Middle East

Syrian Family Bombed Building

The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable The US Turns Its Back on the World’s Most Vulnerable

The Trump administration reveals, again, its contempt for TPS and will stop giving protected status to Syrians.

Feb 1, 2018 / Julianne Hing

Richard Falk UN

A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2 A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2

On Israel, Palestine, and his work as a UN special rapporteur.

Jan 31, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Recent Troops in Afghanistan

Today’s Wars Are Based on a Fundamental Misunderstanding of History Today’s Wars Are Based on a Fundamental Misunderstanding of History

Until we correct it, we can count on ceaseless, tragic war.

Jan 29, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

Turkish Soldiers in Afrin

Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force

The Kurds have said they will fight to the death before they give up an inch of Afrin.

Jan 26, 2018 / Meredith Tax

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

Will Lebanon Force a Million Syrian Refugees to Return to a War Zone?

Will Lebanon Force a Million Syrian Refugees to Return to a War Zone? Will Lebanon Force a Million Syrian Refugees to Return to a War Zone?

As anti-refugee sentiment grows in Lebanon, desperate Syrians may be forced to choose between staying in a place that doesn't want them and returning to a broken country.

Jan 24, 2018 / Feature / Eric Reidy

No Harassment -- Egypt

What the Egyptian Revolution Can Offer #MeToo What the Egyptian Revolution Can Offer #MeToo

I helped protect women from assault during the protests—those experiences can benefit feminists all over the world.

Jan 22, 2018 / Yasmin El-Rifae

Roosevelt Churchill Stalin

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

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

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