With Trump’s Cancellation of the Summit With Kim, Korea Is Back in Crisis Mode With Trump’s Cancellation of the Summit With Kim, Korea Is Back in Crisis Mode
John Bolton’s intervention, with an assist from Mike Pence, was disastrous—but it’s not too late to get the talks back on track.
May 24, 2018 / Tim Shorrock
Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts
McCarthyism and firsthand recollections of Soviet surveillance practices.
May 23, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Ray McGovern on Gina Haspel, Torture, and His Recent Arrest Ray McGovern on Gina Haspel, Torture, and His Recent Arrest
The Army and CIA veteran wants to ask: “WTF?”
May 17, 2018 / Q&A / James Carden
Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War? Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War?
A discussion of the Stephen F. Cohen–Michael McFaul debate.
May 16, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion
And it’s earned us absolutely nothing.
May 16, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
The Dangers of Withdrawing From the Iran Nuke Agreement: A Q&A With Richard Falk The Dangers of Withdrawing From the Iran Nuke Agreement: A Q&A With Richard Falk
Trump has undermined the reliability of multilateral diplomacy, compromised peaceful dispute resolution, and eroded the authority of international law.
May 16, 2018 / Q&A / Daniel Falcone
Hail Donald Caesar! Hail Donald Caesar!
A new bill might give Trump a blank check for war.
May 3, 2018 / Danny Sjursen
America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing
Why can’t the best military in the world win?
May 1, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs
Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia
Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.
Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
South and North Korea Prepare to Discuss an End to the Korean War South and North Korea Prepare to Discuss an End to the Korean War
But Washington’s pundit class seems united against a peace process.
Apr 25, 2018 / Tim Shorrock