What China Stands to Gain From Peace Talks What China Stands to Gain From Peace Talks
Growing geopolitical power is giving China both the motivation and potentially even the means to negotiate an end to the fighting in Ukraine.
Jun 16, 2023 / Alfred McCoy
The Damage Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) Leaves Behind The Damage Silvio Berlusconi (1936–2023) Leaves Behind
The notorious tycoon and former Italian prime minister is gone, but his toxic legacy remains.
Jun 15, 2023 / Highlights / Niccolò Barca and Tommaso Grossi
The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion The Western Media Is Whitewashing the Azov Battalion
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, these fighters were neo-Nazis. They still are.
Jun 13, 2023 / Feature / Lev Golinkin
America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Global Intervention America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Global Intervention
Washington’s preoccupation with Ukraine only testifies to the impoverished state of American strategic thinking.
Jun 7, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Spain’s Left Is in Turmoil—and Now It’s Facing a Huge Electoral Test Spain’s Left Is in Turmoil—and Now It’s Facing a Huge Electoral Test
Now that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called snap elections, we will see whether the left can set aside its divisions and block the far right from power.
Jun 6, 2023 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Get Ready for AI Surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics Get Ready for AI Surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics
The Olympics don’t make authoritarian countries more democratic; they make democratic countries more authoritarian.
Jun 6, 2023 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing? Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing?
Despite being far ahead of the ruling Conservatives in the polls, Labour’s leadership seems determined to purge its way to electability.
May 24, 2023 / Rachel Shabi
The Line Between Support for Ukraine and War With Russia Just Gets Thinner The Line Between Support for Ukraine and War With Russia Just Gets Thinner
Recent Pentagon leaks reveal that the shadow war between Russia and the US over Ukraine is becoming more overt—and far more dangerous.
May 22, 2023 / James Bamford
Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report. Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report.
From the “crime of the century" to one of Trump’s smallest scandals.
May 19, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Notes of a Russian Visitor Notes of a Russian Visitor
The director of PEN Moscow is worried about Russophobia.
May 18, 2023 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina