Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums Why Washington Continues to Beat the War and Disease Drums
Escalation is now a structural fact embedded in the war in the Middle East and the Ebola crisis here at home.
Nov 4, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Is Ukraine Slipping Into Illiberal Democracy? Is Ukraine Slipping Into Illiberal Democracy?
The terms “pro-European” and “anti-European” no longer serve as useful reference points in Ukrainian politics—the real issue in this election was war ...
Oct 30, 2014 / Nicolai N. Petro
Finally, a Verdict on Blackwater’s Nisour Square Shooters Finally, a Verdict on Blackwater’s Nisour Square Shooters
Accountability for the massacre in Iraq is a start—but we should also be talking about reducing reliance on private military contractors.
Oct 29, 2014 / The Editors
Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster? Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?
Climate change is destroying Odessa’s famed Kuyalnik Estuary, where health tourists and war refugees live side by side.
Oct 28, 2014 / Dimiter Kenarov
Why Do We Keep Thanking the Troops? Why Do We Keep Thanking the Troops?
Rather than honoring their “valor” and “heroism,” we should prevent them from killing and dying in pointless wars.
Oct 27, 2014 / Rory Fanning
Beltway Foreign Policy Groups to Congress: Stay Out of the Way on Iran! Beltway Foreign Policy Groups to Congress: Stay Out of the Way on Iran!
Congress may lean hawkish but progressive groups in the beltway are throwing their weight behind the White House’s efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement on Iran’s nuc...
Oct 24, 2014 / Eli Clifton
‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’ ‘With This Madness, What Art Could There Be?’
An Armenian-American writer asks if the Armenian obsession with genocide recognition is worth its emotional and psychological price.
Oct 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani
Arming Ukraine Is a Very Bad Idea Arming Ukraine Is a Very Bad Idea
Senators Carl Levin and James Inhofe’s call to send weapons into a war zone is a transparent ploy to provoke Russia.
Oct 21, 2014 / James Carden
Will the US Go to War Against Ebola? Will the US Go to War Against Ebola?
Countering Ebola will require a whole new set of protections and priorities, which should emerge from the medical and public health communities—not the national security state.
Oct 21, 2014 / Karen J. Greenberg
Seven Worst-Case Scenarios In the Battle With the Islamic State Seven Worst-Case Scenarios In the Battle With the Islamic State
The US is at war in the Middle East, again. What could possibly go wrong?
Oct 16, 2014 / Peter Van Buren