peace Movement in the Trump Era

How to Revive the Peace Movement in the Trump Era How to Revive the Peace Movement in the Trump Era

We need to merge social-justice and antiwar activism.

Mar 16, 2017 / Feature / Daniel May

Vladimir Putin

While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding

“Kremlin-puppet” allegations against Trump are said to have crippled Trump’s ability to initiate cooperative relations with Moscow—but have they?

Mar 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump speech

Donald Trump, Movie Buff and Apparent Time Traveler, Can’t Get Over WWII Donald Trump, Movie Buff and Apparent Time Traveler, Can’t Get Over WWII

The president’s military strategy seems to be entirely rooted in old war movies.

Mar 14, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

Trump speech

Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference Trump’s America Is Like a Dystopian Novel, With One Importance Difference

We’re not readers, but active participants—with the ability to rewrite the ending.

Mar 13, 2017 / John Feffer

Donald Trump

Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump Foreign-Policy Elites Have No Answer For Trump

Trump won because the status quo was terrible. We can’t go back to it. 

Mar 9, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

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