Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia
Forget tanks and rifles. Like other autocrats, Cambodia’s Hun Sen uses fake news to justify oppression.
Nov 21, 2017 / Geoffrey Cain
Trump in Beijing—Devoid of a Strategy, While Xi Deploys China’s Trump in Beijing—Devoid of a Strategy, While Xi Deploys China’s
Next to Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, and its alliance with Moscow, Washington’s preference for perpetual conflict looks pitifully bankrupt.
Nov 10, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Koreans Protest Trump as the US Congress Tries to Restrain Him Koreans Protest Trump as the US Congress Tries to Restrain Him
“No to Trump, No to War” is the slogan of the day.
Nov 7, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
Is the United States Planning to Attack North Korea? Is the United States Planning to Attack North Korea?
Three US aircraft-carrier groups have now converged in the Pacific.
Nov 1, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First Trump Goes to Asia—but the Pentagon Gets There First
Mattis confirms policy with Manila, Tokyo, and Seoul before the president’s first trip across the Pacific.
Oct 31, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Striding So Fast on Quivering Springs Striding So Fast on Quivering Springs
Turkmenistan’s political cult of the horse.
Oct 31, 2017 / David Garcia
The United States and North Korea Are Edging Into Increasingly Dangerous Territory The United States and North Korea Are Edging Into Increasingly Dangerous Territory
But there is still a way to avoid war, and it begins with talks between the two sides, not escalating threats.
Oct 25, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
The Escalating Nuclear Threat Finally Has the Public’s Attention. Now What? The Escalating Nuclear Threat Finally Has the Public’s Attention. Now What?
There is no substitute for our leaders’ coming to the table and beginning a dialogue.
Oct 24, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Can the History of the Soviet Union Be Told through a Single Building? Can the History of the Soviet Union Be Told through a Single Building?
Yuri Slezkine's new history captures the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life after the Russian Revolution.
Oct 18, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Tony Wood
Actually, No, Bob Corker and John McCain Are Doing Nothing to Hold Trump Accountable Actually, No, Bob Corker and John McCain Are Doing Nothing to Hold Trump Accountable
All talk, no walk.
Oct 17, 2017 / John Nichols