North America

NAFTA flags

9 Reasons Why You Should Care About Trade 9 Reasons Why You Should Care About Trade

Elites make trade boring for a reason. Here’s how to fight back.

Jun 17, 2019 / Ethan Earle

Trump Putin Vietnam

Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security Russiagate Zealotry Continues to Endanger American National Security

If Venezuela becomes a Cuban Missile–like Crisis, will Trump be free to resolve it peacefully?

May 8, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump Air Force One

Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention Trump Promised Restraint but Has Delivered More Calamitous Intervention

He is sowing chaos and intervening from Yemen to Iran to Venezuela and beyond.

May 7, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Robert Mueller sworn in

Mueller’s Own Mysteries Mueller’s Own Mysteries

Little-noted aspects of the first volume of the Mueller report.

May 1, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Mueller Russia Probe

Will the Mueller Report Make the New Cold War Even Worse? Will the Mueller Report Make the New Cold War Even Worse?

How the long-anticipated report addresses—or ignores—Russiagate allegations will be vital for US-Russian relations.

Apr 17, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Muller in June, 2017

The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’ The Fictitious ‘Russian Attack’ vs. the Real Imperative to ‘Cooperate With Russia’

The Kremlin did not “attack America” in 2016, but the myth could lead to war between the nuclear superpowers.

Apr 3, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Rachel Maddow

The Real Costs of Russiagate The Real Costs of Russiagate

Its perpetrators, not Putin or Trump, “attacked American democracy.”

Mar 27, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Iraq US Coalition Airstrike

It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War

We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.

Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Russian Jets and Flags

The Cold War Ides of March The Cold War Ides of March

US Cold Warriors escalate toward actual war with Russia.

Mar 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Anders Breivik

White Supremacy Is Bigger Than 8Chan White Supremacy Is Bigger Than 8Chan

Blaming the Internet alone for racist mass shootings is a naive delusion. 

Mar 15, 2019 / Brendan O’Connor

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