Middle East

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

Obama rejects a partnership with Russia against ISIS in Syria and reneges on his own proposals to reduce nuclear dangers while Ukraine’s President Poroshenko reneges on an agreemen...

Sep 7, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Behind the Sun

Behind the Sun Behind the Sun

In four books about Syria and Egypt, the narrative arc of revolution bends toward disappointment.

Sep 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

Assad Regime to Besieged Aleppo: Surrender or Starve

Assad Regime to Besieged Aleppo: Surrender or Starve Assad Regime to Besieged Aleppo: Surrender or Starve

“It was raining mortars, some landing just 20 meters from us…”

Sep 2, 2016 / Roy Gutman

Rebels in Aleppo.

US Hawks Are Using a New UN Report to Call for a Wider War in Syria US Hawks Are Using a New UN Report to Call for a Wider War in Syria

The report’s claims that Assad continued using chemical weapons after committing to destroy them is being held up as the new casus belli.

Sep 1, 2016 / James Carden

Oliver North's Hearing

The First E-mail Scandal, Long Before Hillary Clinton: Iran/Contra The First E-mail Scandal, Long Before Hillary Clinton: Iran/Contra

She’s not the first powerbroker to get into trouble for mishandling e-mails. Reagan aides Oliver North and John Poindexter were convicted of destroying public records.

Aug 25, 2016 / Greg Grandin

David Koch

Who’s Scamming Veterans Now? Why, It’s the Koch Brothers, of Course! Who’s Scamming Veterans Now? Why, It’s the Koch Brothers, of Course!

Who else would use American war casualties as an opportunity for profit?

Aug 25, 2016 / Ann Jones

Pundits, Decrying the Horrors of War in Aleppo, Demand Expanded War

Pundits, Decrying the Horrors of War in Aleppo, Demand Expanded War Pundits, Decrying the Horrors of War in Aleppo, Demand Expanded War

As with Iraq and Libya, these laptop bombardiers offer no clear plan for how to actually end the suffering of the Syrian people.

Aug 24, 2016 / Editorial / Adam Johnson

Putin 2016

More Alarming News From the Fronts of the New Cold War More Alarming News From the Fronts of the New Cold War

Finland may become yet another front, the war party may have defeated Obama on Syria policy, and dangerous desperation in Kiev.

Aug 24, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Can War Reporting Be a Feminist Project?

Can War Reporting Be a Feminist Project? Can War Reporting Be a Feminist Project?

Women journalists can go to places where men are barred—and build their careers by exposing the lives of other women.

Aug 24, 2016 / Feature / Rafia Zakaria

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

Why Is the United States Abetting Saudi War Crimes in Yemen? Why Is the United States Abetting Saudi War Crimes in Yemen?

The Obama administration’s record-setting arms deals with Riyadh have strengthened extremists and led to greater regional instability.

Aug 23, 2016 / Mohamad Bazzi

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