Armed Conflicts

Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win

Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win Trump Doesn’t Realize These Are Wars We Cannot Win

From Hiroshima and Nagasaki in WWII to today’s Afghanistan, America has developed a dangerous obsession with “winning.”

Mar 7, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

Tima Kurdi and Sherwan Kurdi

Why Does the US Continue to Arm Terrorists in Syria? Why Does the US Continue to Arm Terrorists in Syria?

The “Stop Arming Terrorists Act” should be a top priority for the 115th Congress.

Mar 3, 2017 / James Carden

Trump Arrives SOTU

Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show Don’t Be Fooled by Trump’s Latest Reality Show

Trump showed he can play a president on TV Tuesday, but that’s it. 

Mar 1, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Trump speech

Trump Doesn’t Deserve Praise for His Raid in Yemen Trump Doesn’t Deserve Praise for His Raid in Yemen

Tough questions can’t be papered over by made-for-TV moments. 

Mar 1, 2017 / George Zornick

Trump on the campaign trail

Is Our President Bonkers? Is Our President Bonkers?

Maybe, but this screwball won because he saw something about the American condition that neither Democrats nor Republicans have the nerve to acknowledge.

Mar 1, 2017 / William Greider

US Marine

The Longest War in American History Has No End in Sight The Longest War in American History Has No End in Sight

And military leaders are still under the delusion that we can win.

Feb 28, 2017 / William J. Astore

Refugees fleeing clashes in Iraq

‘Oh, ISIS. They Really Don’t Like It When Women Make Problems for Them.’ ‘Oh, ISIS. They Really Don’t Like It When Women Make Problems for Them.’

Iraqi refugees talk about how they resisted the group’s reign of terror.

Feb 23, 2017 / Anna Lekas Miller

Trump and Netanyahu Joint Press Conference

The Bibi-Donald Love-Fest Is a Threat to Palestinians—and the Entire Liberal West The Bibi-Donald Love-Fest Is a Threat to Palestinians—and the Entire Liberal West

Trump has opened the door to vast settlement expansion. But the two leaders are also natural allies in the populist right’s battle against liberalism.

Feb 23, 2017 / Noam Sheizaf

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?

Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.

Feb 22, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Senator John McCain at Munich Security Conference

McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End

John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been urging Ukrainian soldiers to break the Minsk cease-fire agreement.

Feb 21, 2017 / James Carden

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