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The Inside Story on Our UN Report Calling Israel an Apartheid State The Inside Story on Our UN Report Calling Israel an Apartheid State

A people cannot be permanently repressed in all these ways without viewing the structure that has emerged as an apartheid regime.

Mar 22, 2017 / Richard Falk

Might Neo-McCarthyism Mean War vs. Russia?

Might Neo-McCarthyism Mean War vs. Russia? Might Neo-McCarthyism Mean War vs. Russia?

The “unmasking” of Putin’s American “contacts” is premised on his “act of war” against the United States—for which there is still no evidence.

Mar 22, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

In Brexit’s Wake

In Brexit’s Wake In Brexit’s Wake

A new book about Brexit captures the deeper crisis undergirding Britain’s bid to leave the EU.

Mar 21, 2017 / Books & the Arts / John Harris

Vladimir Putin

While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding While Neo-McCarthyism Spreads, US-Russian Détente May Be Unfolding

“Kremlin-puppet” allegations against Trump are said to have crippled Trump’s ability to initiate cooperative relations with Moscow—but have they?

Mar 15, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War

As the neo-McCarthyite search for Americans with Russian “contacts” spreads, the new Cold War is increasingly fraught with possibilities of hot war.

Mar 8, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order

Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order Too Frightened to Change a Hated Order

Despite profound discontent, the prospect of an exit from the neoliberal orthodoxies of the past 40 years terrifies even those who know how much they have suffered from it.

Mar 6, 2017 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Perry Anderson

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’ Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Investing in women and girls does much more to keep us safe and promote peace than does spending even greater amounts on weapons designed to cause mass devastation.

Feb 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Refugees fleeing clashes in Iraq

‘Oh, ISIS. They Really Don’t Like It When Women Make Problems for Them.’ ‘Oh, ISIS. They Really Don’t Like It When Women Make Problems for Them.’

Iraqi refugees talk about how they resisted the group’s reign of terror.

Feb 23, 2017 / Anna Lekas Miller

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?

Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.

Feb 22, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Senator John McCain at Munich Security Conference

McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End

John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been urging Ukrainian soldiers to break the Minsk cease-fire agreement.

Feb 21, 2017 / James Carden

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