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The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia The Most Exceptional Thing About America Is Our Paranoia

In the United States, you’re more likely to be crushed by falling furniture than killed by a terrorist—but try telling that to Washington.

Sep 29, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Why Syrian Refugees in Turkey Are Leaving for Europe

Why Syrian Refugees in Turkey Are Leaving for Europe Why Syrian Refugees in Turkey Are Leaving for Europe

“Maybe you’ll see a picture of me floating on one of those little boats.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Omar Ghabra

September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada

September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada

“A new sense may actually be dawning that only a mass movement against Israeli apartheid (similar to South Africa’s) will work.”

Sep 28, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

September 27, 1996: The Taliban Conquers Kabul

September 27, 1996: The Taliban Conquers Kabul September 27, 1996: The Taliban Conquers Kabul

“American responsibility for recent events in Afghanistan is greater than Administration officials pretend.”

Sep 27, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

September 25, 1962: Algeria Declares Independence From France

September 25, 1962: Algeria Declares Independence From France September 25, 1962: Algeria Declares Independence From France

“If there is trouble ahead, it can hardly be as bad as the trouble that has been left behind.”

Sep 25, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

A U.S. Special Forces trainer supervises a military assault drill for a unit within the Sudan People's Liberation Army conducted in Nzara on the outskirts of Yambio

How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting? How Many Wars Is the US Really Fighting?

Hint: the answer is way more than you think.

Sep 24, 2015 / Ask Dr. Marc / Nick Turse

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Long Before the Refugee Crisis, the World’s Powers Had Failed the People of Syria Long Before the Refugee Crisis, the World’s Powers Had Failed the People of Syria

It’s time for the US and Russia to stop treating Syria like a chess game.

Sep 24, 2015 / Rula Jebreal

Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow

Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow

Will the result be a spreading or curtailing of the new US-Russian Cold War?

Sep 23, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

What the Class Politics of World War II Mean for Tensions in Asia Today

What the Class Politics of World War II Mean for Tensions in Asia Today What the Class Politics of World War II Mean for Tensions in Asia Today

In the Philippines, the grandson of a despised collaborator has endorsed the remilitarization of his country's former occupiers—by the grandson of a war criminal, no less.

Sep 22, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Walden Bello

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