War and Peace

Turkey Is Supporting the Syrian Jihadis Washington Says It Wants to Fight

Turkey Is Supporting the Syrian Jihadis Washington Says It Wants to Fight Turkey Is Supporting the Syrian Jihadis Washington Says It Wants to Fight

And our NATO ally is bent on destroying the Kurds of Rojava, the Syrian force with the most democratic, pluralistic, and feminist vision.

Sep 16, 2016 / Meredith Tax

The disappeared of Colombia

Violence Continues in Colombia as the Peace Accords Advance Violence Continues in Colombia as the Peace Accords Advance

The country’s long civil war may soon end—but not without triggering a violent backlash from the narco-elite and the paramilitary groups they command. 

Sep 15, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Khizr Khan holds copy of Constitution

The Only Way for Muslim Americans to Be Considered Patriotic: Stay Silent The Only Way for Muslim Americans to Be Considered Patriotic: Stay Silent

From Khizr Khan to Fareed Zakaria, Muslims who speak out are smeared as un-American.

Sep 14, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami

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

Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine? Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine?

Pro-détente diplomacy is being fiercely opposed by detractors from Washington to Kiev.

Sep 14, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Feyisa Lilesa Crossed Arms

Sports, Protest, and Risking Your Life: Interview With 2016 Olympic Medalist and Protester Feyisa Lilesa Sports, Protest, and Risking Your Life: Interview With 2016 Olympic Medalist and Protester Feyisa Lilesa

Marathoner Feyisa Lilesa won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Ethiopia. Then he knowingly endangered his life by challenging Ethiopia to change.

Sep 14, 2016 / Dave Zirin

North Korean Nuclear Missiles

How Did a Nuclear Warhead End Up Lying in a Ditch in Arkansas? How Did a Nuclear Warhead End Up Lying in a Ditch in Arkansas?

The documentary Command and Control shows just how horrifyingly vulnerable we are to errors involving nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / William D. Hartung

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Kerry Lavrov Syrian Diplomacy

Kerry and Lavrov’s Syrian Diplomacy Shows (Once Again) the Value of Détente Kerry and Lavrov’s Syrian Diplomacy Shows (Once Again) the Value of Détente

Serious observers understand that working with Russia to ease Syria’s civil war is the only way to stop the crisis.

Sep 12, 2016 / James Carden

James Clapper Senate Hearing

5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry 5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry

This unaccountable oligarchy of spies controls the information that guides our military and civilian leaders.

Sep 8, 2016 / Tim Shorrock

US Afghanistan airstrikes

For the 15 Years Since 9/11, the US Has Waged an Endless Campaign of Violence in the Middle East For the 15 Years Since 9/11, the US Has Waged an Endless Campaign of Violence in the Middle East

No one knows how many American bombs have gone off on Middle Eastern soil.

Sep 8, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

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