Lenin Lives! (in Latin America) Lenin Lives! (in Latin America)
Lenín Moreno, expected to win Ecuador’s presidential election runoff, practically vibrates Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”
Mar 17, 2017 / Greg Grandin
About Those Islamist Sleeper Cells in South America… About Those Islamist Sleeper Cells in South America…
The Trump administration is huffing and puffing about the danger, but after 15 years and counting, the sleeper cells are still sleeping.
Mar 6, 2017 / Greg Grandin
What Is the Deep State? What Is the Deep State?
Even if we assume the concept is valid, surely it’s not useful to think of the competing interests it represents as monolithic.
Feb 17, 2017 / Greg Grandin
About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes… About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes…
A joke? Who was it that said the use of jokes “points the way to their future uses”? It’s Götterdämmerung time.
Feb 3, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Don’t Expect Mexico’s Elites to Stand Up to Trump Don’t Expect Mexico’s Elites to Stand Up to Trump
They’re too dependent on US aid, so will have to renegotiate NAFTA on his terms—even though the agreement has done far more damage to Mexico.
Jan 25, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Chelsea Manning Will Be Free! Chelsea Manning Will Be Free!
How Obama came to commute Manning’s sentence, and what her leaks revealed about America.
Jan 17, 2017 / Interview / Greg Grandin and Chase Madar
Why Did the US Drop 26,171 Bombs on the World Last Year? Why Did the US Drop 26,171 Bombs on the World Last Year?
Our endless wars have destroyed nations and warped our own political culture.
Jan 15, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel? Will the Trump Administration Approve a Military Deal Between Honduras and Israel?
Allowing the deal would be a powerful sign that the new administration plans to revive the Nixon Doctrine.
Jan 5, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Christmas in Caracas? Worse Than the Grinch! Christmas in Caracas? Worse Than the Grinch!
Amid today’s crisis, what is salvageable from the Bolivarian Revolution? A conversation with Alejandro Velasco.
Dec 16, 2016 / Greg Grandin
Mad Men: Trump May Be the Perfect Vehicle for Kissinger’s Philosophy Mad Men: Trump May Be the Perfect Vehicle for Kissinger’s Philosophy
The elder statesman has always insisted on the importance of unpredictability, even irrationality, in diplomacy.
Dec 8, 2016 / Greg Grandin