Middle East

Khartoum Sudanese women

The Seasons After the Arab Spring The Seasons After the Arab Spring

Recent uprisings in Sudan and Algeria have avoided mistakes of 2011.

Jun 25, 2019 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Gilbert Achcar

Afghanistan Soldier Sunset

2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending 2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending

They should take a stand at the debates against the Pentagon’s bloated budget.

Jun 25, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran

Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran Bernie Sanders Is Exactly Right About Trump’s Saber Rattling on Iran

In a remarkable exchange, the senator rejects the notion that a “limited strike” on Iran is anything less than “an act of warfare” that could lead to catastrophe.

Jun 24, 2019 / John Nichols

Trump in Normandy

What Trump’s Selective D-Day Commemorations Leave Out What Trump’s Selective D-Day Commemorations Leave Out

Recent remembrance ceremonies have been used to airbrush the US’s interventionist history.

Jun 22, 2019 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Mike Pompeo

America’s Confrontation With Iran Goes Deeper Than Trump America’s Confrontation With Iran Goes Deeper Than Trump

The real goal is domination of the Middle East—and that’s been a bipartisan US strategy for decades.

Jun 20, 2019 / Trita Parsi

Joe Biden

The Democratic Differences on Foreign Policy That No One’s Talking About The Democratic Differences on Foreign Policy That No One’s Talking About

Champions of foreign-policy calamities shouldn’t get a pass at the debates.

Jun 18, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Refugees fleeing clashes in Iraq

Two Young Iraqi Activists Insist on Peace Two Young Iraqi Activists Insist on Peace

Noof Assi and Zain Mohammed have been organizing gatherings and carnivals even in the face of Trump’s warmongering.

Jun 14, 2019 / Laura Gottesdiener

Bibi and Trump

Trump and Bibi Are Evil Twinsies Trump and Bibi Are Evil Twinsies

As aspiring autocrats, Trump and Bibi are strikingly alike.

Jun 13, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

America’s Allies in the Middle East Are the Real ‘Troika of Tyranny’ America’s Allies in the Middle East Are the Real ‘Troika of Tyranny’

John Bolton claims that “socialist” states in Latin America are a threat. He’s lying to you.

May 30, 2019 / Danny Sjursen

Torture in Syria

How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag How One Man Survived Syria’s Gulag

Like thousands of others, Omar Alshogre was repeatedly tortured in Bashar al-Assad’s prisons—but unlike so many, he got out. Now he’s telling the world about the regime’s industria...

May 30, 2019 / Hisham Aidi

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