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Bernie Sanders

Sanders Should Challenge the Foreign-Policy Status Quo Sanders Should Challenge the Foreign-Policy Status Quo

We desperately need to overturn a foreign policy that grows ever more divorced from the interests and security concerns of the vast majority of Americans.

Feb 9, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

LGBT community rally participants encounter a policeman

Transgender Russians Struggle to Take Their Movement Out of the Shadows Transgender Russians Struggle to Take Their Movement Out of the Shadows

As the country grows more conservative on gender and sexuality, transgender Russians are fighting for their lives under great threat.

Feb 3, 2016 / Ilaria Parogni

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Russian officials.

The Secret Diplomacy That Could End the East-West Confrontation Over Ukraine The Secret Diplomacy That Could End the East-West Confrontation Over Ukraine

Though scarcely reported in the US media, all leaders involved in the epicenter of the new Cold War have launched a concerted campaign to end the Ukrainian civil (and US-Russian pr...

Jan 20, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Did Kim Jong Un Blow Up a Nuclear Weapon for His Birthday?

Did Kim Jong Un Blow Up a Nuclear Weapon for His Birthday? Did Kim Jong Un Blow Up a Nuclear Weapon for His Birthday?

And what can Washington do about it?

Jan 8, 2016 / Bruce Cumings

South Korea

To End North Korea’s Nuclear Program, End the Korean War To End North Korea’s Nuclear Program, End the Korean War

Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test may be a last-ditch effort to get on the US agenda before Obama leaves office and a hawkish new president comes in.

Jan 7, 2016 / Christine Ahn

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Letters From the January 25–February 1, 2016, Issue Letters From the January 25–February 1, 2016, Issue

Nader haters and lovers… ties that unbind… cold war, hot debate… exchange with Tim Shorrock (web-only)…

Jan 7, 2016 / Letters / Our Readers and Tim Shorrock

Ukrainian national flag

World Disorder in the New Year World Disorder in the New Year

Civil, terrorist, and trade wars are now destabilizing the international order, abetted by the US-Russian Cold War.

Jan 6, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust?

The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust? The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust?

Despite transformational events from Ukraine and the European Union to the Middle East, Washington refuses to re-think anything.

Dec 23, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Workers of Sui Bao Security Transport Company strike for higher salaries, blocking a road in Guangzhou, China, February 11, 2014.

China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented China’s Latest Crackdown on Workers Is Unprecedented

Seven worker-activists involved in the independent labor organizations known as “worker centers” have been arrested.

Dec 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Burnt Umber & Ultramarine (1993), by Yun Hyong-keun.

It’s Time To Stop Ignoring South Korean Abstract Art It’s Time To Stop Ignoring South Korean Abstract Art

Korean monochrome painting, or tansaekhwa, originated in a deep ambivalence about painting.

Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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