Foreign Policy

Biden Must End the Forever Wars

Biden Must End the Forever Wars Biden Must End the Forever Wars

The American public, exhausted by the pandemic and two decades of war, is in no mood for military adventurism.

Jan 4, 2021 / Feature / David Klion

Magic Mountain

Magic Mountain Magic Mountain

Shredder events.

Jan 1, 2021 / Steve Brodner

A US Special Forces soldier at a remote village in the Arghandab District in Afghanistan

Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster? Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?

Under a Biden presidency, perhaps the horrors of 2020 can force a real conversation about national security in 2021.

Dec 30, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon

Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness

Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness Increasing Pentagon Spending When People Are Going Hungry Is Madness

Even as Bernie Sanders holds up a Pentagon spending bill to force a Senate vote on $2,000 payments, most House Democrats approve another DOD blank check.

Dec 30, 2020 / John Nichols

To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger

To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger To Restore American Leadership, the Biden Administration Should Focus on Global Hunger

Without intervention, world hunger will reach “biblical proportions” in 2021.

Dec 25, 2020 / Rep. Jim McGovern

Jose Alfredo stands between an American flag and a Cuban flag

Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba? Can Biden Finish What Obama Started With Cuba?

Here’s a smart blueprint for returning to normalized relations.

Dec 21, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh

A group of people wearing face masks stand on a busy street.

Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19 Iran Is Nearing Collapse Under the Strain of Covid-19

Tens of millions are reeling under an unholy trinity of pandemic, US sanctions, and government misrule.

Dec 21, 2020 / Ahmad Jalalpour

Heaven Can’t Wait

Heaven Can’t Wait Heaven Can’t Wait

Last orders. Scenes from our series “The Greater Quiet” for the week of December 14.

Dec 18, 2020 / Steve Brodner

Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals

Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals Don’t Cheer Trump’s 11th-Hour Troop Withdrawals

Yes, drawdowns of American forces abroad are overdue—but the president’s latest orders serve his interests, not the country’s.

Dec 11, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars

Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars

Veterans and journalists Danny Sjursen and William Astore discuss the roots of and resistance to our endless wars.

Dec 9, 2020 / William Astore and Danny Sjursen

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