National Security

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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

North Korea Protest Summit in Vancouver

Women’s Peace Groups in Vancouver Press for Korea Negotiations Women’s Peace Groups in Vancouver Press for Korea Negotiations

A US-proposed naval blockade “is not diplomacy,” they tell UN member states.

Jan 16, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

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

trump battleship

Fortress America Is Crumbling Fortress America Is Crumbling

Trump’s inept one-man diplomacy is wrecking US foreign policy.

Jan 16, 2018 / Alfred McCoy

Trump on Iran Deal

How Trump Could Use the Iran Protests to Kill the Nuke Deal How Trump Could Use the Iran Protests to Kill the Nuke Deal

He could simply refuse to renew the sanctions waivers, of course. But there’s also a more insidious path he could take.

Jan 11, 2018 / Reza Marashi

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

Trump Is On His Way to Record-Setting Defense Spending in 2018 Trump Is On His Way to Record-Setting Defense Spending in 2018

As the president doubles down on wars abroad, companies like Boeing stand to reap billions.

Jan 11, 2018 / Dispatch / William D. Hartung

George HW Bush and Gorbachev

The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’ The US ‘Betrayed’ Russia, but It Is Not ‘News That’s Fit to Print’

New evidence that Washington broke its promise not to expand NATO “one inch eastward”—a fateful decision with ongoing ramifications—has not been reported by The New York Times or o...

Jan 10, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

North and South Korea talks

South and North Korea Hold Talks; US War Hawks Are Alarmed at the Prospect of Peace South and North Korea Hold Talks; US War Hawks Are Alarmed at the Prospect of Peace

Underpinning such thinking is the assumption that neither Seoul nor Pyongyang has the right to make peace on its own terms.

Jan 10, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

US Special Forces in Africa

Bulking Up on Special Operations Forces in 2018 Will Not Stop Terrorism Bulking Up on Special Operations Forces in 2018 Will Not Stop Terrorism

With a record number of deployments and outsourced proxies, elite forces are achieving less with more.

Jan 9, 2018 / Nick Turse

Recent Troops in Afghanistan

A New Poll Shows the Public Is Overwhelmingly Opposed to Endless US Military Interventions A New Poll Shows the Public Is Overwhelmingly Opposed to Endless US Military Interventions

There is a wide bipartisan majority that seeks an American foreign policy of realism and restraint.

Jan 9, 2018 / James Carden

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