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America’s Losing Strategy in Ukraine

America’s Losing Strategy in Ukraine America’s Losing Strategy in Ukraine

The Western consensus of an imperialist Russia is flawed.

Aug 8, 2014 / Philippe Lemoine

By Authorizing Air Strikes, Did Obama Open the Door for the Iraq Hawks?

By Authorizing Air Strikes, Did Obama Open the Door for the Iraq Hawks? By Authorizing Air Strikes, Did Obama Open the Door for the Iraq Hawks?

The president continues a two-decade legacy of wrapping the military option in Iraq in humanitarian packaging.

Aug 8, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

How Israel’s Shriveling Peace Camp Failed the Public

How Israel’s Shriveling Peace Camp Failed the Public How Israel’s Shriveling Peace Camp Failed the Public

We must overcome our chronic failure to offer a clear and unified narrative on Israel’s strategic crisis. 

Aug 7, 2014 / Avner Inbar

Why Are 50,000 South Sudanese Children on the Brink of Death?

Why Are 50,000 South Sudanese Children on the Brink of Death? Why Are 50,000 South Sudanese Children on the Brink of Death?

A man-made famine in South Sudan is brutal evidence of the limits of American nation-building in Africa.

Aug 7, 2014 / Nick Turse

Remembering the Folly of ‘Blank-Check’ War and ‘Escalation Unlimited’

Remembering the Folly of ‘Blank-Check’ War and ‘Escalation Unlimited’ Remembering the Folly of ‘Blank-Check’ War and ‘Escalation Unlimited’

Fifty years ago, Senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening cast visionary votes against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and war in Southeast Asia.

Aug 7, 2014 / John Nichols

How the US and Russian Media Are Covering the Ukrainian Crisis

How the US and Russian Media Are Covering the Ukrainian Crisis How the US and Russian Media Are Covering the Ukrainian Crisis

What’s missing from the coverage and why it matters.

Aug 6, 2014 / Gilbert Doctorow

Senators to Obama: Stop Censoring the Torture Report

Senators to Obama: Stop Censoring the Torture Report Senators to Obama: Stop Censoring the Torture Report

Lawmakers say the CIA redacted “key facts” from a long-awaited investigation into the agency’s cruel interrogation tactics.

Aug 6, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive

It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive

Sixty-nine years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, beginning a countdown toward the inglorious end of our species.

Aug 5, 2014 / Noam Chomsky

Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank?

Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank? Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank?

Israel’s war on Gaza has provoked both peaceful and armed resistance in the West Bank, a simmering situation over which the largely discredited PA is losing control.

Aug 5, 2014 / Dalia Hatuqa

Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I

Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I

The Nation recognized that US isolation would be tested as never before, but didn’t even consider intervention as a possibility.

Aug 5, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

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