Foreign Policy

Rubble in Aleppo

Giving Voice to Millions of Americans: End US Wars of Intervention Giving Voice to Millions of Americans: End US Wars of Intervention

I felt it was critical to meet with Donald Trump now, before warmongering neocons convince him to escalate the Syrian conflict.

Nov 30, 2016 / Tulsi Gabbard

Fidel Castro

How Cubans See Fidel Castro and His Revolution Is Tied to How They See Themselves How Cubans See Fidel Castro and His Revolution Is Tied to How They See Themselves

It’s no surprise many beam with pride when they talk about the “triumphs of the revolution.”

Nov 30, 2016 / Blog / Andrés S. Pertierra

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

False Narratives, Not ‘Fake News,’ Are the Real Cold-War Problem False Narratives, Not ‘Fake News,’ Are the Real Cold-War Problem

Any détente initiatives by President-elect Trump must break with spurious US accounts of the new Cold War.

Nov 30, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Putin and Kerry

Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did

Our election system is embarrassing not for anything Putin allegedly did. Leaders of both parties, if they had any concern for the republic, would move expeditiously to reform our ...

Nov 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next?

After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next? After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next?

Castro’s death comes at a particularly delicate stage in the ongoing effort to normalize Cuba-US relations.

Nov 26, 2016 / Editorial / Peter Kornbluh

Putin and Obama

The Friends and Foes of Détente With Russia The Friends and Foes of Détente With Russia

The mere adumbration of Trump–Putin cooperation has sent American Russo-phobic cold warriors into a frenzy of preemptive opposition.

Nov 23, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Brazil coup protest

How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism

The terms he has used to describe the impending Trump presidency are pretty much the same ones his State Department used to condone Brazil’s putsch.

Nov 22, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Tulsi Gabbard TPP

Is Trump About to Bring a Maverick Democratic Congresswoman Into His Cabinet? Is Trump About to Bring a Maverick Democratic Congresswoman Into His Cabinet?

Tulsi Gabbard and Donald Trump both reject the foreign-policy establishment’s fidelity to the twin policies of military intervention and regime change.

Nov 22, 2016 / James Carden

US aircraft carrier

The Militarization of Diplomacy and Other Corruptions of US Empire The Militarization of Diplomacy and Other Corruptions of US Empire

In part two of our interview, former ambassador Chas Freeman gives a master class in foreign policy.

Nov 22, 2016 / Patrick Lawrence

Michael Flynn

The Real Reason to Worry About Gen. Michael Flynn The Real Reason to Worry About Gen. Michael Flynn

It’s not his alleged ties to Russia so much as his plan to wage global war for global peace.

Nov 18, 2016 / James Carden

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