War and Peace

Firefighters inspect a house hit by a Russian missile during an air strike, on September 24, 2024, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The Claim That Russia Doesn’t Possess Any Solid Red Lines—or Won’t Enforce Them—Isn’t Supported by Evidence The Claim That Russia Doesn’t Possess Any Solid Red Lines—or Won’t Enforce Them—Isn’t Supported by Evidence

Any policy debate on war must reckon with escalatory dynamics.

Sep 26, 2024 / Daniel R. DePetris

Stop Killing Our Children!

Stop Killing Our Children! Stop Killing Our Children!

Is Netanyahu’s genocidal war making Israel safer?

Sep 24, 2024 / OppArt / Jos Sances

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024.

There’s Another Way to Hold Netanyahu Accountable for the Gaza Genocide There’s Another Way to Hold Netanyahu Accountable for the Gaza Genocide

A case for prosecuting the Israeli prime minister for the crime of persecution.

Sep 24, 2024 / Jake Romm

A Lebanese man reacts to the destruction after an Israeli air raid attack in Beirut's southern suburbs.

Israel’s Terrorist Attacks Have Unleashed Hell in Lebanon Israel’s Terrorist Attacks Have Unleashed Hell in Lebanon

With air strikes now increasing the bloodshed, there’s no telling how much worse things could get.

Sep 23, 2024 / Séamus Malekafzali

Lebanese army soldiers stand guard near a hospital in Beirut on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters.

Israel’s Expanding War Against Lebanon Israel’s Expanding War Against Lebanon

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Trita Parsi on the dangers of a lame-duck president with spiraling crisis.

Sep 22, 2024 / Podcast / Jeet Heer

Ambulances are surrounded by people at the entrance of the American University of Beirut Medical Center, on September 17, 2024, after explosions hit locations in several Hezbollah strongholds around Lebanon amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and Hezbollah fighters.

Lebanon, Mexico, and Mali: This Week in World News Lebanon, Mexico, and Mali: This Week in World News

On this episode of American Prestige, a roundup of world headlines from the last week.

Sep 21, 2024 / Podcast / Derek Davison and Daniel Bessner

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024.

Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond

He’s also boxed himself in by his own language.

Sep 18, 2024 / Anatol Lieven

Frantz Fanon at a press conference in 1959.

Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word Taking Frantz Fanon at His Word

There has been an effort to negate Fanon’s ideas and sever them from the people of Palestine. But in his work, I find the beginning of a credible path towards liberation.

Sep 18, 2024 / StudentNation / Sazi Bongwe

A nuclear test on May 25, 1953, at the Nevada Proving Grounds.

The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back and More Terrifying Than Ever The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back and More Terrifying Than Ever

The world is now closer to an actual nuclear conflagration than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

Sep 17, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

(L) Palestinian doctors work on a patient following the Israeli attack on Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza on September 13, 2024. (R) Surgeons prepare to amputate a patient’s leg at Gettsyburg in 1863.

Gaza's Healthcare System Has Been Set Back Hundreds of Years Gaza's Healthcare System Has Been Set Back Hundreds of Years

Gaza's doctors are frequently working in conditions not seen since before the Civil War.

Sep 17, 2024 / Abdullah Shihipar

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