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Just When You Thought Trump’s Cabinet Couldn’t Get Any More Dangerous Just When You Thought Trump’s Cabinet Couldn’t Get Any More Dangerous

The president finally has the minions he wants: devoted and fervently militaristic.

Apr 5, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?

Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right? Is Dutch Bad Boy Thierry Baudet the New Face of the European Alt-Right?

His apocalyptic rhetoric is a hit among voters anxious about national identity and suspicious of the EU.

Apr 5, 2018 / Feature / Sebastiaan Faber

Russia People

Russophobia in the New Cold War Russophobia in the New Cold War

Several factors make this US-Russian Cold War more dangerous than its predecessor—is “Russo-madness” one of them?

Apr 4, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Is America’s Number-One Weapon Salesman Donald Trump Is America’s Number-One Weapon Salesman

And he couldn’t be prouder of the job he’s doing.

Apr 2, 2018 / William D. Hartung

‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’ ‘A Border Control Official Sexually Abused Me’

Aura Hernández fled to the US seeking safety. Instead, she encountered threats, harassment, and assault.

Apr 2, 2018 / Feature / Laura Gottesdiener, Malav Kanuga, and Cinthya Santos Briones

Can Five Stars Govern Italy?

Can Five Stars Govern Italy? Can Five Stars Govern Italy?

It lacks consistent policies, it contradicts itself in action, and its hands aren’t totally clean.

Apr 2, 2018 / Between Us, We Cover the World / Luca Manucci

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War

“Russiagate” and the Skirpal affair have escalated dangers inherent in the new Cold War beyond those of the preceding one.

Mar 28, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Kenyan election workers

In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death

Social media amplify the threat posed by Cambridge Analytica and the rest of Africa’s secretive political-consulting industry.

Mar 28, 2018 / Nanjala Nyabola

Nuclear missiles

Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap

For our national security, we need self-control more than we need arms-control talks.

Mar 27, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

John Bolton

Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet

Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy.

Mar 27, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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