The Orlando Massacre’s Moral Imperative: Don’t Propagate Hate The Orlando Massacre’s Moral Imperative: Don’t Propagate Hate
We need more wisdom and less posturing about the underlying factors—hate, guns and terrorism—rooted in this horror.
Jun 14, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Is Iran Our Enemy? Why Is Iran Our Enemy?
It’s a repressive theocracy, but Tehran is no threat to the United States and is a staunch opponent of jihadi groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Jun 13, 2016 / Jeff Faux
The Era of Rogue Justice After 9/11 The Era of Rogue Justice After 9/11
We came perilously close to losing our Bill of Rights protections—and the struggle to restore them is not over.
May 25, 2016 / Feature / Karen J. Greenberg
Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary? Donald Trump Knows the Age of Reagan Is Over. Does Hillary?
Plus climate protests around the world, and Patrick Cockburn’s ISIS update.
May 19, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Iraqi Kurdish Leader Calls for Redrawing Regional Borders—And Attacks Fellow Kurds Iraqi Kurdish Leader Calls for Redrawing Regional Borders—And Attacks Fellow Kurds
Massoud Barzani praises Turkey’s authoritarian leader but has harsh words for the Turkish PKK and its Syrian Kurdish offshoot.
May 18, 2016 / Roy Gutman
Slouching Toward War With Russia Slouching Toward War With Russia
The highly provocative and unnecessary ongoing US-NATO buildup in the Baltic states and Eastern Europe is bringing Washington closer to war with Moscow than at any time since the 1...
May 18, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Is Washington Supporting Fundamentalist Jihadis in Syria? Why Is Washington Supporting Fundamentalist Jihadis in Syria?
A CIA-backed rebel group has joined with Al Qaeda in attacking another rebel force—the one leading negotiations in Geneva.
May 16, 2016 / Juan Cole
Vladimir Putin: The 21st Century’s Greatest Statesman or Its Greatest Threat? Vladimir Putin: The 21st Century’s Greatest Statesman or Its Greatest Threat?
The demonization of Putin seems to answer the question, but is it balanced and factual?
May 11, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Global Epidemic of Child Warriors The Global Epidemic of Child Warriors
From the Taliban to suicide bombers in the Middle East and Africa, young people are enacting the savageries of their elders.
Apr 18, 2016 / John Feffer
US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente
Is the recent tsunami of anti-Putin news reports meant to undermine US–Russian negotiations on Syria and Ukraine?
Apr 6, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen