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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

American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017 American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017

And we’re only halfway through the year.

Jun 26, 2017 / Nick Turse

Iraq US Coalition Airstrike

Trump’s Policy Is Clear: Civilian Casualties Don’t Matter in the War on Terror Trump’s Policy Is Clear: Civilian Casualties Don’t Matter in the War on Terror

Multiple air strikes on cities and the use of white phosphorus—a probable war crime—guarantee a growing death toll.

Jun 21, 2017 / Phyllis Bennis

Smokestack

Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel Donald Trump’s Fixation on Fossil Fuel

Is he pushing a coal-based world order? 

Jun 12, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

US Warships near Korean Peninsula

Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster

Public strong-arming isn’t the key to de-escalating confrontation—it’s the key to igniting it.

Jun 5, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Tomato-Paste Colonialism

Tomato-Paste Colonialism Tomato-Paste Colonialism

How a Mao-era Chinese agricultural conglomerate came to dominate the African tomato market.

Jun 2, 2017 / Jean-Baptiste Malet

Iran election

Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Will America Once Again Undermine Iran’s Pro-Democracy Movement?

Reformists won big in the recent elections, but Trump favors confrontation, which helps Iranian hard-liners.

Jun 1, 2017 / Trita Parsi

Chinese Military Delegates

A Glimpse Into the Future of Asia A Glimpse Into the Future of Asia

Will China take the lead? 

Jun 1, 2017 / John Feffer

Workers at Foxconn

Your Phone May Have Been Built by an Intern Your Phone May Have Been Built by an Intern

Factories in China are using cheap intern labor to staff production lines for companies like Foxconn and Honda.

May 31, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Iran Election 2017

In Iran’s Presidential Elections, Reformists’ Hopes Are Limited In Iran’s Presidential Elections, Reformists’ Hopes Are Limited

They have united many formerly opposed voters—but for now the fight for personal and political freedoms is taking a back seat.

May 17, 2017 / Scheherezade Faramarzi

Mattis and Nicholson

Trump Is Poised to Plunge Deeper Into the Afghan Quagmire Trump Is Poised to Plunge Deeper Into the Afghan Quagmire

More US troops cannot stabilize the corrupt and despised government in Kabul.

May 17, 2017 / Michael T. Klare

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