Stalemate or Escalation in Ukraine Stalemate or Escalation in Ukraine
With the war in Ukraine grinding into stalemate, the danger is no longer breakthrough but escalation beyond anyone’s control.
Jun 3, 2026 / Anatol Lieven
Trump Is Weaponizing Long-Standing Restrictions on Freedom to Travel to Cuba Trump Is Weaponizing Long-Standing Restrictions on Freedom to Travel to Cuba
The administration is targeting travelers who criticize US policy.
Jun 1, 2026 / David Montgomery
Trump’s Fickle Iran Policy Trump’s Fickle Iran Policy
He is now a rudderless potentate.
Jun 1, 2026 / Michael T. Klare
The Palestinian Authority Is Being Strangled to Death The Palestinian Authority Is Being Strangled to Death
Israel is engineering the collapse of the West Bank’s governing body—a key step on the way to full annexation.
Jun 1, 2026 / Theia Chatelle
Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs Hebrew Nationalist Hot Dogs
Flotilla the Hun.
May 29, 2026 / Steve Brodner
Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully Trump’s Violent Threats Can't Hide the Truth: He’s a Humiliated Bully
Under Trump, the United States is looking for weaker and weaker victims in order to mask its own fragility.
May 29, 2026 / Jeet Heer
Democrats Can’t Avoid a Reckoning With Gaza Democrats Can’t Avoid a Reckoning With Gaza
We can’t defend democracy while upholding elite impunity
May 28, 2026 / Matthew Duss
Why Does Pete Hegseth Have to Make His Desperate Need for Masculine Validation Our Problem? Why Does Pete Hegseth Have to Make His Desperate Need for Masculine Validation Our Problem?
America has been burdened with the unresolved issues of a man driven by his poorly disguised sense of embarrassment and emasculation by the utter failures of the wars he fought in...
May 27, 2026 / Jasper Craven