Time to End the Bloody Ukraine Conflict Time to End the Bloody Ukraine Conflict
NATO leaders—including President Obama—have escalated tensions in Ukraine while dismissing opportunities to bring the conflict to a reasonable conclusion quickly.
Sep 9, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Don’t Overstate the Threat ISIS Poses Katrina vanden Heuvel: Don’t Overstate the Threat ISIS Poses
The Nation’s editor appeared on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss press coverage of ISIS and whether some members of the media are participating in war-mongering.
Sep 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Beltway to Obama: More Fear, Please Beltway to Obama: More Fear, Please
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the Beltway Media, American Exceptionalism and foreign policy.
Sep 5, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Why Hillary Clinton Is Wrong About Obama’s Foreign Policy Why Hillary Clinton Is Wrong About Obama’s Foreign Policy
“Don't do stupid stuff”—his shorthand for avoiding unnecessary entanglements—actually has deep roots in US strategic thinking.
Sep 3, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
Is Ukraine on the Brink of Tragedy? Is Ukraine on the Brink of Tragedy?
The country’s troubles will not end even if fighting ceases in its southeastern regions.
Sep 3, 2014 / Pietro A. Shakarian
Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys
The Cheney family takes a break from their busy lives (of being generally horrible) to answer some questions.
Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
How John Walker Lindh Became ‘Detainee 001’ How John Walker Lindh Became ‘Detainee 001’
The father of a young man captured while fighting for the Taliban in 2001 reminds us of the “dark side” of US policy after 9/11.
Aug 29, 2014 / Frank Lindh
What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common
Both thrive on the breakdown of the existing social order.
Aug 28, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom
Under the spurious claim of protecting “civility,” the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has caved in to the McCarthyite bullying of the Israel lobby.
Aug 27, 2014 / David Palumbo-Liu
Patriotic Heresy vs. the New Cold War Patriotic Heresy vs. the New Cold War
Fallacies of US policy may be leading to war with Russia.
Aug 27, 2014 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen