Ending Colombia’s 100-Year War Ending Colombia’s 100-Year War
Peace talks, nudged along by Cuba and the Vatican, might finally bring an end to the hemisphere’s longest-running civil war.
Oct 27, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The Benghazi Hearings We Need The Benghazi Hearings We Need
It is time to challenge a global overreach that has failed repeatedly in the past and seems doomed to fail in the future.
Oct 27, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security
A major drought in Syria helped lead to the revolution and Assad’s crackdown. Harsh weather in Iraq could prove just as destabilizing.
Oct 27, 2015 / John Knefel
October 23, 1956: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule October 23, 1956: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule
“This is a time of reappraisal for the Western liberal who, for his inability to build his own spiritual home, has sought it in what he thought was a Socialist paradise in the East...
Oct 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever
Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the US presses onward in a region where it has few clear goals. What could go wrong?
Oct 22, 2015 / Peter Van Buren
Is This the 3rd Palestinian Intifada? Is This the 3rd Palestinian Intifada?
The current uprising could advance the cause of liberation—but only if it’s transformed into a nonviolent mass movement, coordinated closely with international solidarity activists...
Oct 21, 2015 / Norman G. Finkelstein, Mouin Rabbani, and Jamie Stern-Weiner
Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder? Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder?
How the “sulking superpower” is resisting peaceful outcomes from Syria to Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire? Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire?
It's time for international negotiations to finally begin.
Oct 19, 2015 / Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer
Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal Europe’s Left Continues Its Rise to Power—This Time in Portugal
In recent elections, left parties garnered more than 50 percent of the vote and austerity took a major hit.
Oct 14, 2015 / Conn Hallinan
Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0 Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0
Our policy of arming and training local militias in Vietnam was largely unsuccessful. So why are we repeating that mistake today?
Oct 13, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich