What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals
Valorizing an ex-CIA director and bashing Trump obscures what is truly ominous.
Aug 22, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
America’s Gulf Allies Are Making the World a More Dangerous Place America’s Gulf Allies Are Making the World a More Dangerous Place
Maybe it’s time to ask, “With friends like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who needs enemies?”
Aug 15, 2018 / Kate Kizer
Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain
Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime?
Aug 10, 2018 / Gordon N. Bardos
The Generations Lost to America’s Infinite War The Generations Lost to America’s Infinite War
Wars are no longer won—they just continue forever, taking generations of American soldiers with them.
Aug 6, 2018 / Nick Turse
How Israeli Tech Firms Act as Global Agents of Repression How Israeli Tech Firms Act as Global Agents of Repression
Two private intelligence companies hack political enemies in Africa, Europe, the Mideast, and the United States, for a price.
Jul 27, 2018 / Richard Silverstein
An Audacious Proposal for a US–North Korean Alliance An Audacious Proposal for a US–North Korean Alliance
Five analysts propose remaking the 1953 armistice to provide security guarantees to Kim Jong-un.
Jul 27, 2018 / Tim Shorrock
Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine
This might be the most self-defeating approach ever adopted by a modern American president.
Jul 23, 2018 / John Feffer
The US Turns a Blind Eye to Uganda’s Assault on Democracy The US Turns a Blind Eye to Uganda’s Assault on Democracy
For decades, dictator Yoweri Museveni has been a stalwart ally of the US military, while oppressing his own people.
Jul 20, 2018 / Helen C. Epstein
Trump as New Cold War Heretic Trump as New Cold War Heretic
The president has broken with the nearly 20-year orthodoxy of blaming Russia alone for today’s post-Soviet confrontations.
Jul 18, 2018 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen