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Afghan Escalation

Great Power Politics After Afghanistan Great Power Politics After Afghanistan

Resetting the global chessboard.

Aug 24, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

US Marines in Afghanistan

Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In

There should be a serious accounting for the Afghanistan debacle.

Aug 17, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.

Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account. Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.

The grotesque costs of lying about the war have grown too large to bear.

Aug 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Washington Square Park protest

Welcome to Washington Square Park, Capital of Woke Bohemia Welcome to Washington Square Park, Capital of Woke Bohemia

A vibrant new youth scene is taking shape in Greenwich Village. Some people want to shut it down.

Jul 30, 2021 / Richard Goldstein

Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated

Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated Biden’s New Immigration Plan Is Already Outdated

Migration is a cure for economic crisis—not a cause of it.

Jul 22, 2021 / Dispatch / Aviva Chomsky

US President Joe Biden

Is a War With China Inevitable? Is a War With China Inevitable?

The statements coming out of the Department of Defense and the upper ranks of Congress these days make it seem that way.

Jul 15, 2021 / Dispatch / Michael T. Klare

balloons floating in sky

Untethered, or The Year of Living Virtually Untethered, or The Year of Living Virtually

Reflections on ruptured time.

Jul 14, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Patricia J. Williams

Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World

Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World Haiti Has Been Abandoned—by the Media, the US, and the World

Human rights activist Antoinette Duclaire’s murder is the latest for a country in chaos—where an obsession with elections obscures a complete absence of democracy or accountability...

Jul 6, 2021 / 2021 Year in Review / Amy Wilentz

Work in Progress

Work in Progress Work in Progress

Making a film together, alone, on two continents, in two languages, in a pandemic.

Jun 23, 2021 / Something Is Happening Here / Divad Durant

Biden’s New Normal Seems Ominously Heading Toward a Revival of Cold War Politics

Biden’s New Normal Seems Ominously Heading Toward a Revival of Cold War Politics Biden’s New Normal Seems Ominously Heading Toward a Revival of Cold War Politics

We need a far more serious discussion about the real security priorities of the American people—and the real challenges we face.

Jun 22, 2021 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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