Foreign Policy

Haiti: There’s Nothing Wrong With American Imperialism That Can’t Be Solved With What Is Right About American Imperialism

Haiti: There’s Nothing Wrong With American Imperialism That Can’t Be Solved With What Is Right About American Imperialism Haiti: There’s Nothing Wrong With American Imperialism That Can’t Be Solved With What Is Right About American Imperialism

Five years after its earthquake, and more than ten years after its coup, the UN needs to be out and Haiti needs to be free.

Jan 15, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin

GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson Funds Mysterious Anti-Iran Pressure Group

GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson Funds Mysterious Anti-Iran Pressure Group GOP Mega-Donor Sheldon Adelson Funds Mysterious Anti-Iran Pressure Group

United Against Nuclear Iran collected nearly one-third of its 2013 revenue from the Las Vegas–based casino magnate.

Jan 14, 2015 / Eli Clifton

We’re Already Losing the Lessons of the Paris Unity March

We’re Already Losing the Lessons of the Paris Unity March We’re Already Losing the Lessons of the Paris Unity March

Katrina vanden Heuvel visits The Ed Show to discuss cybersecurity following the attacks in Paris.

Jan 13, 2015 / Nation in the News / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Hilary Weaver

Letter to a Young Army Ranger

Letter to a Young Army Ranger Letter to a Young Army Ranger

Here’s why the “War on Terror” is not your battle.

Jan 13, 2015 / Rory Fanning

January 12, 1991: Congress Votes to Send Troops to Expel Iraq From Kuwait

January 12, 1991: Congress Votes to Send Troops to Expel Iraq From Kuwait January 12, 1991: Congress Votes to Send Troops to Expel Iraq From Kuwait

The United States had backed Saddam Hussein in Iraq’s long war with Iran, but by the time the war ended in 1988 Iraq was deeply in debt—not least to neighboring Kuwait....

Jan 12, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Rewriting George Packer as if Mexican Lives Mattered

Rewriting George Packer as if Mexican Lives Mattered Rewriting George Packer as if Mexican Lives Mattered

What would it look like if liberals like Packer cared about the disappearance of forty-three students in Ayotzinapa the way they cared about the Charlie Hebdo massacre?

Jan 11, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin

January 9, 1960: Construction Begins on the Aswan Dam in Egypt

January 9, 1960: Construction Begins on the Aswan Dam in Egypt January 9, 1960: Construction Begins on the Aswan Dam in Egypt

The Aswan Dam was a crucial construction project for Egypt after the 1952 revolution. President Gamal Abdel Nasser was looking to elevate Egypt as the leader of a pan-Arab unity mo...

Jan 9, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

How ‘The New York Times’ Got Ukraine Wrong

How ‘The New York Times’ Got Ukraine Wrong How ‘The New York Times’ Got Ukraine Wrong

In his appearance on The John Batchelor Show, Stephen Cohen exposes an “astonishing piece of media malpractice” by The New York Times.

Jan 7, 2015 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen

Breaking Taboos, BDS Gains Ground Among Academics

Breaking Taboos, BDS Gains Ground Among Academics Breaking Taboos, BDS Gains Ground Among Academics

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has a long way to go, but recent endorsements show it’s getting somewhere.

Jan 7, 2015 / David Palumbo-Liu

How Unstable Is the Saudi Petro-Kingdom?

How Unstable Is the Saudi Petro-Kingdom? How Unstable Is the Saudi Petro-Kingdom?

From plummeting petroleum prices to political unrest, it has been decades since the fortunes of the kingdom were so much in doubt.

Jan 7, 2015 / Blog / Juan Cole

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