Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet
Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy.
Mar 27, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Apocalypse Soon? John Bolton Is Set to Replace H.R. McMaster as National-Security Adviser Apocalypse Soon? John Bolton Is Set to Replace H.R. McMaster as National-Security Adviser
Even a cursory look at some of Bolton’s pronouncements on a number of high-profile foreign-policy challenges should be cause for grave concern.
Mar 23, 2018 / James Carden
Russia Endorses Putin as a Trusted Leader While Washington and London Condemn Him (Again) Russia Endorses Putin as a Trusted Leader While Washington and London Condemn Him (Again)
Some reflections on the Russian presidential election and on the Sergei Skripal case.
Mar 22, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
South Korean President Moon’s Gamble for Peace With North Korea Has Paid Off South Korean President Moon’s Gamble for Peace With North Korea Has Paid Off
But the diplomatic process will be managed by US and Korean spy agencies.
Mar 22, 2018 / Tim Shorrock
Unanswered Questions Linger Over the Salisbury Poisoning Unanswered Questions Linger Over the Salisbury Poisoning
An anti-Russia smokescreen may prevent the truth of the poisoning of former double agent Sergei Skripal from ever being known.
Mar 21, 2018 / Mary Dejevsky
The Saudi Crown Prince Auditions for Trump as ‘Policeman of the Middle East’ The Saudi Crown Prince Auditions for Trump as ‘Policeman of the Middle East’
But with friends like this—a repressive monarch, a war criminal, and a sectarian ideologue—who needs enemies?
Mar 20, 2018 / Juan Cole
The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War The Pentagon Wants You to Go Shopping While the Experts Go to War
Americans are in the dark about the near-global warfare being waged in their name.
Mar 15, 2018 / William J. Astore
Donald Trump Is on a Crusade Donald Trump Is on a Crusade
But if you think the malevolence of this period began with him, think again.
Mar 8, 2018 / James Carroll
How Washington Provoked—and Perhaps Lost—a New Nuclear-Arms Race How Washington Provoked—and Perhaps Lost—a New Nuclear-Arms Race
Putin declares that the long US attempt to gain nuclear superiority over Russia has failed and hopes Washington will “listen now.”
Mar 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Are US Troops Still in South Korea, Anyway? Why Are US Troops Still in South Korea, Anyway?
Our garrison is no longer needed to defend the South—and it poses a continuing threat to the North.
Mar 6, 2018 / Jeff Faux