The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump
The Syrian-Russian retaking of a major ISIS stronghold and the West’s further control over the Kiev government refute the orthodox US narrative of the new Cold War, which Trump is ...
Mar 30, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Mar 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy
Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.
Mar 23, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate
Unless we address these long-standing foreign policy questions, we’ll continue playing international whack-a-mole for the next four years.
Mar 17, 2016 / Peter Van Buren
Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’? Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really a ‘Surprise’?
American officials and pundits expressed “surprise” over Putin’s announcement while missing its primary significance.
Mar 16, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Whole World Still Needs Feminism The Whole World Still Needs Feminism
In many countries, women have made strides, but there’s a long way to go to equality.
Mar 11, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows ‘Eclipsed’: Out From the Shadows
The new, wonderfully acted Broadway play sheds light on the untold stories of the women who lived through the second Liberian civil war.
Mar 11, 2016 / Alina Cohen
Welcome to American Warfare: A 14-Year Game Where Everyone’s a Loser Welcome to American Warfare: A 14-Year Game Where Everyone’s a Loser
The best part is you get to play the same round over and over and over again.
Mar 10, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Another Fateful Turning Point in the New Cold War Another Fateful Turning Point in the New Cold War
A struggle is under way over the Syrian cease-fire agreement, while the political crisis in Ukraine deepens.
Feb 24, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War
The week of this historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill also witnessed dangerous developments in the US-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, Syria, and Turkey.
Feb 17, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen