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
September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security September 11’s Biggest Lesson Still Hasn’t Been Learned—and It Has Nothing to Do With National Security
Liberty and safety are not incompatible; but try telling that to the national security state.
Oct 3, 2016 / Karen J. Greenberg
Washington Knew Pinochet Ordered an Act of Terrorism on US Soil—but Did Nothing About It Washington Knew Pinochet Ordered an Act of Terrorism on US Soil—but Did Nothing About It
Obama now has an opportunity to commemorate his victims by releasing the still-secret documents that hold the Chilean dictator accountable.
Sep 21, 2016 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Dear Daughter: I’m Sorry for Helping Create the Post-9/11 World You Have to Grow Up In Dear Daughter: I’m Sorry for Helping Create the Post-9/11 World You Have to Grow Up In
Sending your child off to college is hard enough without the constant fear of terror that looms over us.
Sep 19, 2016 / Peter Van Buren
Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Is a Horror Movie—and the Monster Is Our National Security State Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ Is a Horror Movie—and the Monster Is Our National Security State
For Trump to have these instruments of power would be a catastrophe.
Sep 19, 2016 / Juan Cole
Turkey Is Supporting the Syrian Jihadis Washington Says It Wants to Fight Turkey Is Supporting the Syrian Jihadis Washington Says It Wants to Fight
And our NATO ally is bent on destroying the Kurds of Rojava, the Syrian force with the most democratic, pluralistic, and feminist vision.
Sep 16, 2016 / Meredith Tax
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 / Stephen F. Cohen
What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton
Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.
Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
For the 15 Years Since 9/11, the US Has Waged an Endless Campaign of Violence in the Middle East For the 15 Years Since 9/11, the US Has Waged an Endless Campaign of Violence in the Middle East
No one knows how many American bombs have gone off on Middle Eastern soil.
Sep 8, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War
Obama rejects a partnership with Russia against ISIS in Syria and reneges on his own proposals to reduce nuclear dangers while Ukraine’s President Poroshenko reneges on an agreemen...
Sep 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen