US Wars and Military Action

Russ Feingold Warns Against ‘Yet Another Rush Toward a Full-Scale Ground Invasion’ of Syria and Iraq

Russ Feingold Warns Against ‘Yet Another Rush Toward a Full-Scale Ground Invasion’ of Syria and Iraq Russ Feingold Warns Against ‘Yet Another Rush Toward a Full-Scale Ground Invasion’ of Syria and Iraq

The veteran senator and US envoy says that “we cannot repeat the mistakes of the past.”

Dec 28, 2015 / John Nichols

The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust?

The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust? The Post-1991 World Order Is Crumbling—When Will the US Adjust?

Despite transformational events from Ukraine and the European Union to the Middle East, Washington refuses to re-think anything.

Dec 23, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

School lockdown drill

When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’ When Your 3-Year-Old Son Asks, ‘Are They Going to Kill Me?’

We shouldn’t have to explain lockdown drills to preschoolers.

Dec 22, 2015 / Frida Berrigan

A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders

A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders A Vigorous Foreign-Policy Debate Between Clinton and Sanders

A long-overdue debate has opened.

Dec 22, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Senator Lindsey Graham

With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still With Lindsey Graham’s Exit, a Dismal Republican Race Is Diminished Further Still

The candidate who called out Trump’s bigotry is now out of the running.

Dec 21, 2015 / John Nichols

US Army Joint Chiefs General William C. Westmoreland, 1972.

Support the Troops… and Support Me Support the Troops… and Support Me

A new history of the military welfare state shows how politicians and military leaders have draped themselves in yellow ribbons to advance their own careers.

Dec 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Martha Saxton

Members of the antiwar group SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy) rally outside Japan's parliament building, August 21, 2015.

Japan Is Scrapping Its Pacifist Constitution, Despite Massive Public Opposition Japan Is Scrapping Its Pacifist Constitution, Despite Massive Public Opposition

The US is pushing Japan to arm for war, but hundreds of thousands of students and mothers are lining the streets for peace.

Dec 16, 2015 / Lisa Torio

Kerry’s Mission to Moscow

Kerry’s Mission to Moscow Kerry’s Mission to Moscow

After meeting with Putin, the secretary of state calls for a new US-Russian partnership—but can he enact it?

Dec 16, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

The New Nuclear Arms Race

The New Nuclear Arms Race The New Nuclear Arms Race

Former Clinton Defense Secretary offers dire warning. 

Dec 15, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us

Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us

Why the Gulf states, the Kurds, the Turks, the Sunnis, and the Shia won’t fight America’s war.

Dec 10, 2015 / Peter Van Buren

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