How Unstable Is the Saudi Petro-Kingdom? How Unstable Is the Saudi Petro-Kingdom?
From plummeting petroleum prices to political unrest, it has been decades since the fortunes of the kingdom were so much in doubt.
Jan 7, 2015 / Juan Cole
Censor This? Censor This?
The bogus moral outrage over The Interview.
Jan 7, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover
Will Palestine Bring War Crimes Charges Against Israel? Will Palestine Bring War Crimes Charges Against Israel?
It may seem like an obvious step, after joining the International Criminal Court. But the legal and political barriers are formidable.
Jan 6, 2015 / Salma Karmi-Ayyoub
We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This? We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This?
Our bloated national security state would boggle the mind of anyone who grew up under the Cold War’s nuclear threat.
Jan 6, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
150 Years of ‘The Nation’ in the World 150 Years of ‘The Nation’ in the World
Watch the remarks of Katrina vanden Heuvel, Stephen F. Cohen, Calvin Trillin, Greg Grandin, Juan Cole and Sara Alpern at the first event marking The Nation’s 150th anniversar...
Jan 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘Nothing Was an Accident That Night’: Mexican Federal Police Implicated in the Disappearance of the 43 ‘Nothing Was an Accident That Night’: Mexican Federal Police Implicated in the Disappearance of the 43
As he prepares to visit Washington, President Enrique Peña Nieto’s alibi is unraveling.
Jan 5, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Plummeting Oil Prices Could Bring Radical Change to Russia. What Comes Next? Plummeting Oil Prices Could Bring Radical Change to Russia. What Comes Next?
The weakness of the petrostate economy could jolt Russia’s political elites—or its ordinary citizens—to take action.
Jan 5, 2015 / David M. Kotz
Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is Antonin Scalia: Torture’s Not Torture Unless He Says It Is
The Supreme Court justice might need to brush up on his Eighth Amendment.
Jan 5, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
January 5, 1968: the Prague Spring Begins January 5, 1968: the Prague Spring Begins
What would later become known as the Prague Spring began with the ascension, on this day in 1968, of the reformist Alexander Dubček to the post of first secretary of the Communist ...
Jan 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 1, 1959: Fidel Castro Seizes Power in Cuba January 1, 1959: Fidel Castro Seizes Power in Cuba
Unless you have been violently evicted from your country’s presidential palace, you are already having a better new year than Cuban president Fulgencio Batista was having at this p...
Jan 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac