Foreign Policy

Trump and team sat across from Zelensky

Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame. Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame.

The European Union has failed to mount an alternative to Donald Trump. On defense, geopolitical alignment, and trade policy, it is ever more subservient to the United States.

Oct 28, 2025 / Harrison Stetler

A firefighter stands near burning market after Russian drone attack on October 22, 2025, in Kramatorsk, Ukraine

The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows The Risk of a Radical Escalation Leading to Actual Conflict Between NATO and Russia Grows


Verdun in the Donbas.

Oct 28, 2025 / Anatol Lieven

US President Donald Trump greets Argentine President Javier Milei as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House on Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies Trump’s Argentina Bailout Is Bad for America but Great for His Hedge Fund Cronies

Propping up Javier Milei’s austerity regime shows that Trump’s true loyalty is to neocolonial plutocracy.

Oct 24, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Salt marsh buildups in a Nuclear Waste facility in Germany.

“A House of Dynamite” “A House of Dynamite”

Confronting the new nuclear era.

Oct 22, 2025 / Michael T. Klare

A fuel truck brings aid into Gaza as two boys scrummage through rubble and water jugs.

The Gaza Deal Opens a Door. We Can’t Let It Close. The Gaza Deal Opens a Door. We Can’t Let It Close.

You would be forgiven for having some skepticism about what happens next.

Oct 16, 2025 / Hadar Susskind

President Donald Trump displays the Gaza agreement endorsed by regional leaders at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza

Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”

Oct 15, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

Palestinians continue to return from the south to the north on the third day of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, carrying whatever belongings they could take, in Gaza City, Gaza on October 12, 2025.

Gaza Still Needs You Gaza Still Needs You

The fight for true Palestinian liberation is far from over.

Oct 13, 2025 / Jack Mirkinson

María Corina Machado appearing on Fox News after winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump The Nobel Peace Prize Just Surrendered to Trump

Trump is mad that he didn’t win. But by honoring María Corina Machado, the Nobel Committee has endorsed his war against Venezuela—and continued Europe’s MAGA groveling.

Oct 13, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks to senior military members on September 30, 2025, in Quantico, Virginia.

The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech The Dark Satire of Pete Hegseth’s Quantico Speech

The secretary of war’s plea for discipline collapses into its opposite—a demand for wanton violence and mayhem 

Oct 8, 2025 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin

President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on May 28, 2025.

Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence Trump Is Effortlessly Destroying Washington’s International Influence

With Congress compliant, the Supreme Court complicit, and media corporations compromised, Trump has forged a clear path to international irrelevance.

Oct 7, 2025 / Alfred McCoy

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