National Security

How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World

How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World How Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Changed the World

A year after 122 nations adopted a nuclear-weapons ban, the treaty is showing results.

Jul 6, 2018 / Ray Acheson

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Despite Anonymous Carping, US–North Korea Talks Continue Despite Anonymous Carping, US–North Korea Talks Continue

Opponents of talks are using a DIA assessment to undercut the Singapore summit.

Jul 3, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

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Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?

If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.

Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

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Trump’s Border: Gitmo for Kids Trump’s Border: Gitmo for Kids

The Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility set the stage structurally, institutionally, and legally for what we’ve just witnessed at the border.

Jun 26, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg

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What Will Become of Nicaragua? What Will Become of Nicaragua?

Civil unrest marks a crucial tipping point in the country’s history of political revolution.

Jun 25, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon

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Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence

The unprecedented allegation that the Kremlin “attacked America” and “colluded” with its president in order to elect him is based on two documents devoid of facts or logic.

Jun 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Sister Simone Campbell

Jeff Sessions and Sarah Huckabee Sanders Are Quoting the Bible—and These Nuns Are Not Having It Jeff Sessions and Sarah Huckabee Sanders Are Quoting the Bible—and These Nuns Are Not Having It

“Give me a break,” says Sister Simone Campbell.

Jun 20, 2018 / John Nichols

Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate

Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate Why We Need a Wider Foreign-Policy Debate

The establishment consensus has failed. Citizen intervention can change that.

Jun 20, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Climate Change Is Our Most Critical National-Security Challenge

Climate Change Is Our Most Critical National-Security Challenge Climate Change Is Our Most Critical National-Security Challenge

To face it, Washington needs to end the subsidies that enrich the hydrocarbon industry.

Jun 20, 2018 / Feature / Bill McKibben

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Trump Meets Kim, Averting Threat of Nuclear War—and US Pundits Are Furious Trump Meets Kim, Averting Threat of Nuclear War—and US Pundits Are Furious

The media response, from both liberals and conservatives, betrays a cynical disregard for South Korea.

Jun 13, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

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