Europe

Aircraft Carrier

Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger Trump and Bolton Are Putting War With Iran on a Hair Trigger

The announcement that the Pentagon is sending a strike force to the Middle East caps a yearlong campaign of threats and intimidation.

May 7, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss

Trump Air Force One

Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention

He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.

May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Notre Dame Cathedral

Living in the Shadow of Notre Dame Living in the Shadow of Notre Dame

I remained in shock, horrified at the devastation so close to me, in the heart of Paris.

May 7, 2019 / Benoît Duteurtre

Marine Le Pen election posters.

The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’ The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’

Across Europe, politicians are hijacking feminist language to further right-wing ideologies. 

May 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme

Austrian Freedom Party campaign posters

Austria’s Far-Right Government Wants to Hobble Critical Media Austria’s Far-Right Government Wants to Hobble Critical Media

The Freedom Party attacks Muslims and cozies up to the extremist Identitarian movement. No wonder it sees independent journalism as a nuisance to be silenced.

May 3, 2019 / Jordan Stancil

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Did the CIA Orchestrate an Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Spain? Did the CIA Orchestrate an Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Spain?

A Nation investigation reveals a Rashomon-like tale with conflicting truths.

May 2, 2019 / Tim Shorrock

Robert Mueller sworn in

Mueller’s Own Mysteries Mueller’s Own Mysteries

Little-noted aspects of the first volume of the Mueller report.

May 1, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Spain general elections

In a Polarized Spain, Voters Give the Socialists Another Chance In a Polarized Spain, Voters Give the Socialists Another Chance

They could form a government with Podemos—but the emergence of a strong far right has significantly shifted the political debate.

Apr 30, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Eric Hobsbawm

Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans

“The more I have read his writings, the more I have come to admire and respect him not just as an historian but as a person.”

Apr 26, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber

Jon Snow

Jon Snow Would Vote Against Brexit Jon Snow Would Vote Against Brexit

As in Game of Thrones, Brexit’s villains are extremists fixated on short-term personal gain at the expense of everyone else.

Apr 26, 2019 / Peter Biskind

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