North America

Trump Clinton Debate

What if the Next Presidential Debate Actually Covered Critical Issues? What if the Next Presidential Debate Actually Covered Critical Issues?

We need a debate worthy of the challenges we face as a nation.

Oct 18, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Warmongering in Washington, Preparation for War in Moscow

Warmongering in Washington, Preparation for War in Moscow Warmongering in Washington, Preparation for War in Moscow

In reaction to US words and deeds, the Kremlin is preparing the Russian nation for the possibility of war.

Oct 12, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Greenville High School

The Anonymous Town That Was the Model of Desegregation in the Civil-Rights Era The Anonymous Town That Was the Model of Desegregation in the Civil-Rights Era

Here’s how it fell apart.

Oct 4, 2016 / Feature / LynNell Hancock

Syria Damascus airstrike

The Obama Administration’s Suspension of Syria Talks With Russia Is the Most Dangerous Development in a New Cold War The Obama Administration’s Suspension of Syria Talks With Russia Is the Most Dangerous Development in a New Cold War

The collapse of talks takes the United States one step closer to an unnecessarily deadly “military solution” to the Syria crisis.

Oct 3, 2016 / James Carden

Referendum in Colombia

Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement? Did Human Rights Watch Sabotage Colombia’s Peace Agreement?

Like the country’s far right, HRW wanted to send human-rights violators to prison more than it wanted to end the war. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

More Squandered Opportunities to Deal With the New Cold War

More Squandered Opportunities to Deal With the New Cold War More Squandered Opportunities to Deal With the New Cold War

The enemies of détente with Russia sabotaged Obama’s proposed alliance with Russia in Syria while the American presidential debate ignored all the perilous issues inherent in the C...

Sep 28, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Obama and Santos

After Years of Stoking Colombia’s Civil War, Washington Is Now Trying to Hijack the Peace Deal After Years of Stoking Colombia’s Civil War, Washington Is Now Trying to Hijack the Peace Deal

The US-funded Plan Colombia imposed catastrophic violence on the country, resulting in a mountain of corpses and millions of displaced civilians.

Sep 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Trump Baton Rouge

America Has Gotten So Absurd That We Are Seriously Considering Electing a Walking Ponzi Scheme as President America Has Gotten So Absurd That We Are Seriously Considering Electing a Walking Ponzi Scheme as President

Welcome to the United States, where war, nukes, and birther conspiracy theories reign supreme.

Sep 22, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt

Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party?

Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party? Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party?

The US military attack on the Syrian army gravely endangers Obama’s proposed détente with Putin in Syria and elsewhere.

Sep 21, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine? Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine?

Pro-détente diplomacy is being fiercely opposed by detractors from Washington to Kiev.

Sep 14, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

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