Middle East

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Inconsistency Is a Danger of Nuclear Proportions Donald Trump’s Inconsistency Is a Danger of Nuclear Proportions

The Iran deal is anything but safe in the hands of the “ultimate dealmaker.”

Jan 12, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Asking for a Friend: How Can I Embrace Kinky Sex in a ‘Pussy-Grabbing’ Era?

Asking for a Friend: How Can I Embrace Kinky Sex in a ‘Pussy-Grabbing’ Era? Asking for a Friend: How Can I Embrace Kinky Sex in a ‘Pussy-Grabbing’ Era?

Another reader wants to know: Should I dispute my distant relatives’ awful opinions?

Jan 6, 2017 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone

Iraq War mourner

Remembering the Costs of the Iraq War in the Age of Trump Remembering the Costs of the Iraq War in the Age of Trump

As the president-elect promises to increase military spending, we must reflect on what comes with war.

Jan 5, 2017 / Phyllis Bennis

US Special Forces in Mali

American Special Operations Forces Are Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries American Special Operations Forces Are Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries

Will Obama’s legacy as Commander-in-Chief continue under Trump?

Jan 5, 2017 / Nick Turse

Istanbul nightclub attack

Istanbul’s Bloody New Year’s Attack Struck at Its Cosmopolitan Heart Istanbul’s Bloody New Year’s Attack Struck at Its Cosmopolitan Heart

The city has seen its best features turned against itself: diversity and accessibility.

Jan 5, 2017 / Blog / Anna Lekas Miller

Vladimir Putin

Did Putin Really Launch a ‘Cyber–Pearl Harbor’ Against America? Did Putin Really Launch a ‘Cyber–Pearl Harbor’ Against America?

Hysteria over Russia’s alleged hacking of the 2016 presidential election may make this US-Russian crisis more dangerous than the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

Jan 4, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Netanyahu at AIPAC meeting

The Reason for Israel’s Hysterical Response to the UN Security Council Resolution The Reason for Israel’s Hysterical Response to the UN Security Council Resolution

Netanyahu takes pride in killing the two-state solution—but he doesn’t want to be blamed for it, because he knows the only acceptable alternative is equality for all in a single st...

Dec 28, 2016 / Yousef Munayyer

Newspaper in Hyderabad

Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All

Who’d have thought it’d be a bad idea to elect a president with business interests pretty much everywhere in the world? 

Dec 22, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Vladimir Putin, 2014.

American Cold Warriors Want to Fight Russia, Not Terrorism American Cold Warriors Want to Fight Russia, Not Terrorism

As terrorists strike again, from Ankara and Berlin to Syria, the US political-media establishment is determined to disqualify Putin as a security partner for President-elect Trump.

Dec 21, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Soldier with American Flag

Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge

Our foreign-policy alternative should be based on people’s actual concerns, not the made-up “crises” Washington think tanks cook up.

Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Stephen Miles

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