Weeks After the Abduction of 276 Nigerian Schoolgirls, the World Is Finally Paying Attention Weeks After the Abduction of 276 Nigerian Schoolgirls, the World Is Finally Paying Attention
“I cannot begin to comprehend the terror you are feeling,” says Melissa Harris-Perry in her open letter.
May 5, 2014 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Why Anne-Marie Slaughter Is Wrong About Syria—and Ukraine Why Anne-Marie Slaughter Is Wrong About Syria—and Ukraine
A former State Department official says that the way to stop Putin in Ukraine is to bomb Syria. Get it? Me neither.
May 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act? This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act?
The case of Alan Gross reflects Obama’s failure to “write a new chapter in US-Cuba policy.”
May 2, 2014 / Peter Kornbluh
The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine
The new cold war with Russia may create a real war in Ukraine.
May 1, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate Cold War Against Russia—Without Debate
The Obama administration’s decision to isolate Russia, in a new version of “containment,” has met with virtually unanimous support from the political and media es...
May 1, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
Israel-Palestine: Kerry’s Peace Talks Hit the Separation Wall Israel-Palestine: Kerry’s Peace Talks Hit the Separation Wall
Do the stalled talks herald the end of the two-state solution? If so, what comes next?
Apr 30, 2014 / Richard Silverstein and Foreign Policy In Focus
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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Stephen F. Cohen