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The Greenlandic flag flies on January 20, 2026, in Nuuk, Greenland.

Trump’s Threats Against Greenland: When “National Security” Becomes Imperial Expansion Trump’s Threats Against Greenland: When “National Security” Becomes Imperial Expansion

America has become the threat its own allies need protection from.

Jan 21, 2026 / Pavel Devyatkin

A protester holds up crossed-out portraits of US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration near the Iranian embassy in Baghdad on January 16, 2026, against Israel and recent US threats of military action in Iran, and in support of the Iranian regime and its supreme leader.

This Is Not Solidarity. It Is Predation. This Is Not Solidarity. It Is Predation.

The Iranian people are caught between severe domestic repression and external powers that exploit their suffering.

Jan 16, 2026 / Sina Toossi

Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for a photo.

Europe Signs Up for More Humiliation by Trump Europe Signs Up for More Humiliation by Trump

As the post–Cold War order cracks up, the fault lines don’t just run through the Atlantic, but Europe itself. 

Jan 9, 2026 / David Broder

President Donald Trump hosts a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on August 18, 2025.

European Cowardice Is Empowering Trump’s New Imperialism European Cowardice Is Empowering Trump’s New Imperialism

NATO allies don’t want to confront Trump’s aggression. But they may ultimately not have a choice.

Jan 9, 2026 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump wringing hands around mouth during speech

D as in Donald and Decline D as in Donald and Decline

Living (dying?) with Donald Trump.

Jan 8, 2026 / Tom Engelhardt

Trump speaks at a NATO Summit

The New Europeans, Trump-Style The New Europeans, Trump-Style

Donald Trump is sowing division in the European Union, even as he calls on it to spend more on defense.

Dec 18, 2025 / David Broder

Trump Foreign Policy

Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con

Sense, nonsense, and lunacy.

Dec 10, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

Pinochet pointing upward

Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later

How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.

Dec 3, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

Trump speaking to reporters

A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?

While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...

Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

Nov 12, 2025 / Feature / Liam Scott

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