A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying
The Facebook CEO destroyed privacy as we know it. Imagine what he’d do in the White House.
Aug 18, 2017 / Jake Bittle
There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions
Hint: It’s not North Korea, Russia, or Iran.
Aug 17, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow
Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.
Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East? Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?
Our neo-imperial wars may be coming home to roost.
Aug 16, 2017 / Juan Cole
Nuclear Deterrence Will Fail Nuclear Deterrence Will Fail
Trump’s dangerous bluster reveals the flaw in nuclear-deterrence theory—human fallibility.
Aug 11, 2017 / Ward Wilson
Is Trump Going to War in Korea? Is Trump Going to War in Korea?
His cowboy tirades, and the pundits’ bombastic rhetoric, are exceedingly reckless. History shows that negotiations with Pyongyang can work.
Aug 11, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem The Pentagon Has a Small Coup Problem
The Department of Defense has trained more than a hundred foreign militaries that went on to stage coups in their home countries.
Aug 11, 2017 / Nick Turse
Why Trump Is Beating the War Drum—and How It Could Lead to Disaster Why Trump Is Beating the War Drum—and How It Could Lead to Disaster
It’s sure to win favor among hawks of both parties, while distracting the media and public from his domestic woes—but foreign powers are not backing down.
Aug 10, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
Unverified ‘Russiagate’ Allegations, Irresponsibly Promoted by Congress and the Media, Have Become a Grave Threat to American National Security Unverified ‘Russiagate’ Allegations, Irresponsibly Promoted by Congress and the Media, Have Become a Grave Threat to American National Security
President Trump is right, relations with Russia are “at an all-time & very dangerous low,” and the US political-media establishment is making them worse.
Aug 9, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Have Neocons Hijacked Trump’s Foreign Policy? Have Neocons Hijacked Trump’s Foreign Policy?
War hawks are wrestling with “America First” nationalists for control of the administration’s international agenda. After a series of remarks by Mike Pence, one camp seem...
Aug 9, 2017 / James Carden