Armed Conflicts

Protesters dressed with cutout faces of Biden and Putin prepare to throw nuclear weapons in the garbage

The Cuban Missile Crisis Was 60 Years Ago, but It’s Urgently Relevant Today The Cuban Missile Crisis Was 60 Years Ago, but It’s Urgently Relevant Today

That pivotal moment proves that de-escalation and diplomacy can prevail.

Oct 11, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Embarrassed by Military Failures, Putin Takes Revenge on Ukraine’s Civilians

Embarrassed by Military Failures, Putin Takes Revenge on Ukraine’s Civilians Embarrassed by Military Failures, Putin Takes Revenge on Ukraine’s Civilians

Report from a city under attack.

Oct 11, 2022 / Leif Reigstad

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

Is There Any Honor In War? Is There Any Honor In War?

It’s time for us to begin seeing war not as our making but our unmaking—as democracy’s undoing as well as the brutal thing it truly is.

Oct 7, 2022 / William Astore

Ukrainian soldiers adjust flag

Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine Not Even Nuclear War Will Stop the Fighting in Ukraine

Kyiv deserves our economic support and military aid, but not American troops or nuclear ambiguity.

Oct 6, 2022 / Editorial / Kai Bird for The Nation

Dispatch from Ukraine: The Postmaster of Mykolaiv

Dispatch from Ukraine: The Postmaster of Mykolaiv Dispatch from Ukraine: The Postmaster of Mykolaiv

Neither rain nor snow—nor Russian artillery—deter Egor Kosorukov from making sure the mail gets through.

Oct 5, 2022 / Leif Reigstad

Putin’s Support Among the Far Right Is Splintering

Putin’s Support Among the Far Right Is Splintering Putin’s Support Among the Far Right Is Splintering

The new Italian leader is still pro-NATO, but the broader right is divided.

Sep 30, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It?

Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It? Keir Starmer Might Win Power—but Can He Do Anything With It?

The British Labour Party leader is sounding more like a prime minister, but will he be up for the hard fights ahead?

Sep 29, 2022 / Bhaskar Sunkara

Little Amal at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, New York City.

We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing

The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.

Sep 28, 2022 / Helen Benedict

A Ukrainian soldier in the Kupiansk, a recaptured frontline city in the Kharkiv region.

The War in Ukraine Is at a Decisive Turning Point The War in Ukraine Is at a Decisive Turning Point

Can nuclear escalation be averted?

Sep 27, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism How American Exceptionalism Fueled Global Authoritarian Nationalism

Even as the West unites against the Russia that Putin built, it finds itself fighting homegrown variants of authoritarian exceptionalism, from Trump to Orbán.

Sep 23, 2022 / John Feffer

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