The Ethnic Split The Ethnic Split
The tenacity of the Taliban insurgency is rooted in opposition to a foreign occupation that is particularly distasteful to the Pashtuns.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Selig S. Harrison
The ‘Safe Haven’ Myth The ‘Safe Haven’ Myth
If we leave Afghanistan, Al Qaeda will be in no position to re-establish a base there.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / John Mueller
High Cost, Low Odds High Cost, Low Odds
Staying in Afghanistan will cost many more American soldiers' lives and hundreds of billions of dollars. Is it worth it?
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Stephen M. Walt
Afghanistan: A Special Issue Afghanistan: A Special Issue
The essays in our forum call into question many of the myths and faulty assumptions about the best course of US policy in Afghanistan.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / The Nation
Remember the Women? Remember the Women?
Women belong at the center of the debate over the Afghan war, not on the margins.
Pelosi Champions the Public Option Pelosi Champions the Public Option
A Congressional Budget Office report suggesting that a robust public option would actually cut the deficit seems to have lit a fire under Speaker Pelosi.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
More OutrAIGe More OutrAIGe
Nightmare on Wall Street continues--come March 2010, AIG plans on upping the bonuses for its Financial Products division to nearly $200 million, bringing the total to $426 million ...
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
A Witness to Total War A Witness to Total War
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the only neutral filmmaker in the country was Julien Bryan. His round-the-clock footage of Warsaw's destruction, assembled in Siege, is now aga...
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Eagan
On the Seventh Day Israel Rested On the Seventh Day Israel Rested
Israel may have won the war in 1967, but it was still looking for recognition.
Oct 20, 2009 / Feature / Stanley Wolpert
Why Did the Arabs Run? Why Did the Arabs Run?
The Nation's editor Freda Kirchwey travels to Israel and sends back an eyewitness report of the young country's struggles to survive.
Oct 20, 2009 / Feature / Freda Kirchwey