Foreign Policy

A man waves a blue flag in a crowd

Should NATO Exist? Should NATO Exist?

David Klion argues that NATO’s function now is to contain a war, while Chase Madar writes that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows that the US’s European allies are capable of defen...

Apr 15, 2022 / The Debate / David Klion and Chase Madar

Vladirmir Putin looks away from the camara

Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression Prosecuting Putin’s Aggression

Prosecuting the crime of aggression is the only effective way to target those who are most responsible for the horrors of war. Yet international law does not currently recognize th...

Apr 14, 2022 / Philippe Sands for The Nation

America’s Hypocrisy Over Ukraine and “Spheres of Influence”

America’s Hypocrisy Over Ukraine and “Spheres of Influence” America’s Hypocrisy Over Ukraine and “Spheres of Influence”

The principle of each country’s right to determine its own foreign policy clearly does not apply in the Western Hemisphere. 

Apr 12, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Help Ukraine

Help Ukraine Help Ukraine

Atrocity.

Apr 12, 2022 / OppArt / Shuyu Miao

collapsed building in the town of Borodianka.

Russia’s War in Ukraine: How It Could End Russia’s War in Ukraine: How It Could End

A conversation with Anatol Lieven.

Apr 11, 2022 / Jon Wiener

Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha

Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha Life Under Russian Occupation in Bucha

A Ukrainian mother and daughter talk about life under Russian rule in a town where war crimes are alleged to have taken place.

Apr 8, 2022 / Nicolas Niarchos

ATROCITIES

ATROCITIES ATROCITIES

That’s terrible.

Apr 8, 2022 / Steve Brodner

US Navy Pacific Ocean

What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget? What Will It Take to Shrink the Pentagon’s Budget?

We have now reached the point in our collective history where we face three certainties: death, taxes, and ever-soaring spending on weaponry and war.

Apr 6, 2022 / William Astore

Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin

Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US Putin’s Miscalculation Should Be a Lesson to the US

If there’s one thing to be learned from the present moment, it’s just how fickle such calculations can be and how easily the global situation can turn.

Apr 4, 2022 / Michael T. Klare

“F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!”

“F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!” “F*ck Leftist Westsplaining!”

Listening to voices of the Central and East European left.

Apr 4, 2022 / Linda Mannheim

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