Foreign Policy

The US Carried Out 674 Military Operations in Africa Last Year. Did You Hear About Any of Them?

The US Carried Out 674 Military Operations in Africa Last Year. Did You Hear About Any of Them? The US Carried Out 674 Military Operations in Africa Last Year. Did You Hear About Any of Them?

The US military publicly insists its presence in Africa is negligible. Is that why they call it an American “battlefield” behind closed doors?

Apr 14, 2015 / Nick Turse

Will Ukraine’s New Anti-Communist Law Usher in a Free-Speech Dark Age?

Will Ukraine’s New Anti-Communist Law Usher in a Free-Speech Dark Age? Will Ukraine’s New Anti-Communist Law Usher in a Free-Speech Dark Age?

The law, still to be signed by the president, is more about silencing the left than anything else.

Apr 13, 2015 / Alec Luhn

12 Years Later, We Know the Winner in Iraq: Iran

12 Years Later, We Know the Winner in Iraq: Iran 12 Years Later, We Know the Winner in Iraq: Iran

Every time Washington has committed another blunder in the Middle East, Iran has stepped in to take advantage.

Apr 13, 2015 / Peter Van Buren

Lincoln Chafee

Former Republican Says No One Who Voted for the Iraq War Should Be President—Including Hillary Clinton Former Republican Says No One Who Voted for the Iraq War Should Be President—Including Hillary Clinton

Lincoln Chafee, who voted against authorizing Bush’s war, challenges Clinton—and her pro-war vote.

Apr 10, 2015 / Blog / John Nichols

Obama Is Expected to Take Cuba Off List of Terror Sponsors

Obama Is Expected to Take Cuba Off List of Terror Sponsors Obama Is Expected to Take Cuba Off List of Terror Sponsors

That breakthrough, and the president’s attendance at the Summit of the Americas, will help to build momentum for normalized relations.

Apr 10, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh

Can the Arab World Live With the US-Iran Nuclear Deal?

Can the Arab World Live With the US-Iran Nuclear Deal? Can the Arab World Live With the US-Iran Nuclear Deal?

Yes, despite claims to the contrary by pols and pundits.

Apr 9, 2015 / Blog / Juan Cole

‘The New York Times’ Has It Wrong On Putin and the EU

‘The New York Times’ Has It Wrong On Putin and the EU ‘The New York Times’ Has It Wrong On Putin and the EU

Blame the US, not Putin, for undermining unity in Europe.

Apr 8, 2015 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen

Tom Cotton: The Iran War Will Be a Cakewalk

Tom Cotton: The Iran War Will Be a Cakewalk Tom Cotton: The Iran War Will Be a Cakewalk

Neocons say Iran won't be like Iraq because it'll be easy. That's what they said about Iraq, too.

Apr 8, 2015 / Blog / Ali Gharib

Development and Humanitarian Politics

Development and Humanitarian Politics Development and Humanitarian Politics

Why debates about community development sidestep the issue of inequality.

Apr 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jamie Martin

George Bush

Ralph Nader’s Unanswered Letters to the President Ralph Nader’s Unanswered Letters to the President

His critiques of US policy are sharp, impassioned and true to democratic principles. If only Bush and Obama had bothered to listen.

Apr 7, 2015 / Ralph Nader

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