The “International Community” Is an Ineffectual Fantasy The “International Community” Is an Ineffectual Fantasy
World leaders invoke it. We're lead to believe it will act on our behalf. Does it even exist?
Nov 16, 2022 / Rajan Menon
It’s Time to Cut Off Arms Sales to the Saudi Regime It’s Time to Cut Off Arms Sales to the Saudi Regime
The Biden administration promised there would be “consequences” for Saudi Arabia’s recent actions.
Nov 15, 2022 / William D. Hartung and Annelle Sheline
Americans Live in a Culture of War Americans Live in a Culture of War
Important truths about our country get concealed when we make the violence of war into something sacred.
Nov 11, 2022 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug
In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word? In the World’s Obituary, Who Will Have the Last Word?
Give humanity credit. When it comes to our urge to destroy, we seem to see no limits, not even those of our own existence.
Nov 3, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
Biden’s Embarrassing Saudi Failure Biden’s Embarrassing Saudi Failure
The latest diplomatic fiasco underlines America’s continuing vulnerability to interference from oil-rich autocracies.
Oct 28, 2022 / Jeet Heer
What’s the US Military Doing in Africa? What’s the US Military Doing in Africa?
If it were up to the Pentagon, we’d never find out.
Oct 26, 2022 / Nick Turse
What We Should Have Learned From the War on Terror What We Should Have Learned From the War on Terror
And what it can teach us about the future of the crisis in Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
Now Is Not the Time to Playact Nuclear War Now Is Not the Time to Playact Nuclear War
NATO and Russia are both choosing this fraught moment to hold nuclear exercises.
Oct 18, 2022 / Matt Bivens
The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden The Saudi Regime Isn’t Afraid of Joe Biden
Despite widespread disgust at Saudi perfidy, odds are that crackpot realism will once again trump human rights—or even the national interest.
Oct 17, 2022 / Jeet Heer
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