Syria May Be the First Climate-Change Conflict, but It Won’t Be the Last Syria May Be the First Climate-Change Conflict, but It Won’t Be the Last
While our political establishment dithers, the Pentagon recognizes that climate change is an immediate threat to national security.
Oct 27, 2015 / Joshua Holland
The Benghazi Hearings We Need The Benghazi Hearings We Need
It is time to challenge a global overreach that has failed repeatedly in the past and seems doomed to fail in the future.
Oct 27, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security How Climate Change Is Threatening Iraq’s Fragile Security
A major drought in Syria helped lead to the revolution and Assad’s crackdown. Harsh weather in Iraq could prove just as destabilizing.
Oct 27, 2015 / John Knefel
US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever
Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the US presses onward in a region where it has few clear goals. What could go wrong?
Oct 22, 2015 / Peter Van Buren
What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters
They’re drawn to the movement for reasons that have little to do with belief in extremist Islam.
Oct 21, 2015 / Lydia Wilson
Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder? Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder?
How the “sulking superpower” is resisting peaceful outcomes from Syria to Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country
The influx of Syrian refugees into Europe has reinvigorated Ireland’s debate on its involvement with the war on terror.
Oct 20, 2015 / Danielle Ryan
Never Mind the Civilian Casualties Never Mind the Civilian Casualties
Drones don’t!
Oct 20, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire? Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire?
It's time for international negotiations to finally begin.
Oct 19, 2015 / Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer
Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0 Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0
Our policy of arming and training local militias in Vietnam was largely unsuccessful. So why are we repeating that mistake today?
Oct 13, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich