The Trauma of Chemical Warfare Continues to Terrorize Syrians The Trauma of Chemical Warfare Continues to Terrorize Syrians
While the fragile Syrian cease-fire is holding, the horrors of the last five years aren’t easily forgotten.
Apr 1, 2016 / John Knefel
The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump
The Syrian-Russian retaking of a major ISIS stronghold and the West’s further control over the Kiev government refute the orthodox US narrative of the new Cold War, which Trump is ...
Mar 30, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
The Decades-Long Conflict in Western Sahara Just Got Worse The Decades-Long Conflict in Western Sahara Just Got Worse
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has aggravated tensions with Morocco—and done little to help the Polisario Front.
Mar 29, 2016 / Anna Theofilopoulou
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Mar 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine
Officially “stateless” in the eyes of the US government, Hisham Shaban Ghalia has ground the mechanisms of deportation to a halt.
Mar 28, 2016 / John Washington
Standing Ovations for Donald Trump at AIPAC Standing Ovations for Donald Trump at AIPAC
Pandering to the pro-Israel lobby was the order of the day for candidates of both parties.
Mar 23, 2016 / Ali Gharib
Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy Trump v. Disastrous US Triumphalism in Foreign Policy
Trump’s challenge to 20-year bipartisan consensus may finally produce the missing public debate.
Mar 23, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
There Is No Military Solution for Syria There Is No Military Solution for Syria
Longtime UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi talks about how to end the tragedy, and when you really need diplomacy.
Mar 18, 2016 / Barbara Crossette
The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation The Syrian Who Wanted the Revolution, Part Seven: The Salvation
On the fifth anniversary of the revolt, the film collective Abounaddara gives a voice, a face, and a humanity to one of the country’s bludgeoned survivors.
Mar 18, 2016 / Video / Moustafa Bayoumi
The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate
Unless we address these long-standing foreign policy questions, we’ll continue playing international whack-a-mole for the next four years.
Mar 17, 2016 / Peter Van Buren