Crimea Crimea
The Russians had the thought the Olympics were done. They toasted a splendid occasion. Then Putin remembered another event: The Giant Cross-Country Invasion.
Mar 5, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Troubled AIPAC Meets, but Its Influence Wanes Troubled AIPAC Meets, but Its Influence Wanes
The Israel lobby lost big on Iran sanctions in January, and now it faces a huge challenge with the coming Obama-Kerry peace plan.
Mar 5, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Abandoned and Imprisoned for Being Gay in Cameroon Abandoned and Imprisoned for Being Gay in Cameroon
Anti-gay laws in Nigeria and Uganda provoke outrage in the US—but Cameroon has quietly been locking up LGBT people for years with little international notice.
Mar 4, 2014 / Andy Kopsa
As Far-Right Groups Infiltrate Kiev’s Institutions, the Student Movement Pushes Back As Far-Right Groups Infiltrate Kiev’s Institutions, the Student Movement Pushes Back
A left-leaning student movement could provide an alternative to the right-wing dominance of Ukraine’s street protests and parliamentary politics.
Mar 4, 2014 / Alec Luhn
The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers The Next Battleground in the War on Whistleblowers
Robert MacLean, a US Air Marshal fired for allegedly leaking sensitive government documents, is just trying to get his job back. For the rest of us, his case has much more profound...
Mar 4, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
The United States Has ‘Zero’ Options in Ukraine The United States Has ‘Zero’ Options in Ukraine
Appearing on PBS NewsHour, Stephen Cohen explains President Putin’s motivation for sending Russian troops into Crimea.
Mar 3, 2014 / Press Room
Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order? Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order?
An imperial era is on the wane, war is in absentia and there are no rising great powers on the horizon.
Mar 3, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine
Unless the country embraces the ideal of cultural pluralism within one nation, crises like this one will continue to erupt.
Mar 3, 2014 / Nicolai N. Petro
Vladimir Putin Must Back Down Vladimir Putin Must Back Down
Ukraine isn’t Russia’s, and neither is Crimea. There’s a lot at stake, and the crisis must be resolved through the UN, not by force.
Mar 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
It’s Our Act of Killing, Too It’s Our Act of Killing, Too
The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but the US was no mere observer.
Feb 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Brad Simpson