The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’ The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’
The Kremlin did not “attack America” in 2016, but the myth could lead to war between the nuclear superpowers.
Apr 3, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Travails of Emmanuel Macron The Travails of Emmanuel Macron
A new book equates the French president's rise to a revolution. For much of France’s working and middle classes, it has been nothing short of a disaster.
Apr 1, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Cole Stangler
France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic France Unbowed Tries to Rediscover Its Populist Magic
The left populist party is still looking for its place in a national debate often dominated by Emmanuel Macron and the far right. Will European elections provide a spark?
Mar 29, 2019 / Cole Stangler
NATO Turns 70 NATO Turns 70
Next week, Washington will throw the military alliance a birthday party. How much is there to celebrate?
Mar 28, 2019 / Editorial / James Carden
The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate
Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”
Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations Berlin’s Radical Housing Activists Aren’t Afraid of Expropriations
Germany’s hippest city is debating whether to seize 200,000 homes from landlords and turn them into social housing.
Mar 27, 2019 / Cities Rising / Lukas Hermsmeier
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War
We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.
Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?
Mike Pompeo’s diplomatic sanctions against war-crimes investigators are consistent with Trump’s “America first” worldview.
Mar 21, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder
Europe’s Twin Specters of Fear Europe’s Twin Specters of Fear
Paul Hanebrink’s new book tracks the entwined history of European anti-Semitism and anticommunism.
Mar 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Chappel
Brexit Has Made the UK a Laughingstock Brexit Has Made the UK a Laughingstock
The British political class is in crisis.
Mar 21, 2019 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge