The Drug That Makes the Taliban Possible The Drug That Makes the Taliban Possible
Until Washington deals with Afghanistan’s economic dependence on opium, the Taliban aren’t going anywhere.
Feb 22, 2016 / Alfred McCoy
Is Everything We Thought We Knew About Russia Wrong? Is Everything We Thought We Knew About Russia Wrong?
Clinging to simplified narratives that mischaracterizes Russia as perpetually unreasonable has made productive US engagement with the country impossible.
Feb 22, 2016 / Reinvent
Bernie Sanders, the Foreign-Policy Realist of 2016 Bernie Sanders, the Foreign-Policy Realist of 2016
Of all the presidential candidates of either party, Bernie is actually the most sober and clear-eyed.
Feb 19, 2016 / Feature / Robert English
It’s Been Two Weeks Since a UN Panel Declared That Julian Assange Should Be Freed. Why Is He Still Detained? It’s Been Two Weeks Since a UN Panel Declared That Julian Assange Should Be Freed. Why Is He Still Detained?
It's time to end Julian Assange’s arbitrary detention at the hands of Sweden and the United Kingdom.
Feb 19, 2016 / Melinda Taylor, Carey Shenkman, and Michael Ratner
A Real ‘Political Revolution’ Would End the War in Iraq A Real ‘Political Revolution’ Would End the War in Iraq
Taking the diplomatic road on Iraq and Syria would let Sanders get back to the business he started in 2002—making space between himself and Hillary Clinton on the Middle East.
Feb 19, 2016 / Peter Certo
Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman Eve Ensler Reads Emma Goldman
On October 24, 2015, The Nation feted its 150th anniversary with an unprecedented celebration at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn in a renovated Civil War–era Tobacco Warehouse. Fea…
Feb 18, 2016 / The Nation
The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’ The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’
The Oscar-nominated documentary, like much Western coverage of Ukraine, presents the West with a mythical, whitewashed version of the Maidan “revolution.”
Feb 18, 2016 / Lev Golinkin
War Crimes and US Responsibility in Syria and Yemen War Crimes and US Responsibility in Syria and Yemen
Washington is giving substantial support to the Saudi-led war in Yemen, even helping to choose bombing targets.
Feb 18, 2016 / Juan Cole
Trump and Friends: Meet the Immigrant Youth Movement Trump and Friends: Meet the Immigrant Youth Movement
This primary season, right-wing demagogues are basking in the spotlight. Immigrant youth activists are there to join them.
Feb 18, 2016 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War
The week of this historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill also witnessed dangerous developments in the US-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, Syria, and Turkey.
Feb 17, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen