Language and Blood Language and Blood
In 1941, genocide broke out in Croatia, and we still cannot explain why.
Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly
In Mardin In Mardin
Among the Kurds in southeastern Turkey.
Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Despite a Cease-fire, Peace in Eastern Ukraine Remains Out of Reach Despite a Cease-fire, Peace in Eastern Ukraine Remains Out of Reach
The cease-fire appears to be a politically useful fiction.
Sep 9, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Time to End the Bloody Ukraine Conflict Time to End the Bloody Ukraine Conflict
NATO leaders—including President Obama—have escalated tensions in Ukraine while dismissing opportunities to bring the conflict to a reasonable conclusion quickly.
Sep 9, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Long Before Israel Invades Gaza Again? How Long Before Israel Invades Gaza Again?
The latest cease-fire has been lauded as a noble effort to pursue peace, but the reality is quite different.
Sep 9, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Don’t Overstate the Threat ISIS Poses Katrina vanden Heuvel: Don’t Overstate the Threat ISIS Poses
The Nation’s editor appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss press coverage of ISIS and whether some members of the media are participating in war-mongering.
Sep 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Pentagon’s Humanitarian Activities in Africa Are a Complete Failure The Pentagon’s Humanitarian Activities in Africa Are a Complete Failure
A new internal investigation reveals just how poorly US African Command has handled its humanitarian missions.
Sep 8, 2014 / Nick Turse
The 2014 NATO Summit: Giving War a Chance The 2014 NATO Summit: Giving War a Chance
The 2014 NATO Summit closed on Friday with one main accomplishment: the increased militarization and institutionalization of a new Cold War.
Sep 8, 2014 / James Carden
Hate To Say We Told You So: NATO Expansion Edition Hate To Say We Told You So: NATO Expansion Edition
The whole spat between Russia and the West could easily have been avoided.
Sep 8, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘Russia Will React Militarily’ if Ukraine Joins NATO ‘Russia Will React Militarily’ if Ukraine Joins NATO
“By NATO’s own rules, Ukraine cannot join NATO, [because it is] a country that does not control its own territory,” Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen said to Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!, addressing speculation that Ukraine will join NATO after it signed a cease-fire deal with pro-Russian rebels. Cohen went on: “You have to meet certain economic, political and military criteria to join NATO. Ukraine meets none of them…. most importantly, Ukraine is linked to Russia not only in terms of being Russia’s essential security zone, but it’s linked conjugally, so to speak, intermarriage. There are millions, if not tens of millions, of Russian and Ukrainians married together. Put it in NATO, and you’re going to put a barricade through millions of families. Russia will react militarily.” —Aaron Cantú
Sep 5, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen