Obama in Asia: Washington Extracts Rent-Free Basing From the Philippines Obama in Asia: Washington Extracts Rent-Free Basing From the Philippines
By linking itself to Washington in its territorial disputes with China, the Philippines risks getting caught up in a superpower conflict.
Apr 30, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
When Acceptance Just Isn’t Acceptable: Netanyahu’s Denial of Holocaust Acceptance When Acceptance Just Isn’t Acceptable: Netanyahu’s Denial of Holocaust Acceptance
Answering statements of Holocaust acceptance with denial is becoming a Netanyahu trademark.
Apr 28, 2014 / Blog / Eli Clifton
Russia Sabotages the Geneva Ukraine Accord, but New Sanctions Won’t Help Russia Sabotages the Geneva Ukraine Accord, but New Sanctions Won’t Help
And expanding or strengthening NATO will make things worse.
Apr 28, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Are We in a New Cold War? Are We in a New Cold War?
Stephen Cohen discusses President Obama’s revived policy of containment against Russia on The Thom Hartmann Program.
Apr 25, 2014 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen
Stephen Cohen: As US Rushes Into New Cold War, Where Is the Debate? Stephen Cohen: As US Rushes Into New Cold War, Where Is the Debate?
As the Obama administration increasingly embraces a Cold War mentality in its dealings with Putin's Russa, Nation contributing editor Stephen Cohen asks, where are the dissent...
Apr 23, 2014 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen
The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over? The NYPD Has Disbanded Its Most Notorious Spy Unit, but Is the Age of Muslim Surveillance Really Over?
Many worry that the architecture of NYPD’s surveillance system remains largely intact.
Apr 23, 2014 / Anna Lekas Miller
Tracking a Marked Population in the US Borderlands Tracking a Marked Population in the US Borderlands
Along the US-Mexico border, the high-powered cameras are pointed at you and the drones are above you.
Apr 23, 2014 / Todd Miller
The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand The Temporary Peace Between Russia and Ukraine Is Built on Sand
“It would be a mistake to think that the diplomats who sat down in Geneva this week control the situation,” says Stephen Cohen.
Apr 21, 2014 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen
Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy Hawks on Both Sides Could Upend Ukraine Diplomacy
Russia’s foreign minister threatens further intervention as Biden arrives in Kiev.
Apr 21, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
‘American Military, Economic and Political Power Has Been Coming at Russia for Twenty Years’ ‘American Military, Economic and Political Power Has Been Coming at Russia for Twenty Years’
The Nation’s Stephen Cohen theorizes about President Putin’s motivations in Ukraine on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Apr 18, 2014 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen