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 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
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 / Greg Grandin
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 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
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 / Stephen F. Cohen
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?
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 / Juan Cole
Will Palestine Bring War Crimes Charges Against Israel? Will Palestine Bring War Crimes Charges Against Israel?
It may seem like an obvious step, after joining the International Criminal Court. But the legal and political barriers are formidable.
Jan 6, 2015 / Salma Karmi-Ayyoub
We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This? We Survived the Cuban Missile Crisis for This?
Our bloated national security state would boggle the mind of anyone who grew up under the Cold War’s nuclear threat.
Jan 6, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
‘Nothing Was an Accident That Night’: Mexican Federal Police Implicated in the Disappearance of the 43 ‘Nothing Was an Accident That Night’: Mexican Federal Police Implicated in the Disappearance of the 43
As he prepares to visit Washington, President Enrique Peña Nieto’s alibi is unraveling.
Jan 5, 2015 / Greg Grandin
A New Deal With Cuba A New Deal With Cuba
Caribbean détente, after a half-century of conflict.
Dec 23, 2014 / Peter Kornbluh