The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis The French Center Plays Brinkmanship With Fiscal Crisis
Prime Minister François Bayrou is gambling his political survival on a confidence vote, in a probably doomed attempt to force France’s hung parliament to accept an austerity budge...
Sep 3, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Trump and His Cronies Are Picking Stupid Fights All Over the World Trump and His Cronies Are Picking Stupid Fights All Over the World
Even the Danes are getting angry. The Danes!
Aug 29, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast The Ukraine Peace Process Is Moving Quite Fast
Here are the openings—and obstacles.
Aug 20, 2025 / Anatol Lieven
Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past Billy Wilder’s Battle With the Past
How the fabled Hollywood director confronted survivor’s guilt, the legacies of the Holocaust, and the paradoxes of Zionism.
Aug 18, 2025 / Ben Schwartz
Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else
No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.
Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska
The war in Ukraine is a regional security and humanitarian tragedy, but regarding nuclear weapons, Washington and Moscow stand to benefit from working together.
Aug 15, 2025 / RootsAction and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord
Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus
His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking.
Aug 12, 2025 / Pietro A. Shakarian
The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We The Danes Resisted Fascism, and So Can We
Danish resistance didn’t arrive all at once during World War II. But taken as a whole, the Danes’ actions are a testament to what’s possible when we work together to fight fascism...
Aug 5, 2025 / Sarah Sophie Flicker
We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Before It Stops Us We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Before It Stops Us
There is a risk that the war of words between Moscow and DC could escalate.
Aug 5, 2025 / William D. Hartung
The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham The Palestinian Statehood Drive Is a Despicable Sham
Western countries are rushing to recognize Palestine not to stop genocide but to solve a political problem. They’re offering colonial lies dressed up as liberation.
Aug 4, 2025 / Ahmad Ibsais