For Once, Trump Isn’t Wrong For Once, Trump Isn’t Wrong
US intervention in Syria has been a disaster. Withdrawing troops from the region is the right thing to do.
Dec 21, 2018 / James Carden
American Ships Are Sending the Wrong Message Overseas American Ships Are Sending the Wrong Message Overseas
US military ships were once a symbol of aid and relief; now, many of them serve a far grimmer purpose.
Dec 20, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg
Hesitant Hope for the Fate of Yemen Hesitant Hope for the Fate of Yemen
Major political breakthroughs provide an opportunity to rein in the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. But progress is fragile.
Dec 20, 2018 / Chris Gelardi
In the Cold War’s Bloodlands In the Cold War’s Bloodlands
A new history of the Cold War examines how the 45 years of peace between its rival superpowers were also 45 years of killing for much of the rest of the world.
Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Immerwahr
Do Russiagate Promoters Prefer Impeaching Trump to Avoiding War With Russia? Do Russiagate Promoters Prefer Impeaching Trump to Avoiding War With Russia?
The year 2018 in the history of the new Cold War.
Dec 19, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border? Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border?
She died of cardiac arrest, but the real killer was decades of US policy in support of Guatemalan regimes that have displaced and slaughtered the Maya population.
Dec 17, 2018 / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby
War Crimes in Our Name: A Q&A With Shireen Al-Adeimi War Crimes in Our Name: A Q&A With Shireen Al-Adeimi
The outspoken advocate details the plight of her native Yemen—and explains what needs to happen to avoid further disaster.
Dec 14, 2018 / Editorial / Chris Gelardi
The Senate’s Yemen Vote Proves a More Democratic Foreign Policy Is Possible The Senate’s Yemen Vote Proves a More Democratic Foreign Policy Is Possible
Public outrage over US-Saudi relations may put an end to war—and serve as an important lesson for progressives.
Letters From the January 7, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 7, 2019, Issue
The war on war… The US as it should be…
Dec 13, 2018 / Letters / Our Readers and Stephen Wertheim
Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment Sanders and Warren Are Challenging the Post–Cold War Foreign-Policy Establishment
It is time to think anew. The United States needs dramatic changes in its policies and the institutions that enforce them.
Dec 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel