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Trump Putin Vietnam

Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News Inconvenient Thoughts on Cold War and Other News

Intelligence agencies, Nikki Haley, sanctions, and public opinion.

Oct 17, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Red Square in Moscow

More Cold War Extremism and Crises More Cold War Extremism and Crises

Overshadowed by the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings, US-Russian relations grow ever more perilous.

Oct 3, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump USMCA Announcement

Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal Trump’s Reality-TV Trade Deal

He claims the new North American bill is a victory for US manufacturing, but it’s a lot like the TPP and does very little for US workers.

Oct 3, 2018 / Dean Baker

London protest against militarism in Syria

Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy

A clear message is needed: Enough with endless wars and the global oligarchy.

Sep 25, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Jack O'Keefe Project Veritas

How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right How Conspiracy Theories Unite the International Far Right

At a recent gathering in St. Louis, paranoia, xenophobia, and racism gave far-right activists from around the world a common cause.  

Sep 21, 2018 / Brendan O’Connor

Putin Helicopter

Who Putin Is Not Who Putin Is Not

Falsely demonizing Russia’s leader has made the new Cold War even more dangerous.

Sep 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Putin Index Finger

‘Vital’ US Moles in the Kremlin Go Missing! ‘Vital’ US Moles in the Kremlin Go Missing!

According to New York Times intel leakers, “informants close to” Putin have “gone silent.” What can it all mean?

Aug 29, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

John Brennan

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

Russia Sanctions Currency Exchange

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

Protesters rip an electoral poster of president Jovenel Moïse

Amid an Uprising, Can Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Deliver on His Promises? Amid an Uprising, Can Haitian President Jovenel Moïse Deliver on His Promises?

Haiti’s “Banana Man” compared himself to Trump—he was more right than we realized.

Jul 27, 2018 / Jake Johnston

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