Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia
By criminalizing alleged “contacts with the Kremlin”—and by demonizing Russia itself—today’s Democrats are becoming the party of the new and more perilous Cold War.
Jan 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt? Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt?
The lives lost and money wasted are real. The only question is who has the courage to state that the emperor has no clothes.
Jan 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rethinking Putin: A Talk by Professor Stephen F. Cohen Rethinking Putin: A Talk by Professor Stephen F. Cohen
Delivered on the annual Nation cruise, December 2, 2017.
Jan 16, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’ The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’
New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by The New York Times or o...
Jan 10, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth? French Secularism Is in Crisis. What Does That Mean for Muslim Youth?
Three years after the Charlie Hebdo attacks, students in the banlieues debate secularism and the state.
Jan 8, 2018 / Karina Piser
Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan Four Years of Ukraine and the Myths of Maidan
The history of the Ukrainian crisis, which has made everything it affected worse, is distorted by political myths and American media malpractice.
Jan 3, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Catalonia’s Elections Take Spain Back to Square One Catalonia’s Elections Take Spain Back to Square One
They made clear that the Spanish left lacks a convincing national project to counter the right’s reactionary, centralist patriotism.
Dec 29, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
The Far Right Is Now in Power in Austria The Far Right Is Now in Power in Austria
The new governing coalition includes the Freedom Party, which has deep roots in the country’s Nazi past.
Dec 29, 2017 / Jordan Stancil
More Media Malpractice in Russiagate More Media Malpractice in Russiagate
Amid worry for the Mueller probe, where is the accountability for mistakes?
Dec 21, 2017 / Aaron Maté
Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’ Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’
Russiagaters allege, with no evidence, that “Russia attacked America” in 2016, but many Russians believe—with reasonable cause—that the US has been attacking their country for 25 y...
Dec 20, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen