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Red Square in Moscow

The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It

The most influential US foreign-policy membership society has issued a report affirming the new Cold War and its eagerness to fight it.

Jan 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

UNRWA office

Trump’s Move to Slash Aid for Palestinian Refugees Will Lead to Tragedy Trump’s Move to Slash Aid for Palestinian Refugees Will Lead to Tragedy

Palestinians will suffer the most from the cuts to UNRWA, but the whole region will feel the consequences.

Jan 24, 2018 / Sara Roy

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Back to Armageddon

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Back to Armageddon Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Back to Armageddon

It calls for increasing the role of nuclear weapons in US strategy, which will only increase the risk of confrontation.

Jan 18, 2018 / Michael T. Klare

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Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia Democrats Are Repudiating FDR’s Precedent of Détente With Russia

By criminalizing alleged “contacts with the Kremlin”—and by demonizing Russia itself—today’s Democrats are becoming the party of the new and more perilous Cold War.

Jan 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

North Korea Protest Summit in Vancouver

Women’s Peace Groups in Vancouver Press for Korea Negotiations Women’s Peace Groups in Vancouver Press for Korea Negotiations

A US-proposed naval blockade “is not diplomacy,” they tell UN member states.

Jan 16, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

Trump War Protest Bethesda

Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt? Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt?

The lives lost and money wasted are real. The only question is who has the courage to state that the emperor has no clothes.

Jan 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

George HW Bush and Gorbachev

The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’ The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’

New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by The New York Times or o...

Jan 10, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Nikki Haley Iran

Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Take Aim at the UN Human Rights Council Donald Trump and Nikki Haley Take Aim at the UN Human Rights Council

Haley has been voicing skepticism about the council’s value since her Senate confirmation hearing almost a year ago.

Jan 8, 2018 / Barbara Crossette

Carles Puigdemont

Catalonia’s Elections Take Spain Back to Square One Catalonia’s Elections Take Spain Back to Square One

They made clear that the Spanish left lacks a convincing national project to counter the right’s reactionary, centralist patriotism.

Dec 29, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Russian pedestrians

Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’ Why Russians Think ‘America Is Waging War Against Russia’

Russiagaters allege, with no evidence, that “Russia attacked America” in 2016, but many Russians believe—with reasonable cause—that the US has been attacking their country for 25 y...

Dec 20, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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