Armed Conflicts

Young learners listen to an educator during the start of classes at Latin Patriarchate School inside the Holy Family Catholic Church compound sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, on December 3, 2025.

I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On. I’m a Teacher in Gaza. My Students Are Barely Hanging On.

Between grief, trauma, and years spent away from school, the children I teach are facing enormous challenges.

Dec 4, 2025 / Ghada Eyad

Pinochet pointing upward

Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later

How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.

Dec 3, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

Khan Younis, Gaza, November 30, 2025.

The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form. The Gaza Genocide Has Not Ended. It Has Only Changed Its Form.

A real ceasefire would mean opening borders, rebuilding what was destroyed, and allowing life to return. But this is not happening.

Dec 2, 2025 / Hassan Abo Qamar

President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters on September 23, 2025, in New York City.

How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech How Trump Is Using Claims of Antisemitism to End Free Speech

Trump’s urge to suppress free speech may be about Israel today, but count on one thing: It will be about something else tomorrow.

Dec 1, 2025 / Mattea Kramer

Trump speaking to reporters

A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?

While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...

Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes

US Army Lt. Col. Mark O'Donnell, right, jumps to a barrier as he makes his way to a firing positionl in Konar province, Afghanistan, August 2009.

Militarism’s Violence Poisons Everyone—Even Soldiers Militarism’s Violence Poisons Everyone—Even Soldiers

The systematic violence of American militarism has shaped all our lives, including the soldiers who have come to realize that they were used to perpetrate it.

Nov 11, 2025 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

Trump stepping onto the White House lawn from a helicopter

Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy

A wannabe emperor goes in search of an empire.

Nov 6, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh and William M. LeoGrande

Former vice president Dick Cheney

His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies

As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in US history.

Nov 4, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

Trump standing behind American flag

Can Trump’s War Be Prevented? Can Trump’s War Be Prevented?

A congressional war powers resolution could bring pressure and is the best hope for averting another disastrous war.

Oct 30, 2025 / Mark Weisbrot

A firefighter stands near burning market after Russian drone attack on October 22, 2025, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine

The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows


Verdun in the Donbas.

Oct 28, 2025 / Anatol Lieven

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