Will the US Go to War Against Ebola? Will the US Go to War Against Ebola?
Countering Ebola will require a whole new set of protections and priorities, which should emerge from the medical and public health communities—not the national security state.
Oct 21, 2014 / Karen J. Greenberg
Venezuela at the UN, Washington At Bay Venezuela at the UN, Washington At Bay
The US tried to block Venezuela from the United Nations Security Council, and failed.
Oct 20, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Why We Need International Recognition of the State of Palestine Why We Need International Recognition of the State of Palestine
After two decades of sham negotiations, it’s the best way to put pressure on Israel to end the occupation.
Oct 17, 2014 / Mustafa Barghouti
Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t
How the WHO’s blindness and Western biases let the Ebola epidemic run wild.
Oct 10, 2014 / Annie Sparrow
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully? Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
Beijing is experimenting with "soft power" approaches, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Oct 9, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Piero Sarmiento and Foreign Policy In Focus
Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid? Guess Who’s Holding Up Ebola Aid?
A Republican Senator criticized Obama’s plan because it “focuses on Africa.”
Oct 9, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Obama Is Fighting ISIS, Iran and Russia With… Oil? Obama Is Fighting ISIS, Iran and Russia With… Oil?
How the US is using trade sanctions and other means to curb the oil exports of its foes.
Oct 9, 2014 / Michael T. Klare
Fighting Hong Kong’s Inequality Crisis Fighting Hong Kong’s Inequality Crisis
Though the territory’s street protests have largely died down, the pro-democracy movement proved it was in for the long haul.
Oct 8, 2014 / Editorial / Michelle Chen
No, ISIS Is Not a Threat to the US No, ISIS Is Not a Threat to the US
The terror-mongers are at it again, but dangers to the “homeland” are vanishingly small.
Oct 7, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Is Israel Guilty of Genocide in Its Assault on Gaza? Is Israel Guilty of Genocide in Its Assault on Gaza?
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, inspired by the 1967 inquiry into American war crimes in Vietnam, examined the case.
Oct 6, 2014 / Richard Falk