Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals
Yes, drawdowns of American forces abroad are overdue—but the president’s latest orders serve his interests, not the country’s.
Dec 11, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
Biden Must Block Trump’s Arms Sale to the UAE Biden Must Block Trump’s Arms Sale to the UAE
It will escalate a regional arms race and strengthen a regime guilty of war crimes and other human rights violations.
Dec 9, 2020 / Michael Eisner and Sarah Leah Whitson
Biden Signals Flexibility on North Korea, but Peace Groups Are Wary Biden Signals Flexibility on North Korea, but Peace Groups Are Wary
Koreans fear a return to Obama’s failed “strategic patience” policy.
Nov 16, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War The Children of Fallujah: The Medical Mystery at the Heart of the Iraq War
Since the 2003 invasion, doctors in Fallujah have been reporting a sharp rise in birth defects among the city’s children—and to this day, no one knows why.
Nov 9, 2020 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener
The Weapons Industry Doesn’t Care Who’s President The Weapons Industry Doesn’t Care Who’s President
CEOs of arms manufacturers and their investors are confident about their prospects, regardless of which candidate wins the election.
Oct 30, 2020 / Greg Shupak
Trump Is Urging Republicans to Break the Law Trump Is Urging Republicans to Break the Law
He not only applauded the California GOP’s illegal use of mail-in ballot drop-boxes; he’s urging Republican officials elsewhere to do the same thing.
Oct 16, 2020 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh Captive of the Caucasus: The Long War Over Nagorno-Karabakh
How a little-understood war between Azerbaijan and Armenia threatens democracy.
Oct 8, 2020 / Viken Berberian
How America Turned on Itself How America Turned on Itself
Amid talk of “civil war,” it’s impossible to imagine the violence of this moment in the absence of America’s forever wars abroad.
Oct 6, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
31 Days Until the Election 31 Days Until the Election
Vanity UnFair: Trump dismantles democracy.
Oct 3, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan
Stephen F. Cohen Kept the Faith Stephen F. Cohen Kept the Faith
Steve’s insistence on speaking the truth about Ukraine and US-Russia relations cost him—but he never gave up.
Sep 30, 2020 / Lev Golinkin