Foreign Policy

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own How Germany’s Surveillance Scandals Echo Our Own

We treat the Germans the same way we treat ourselves—like dogs.

Aug 14, 2015 / Norman Birnbaum

Ukrainian nationalism

How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past How Ukraine’s New Memory Commissar Is Controlling the Nation’s Past

Volodymyr Viatrovych was the driving force behind new laws that restrict free speech and regulate how history is written.

Aug 13, 2015 / Jared McBride

Military Exercise in Ukraine

Is the United States Sliding Into War in Ukraine—as It Did in Vietnam? Is the United States Sliding Into War in Ukraine—as It Did in Vietnam?

And a tribute to Robert Conquest.

Aug 12, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

John McCain Iran deal

Iran Hawks Think We Can Impose Harsher Sanctions on Iran Iran Hawks Think We Can Impose Harsher Sanctions on Iran

Here’s why they’re wrong.

Aug 12, 2015 / Juan Cole

Former Peace Corps Volunteers to John Kerry: Stop Sending Military Aid to the Dominican Republic

Former Peace Corps Volunteers to John Kerry: Stop Sending Military Aid to the Dominican Republic Former Peace Corps Volunteers to John Kerry: Stop Sending Military Aid to the Dominican Republic

Their letter arrives as international groups once more fail to prompt US action on the violation of human rights.

Aug 12, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Schumer DC

Can Chuck Schumer Kill the Iran Deal? Can Chuck Schumer Kill the Iran Deal?

A prominent Democratic hawk bucks Obama. Can he lead the party?

Aug 11, 2015 / Ali Gharib

US Marine

Where Did the Antiwar Movement Go? Where Did the Antiwar Movement Go?

During Vietnam, it felt like the war sat right on America’s doorstep. Today, we’ve largely disengaged from the terror our military commits.

Aug 11, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Obama and Sanchez Ceren

How El Salvador’s Supreme Court Is Undermining Democracy—With Washington’s Help How El Salvador’s Supreme Court Is Undermining Democracy—With Washington’s Help

WikiLeaks has exposed US government collusion with the chamber’s destabilization strategy.

Aug 8, 2015 / Hilary Goodfriend

South Sudan

South Sudan’s War on Women South Sudan’s War on Women

Survivors say rape has become “just a normal thing” for women caught up in the country’s civil war.

Aug 7, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Samer Muscati

Nagasaki bomb

Death and Destruction in the Wake of Nagasaki Death and Destruction in the Wake of Nagasaki

Five teenagers who survived the atomic bomb recall the early moments of the nuclear age.

Aug 6, 2015 / Susan Southard

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