Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program? Will the State Department Torpedo Its Last Great Program?
Long advertised as a flaship program for American cultural diplomacy, the Fulbright Program is now facing devastating budget cuts.
May 8, 2014 / Ann Jones
To Get Back at Russia, the GOP Is Playing Games With Nuclear Safety To Get Back at Russia, the GOP Is Playing Games With Nuclear Safety
The world just became a lot less safe.
May 8, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act What’s Wrong With the Electrify Africa Act
It’s a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry. Global climate justice advocates are fighting instead for clean, renewable energy.
May 7, 2014 / Janet Redman, Emira Woods, John Cavanagh, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Approach Really the Same as Bush’s? Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Approach Really the Same as Bush’s?
Two cheers for the president's centrist foreign policy.
May 7, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
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