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Putin Speech

‘What We’re Witnessing Is the Transformation of Vladimir Putin as Leader of Russia’ ‘What We’re Witnessing Is the Transformation of Vladimir Putin as Leader of Russia’

Stephen Cohen reflects on Putin’s “State of Russia” address.

Dec 11, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen

Misery Made Me a Fiend: Latin America and the Torture Report

Misery Made Me a Fiend: Latin America and the Torture Report Misery Made Me a Fiend: Latin America and the Torture Report

Revisting Empire's Workshop.

Dec 11, 2014 / Greg Grandin

Why President Obama Needs to Revive His Pledge for a Nuclear-Free World

Why President Obama Needs to Revive His Pledge for a Nuclear-Free World Why President Obama Needs to Revive His Pledge for a Nuclear-Free World

Obama was once a strong voice for nuclear abolition. What happened?

Dec 11, 2014 / James Carroll

How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

US nuclear policy is undermining our safety and national security.

Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Theodore A. Postol

Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction

Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction

What the CIA found out about its torture program is much different than what officials have said publicly.

Dec 10, 2014 / George Zornick

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

Renditions, an underground prison and a new CIA base are elements of an intensifying US war, according to a Nation investigation in Mogadishu.

Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game

Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game

Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.

Dec 10, 2014 / Sebastian Rosemont and Foreign Policy In Focus

The Life and Times of Michael B

The Life and Times of Michael B The Life and Times of Michael B

Ferguson has put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.

Dec 9, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus

Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective

Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective

Virtually every Bush-era claim about torture doesn’t withstand scrutiny after the investigation.

Dec 9, 2014 / George Zornick

Courting Disaster

Courting Disaster Courting Disaster

Why does the Pakistani military pick unwinnable fights?

Dec 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

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