My Mother, the American War Hero My Mother, the American War Hero
My mother’s caricatures were more than just drawings—they were a symbol of the civilian mobilization that’s since disappeared from American wars.
Jul 21, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
John Kerry’s Next Challenge John Kerry’s Next Challenge
Confronting the war party on Ukraine
Jul 21, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Luther the Anger Translator No Longer Needed as Obama Fights for the Iranian Deal Luther the Anger Translator No Longer Needed as Obama Fights for the Iranian Deal
Obama’s impatience with the stagecraft of the White House press conference hints at a long overdue rhetorical change.
Jul 17, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Is Russia Really ‘the Greatest Threat’ to US National Security? Is Russia Really ‘the Greatest Threat’ to US National Security?
Ashton Carter, Victoria Nuland, and Gen. Joseph Dunford want us to think so.
Jul 14, 2015 / James Carden
The Side of Drone Warfare No One Is Talking About The Side of Drone Warfare No One Is Talking About
Low-level drone intelligence analysts are often straight out of high school and suffering from PTSD at alarming rates.
Jul 13, 2015 / Pratap Chatterjee
Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War? Is ‘Putin’s Aggression’ Primarily Responsible for the Increasingly Dangerous New US-Russian Cold War?
What the ongoing policy conflicts in Moscow mean for US–Russian relations.
Jul 8, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
What Was the Confederate Flag Doing in Cuba, Vietnam, and Iraq? What Was the Confederate Flag Doing in Cuba, Vietnam, and Iraq?
The Confederate flag’s military tenure continued long after the Civil War ended.
Jul 7, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The Superpower Conundrum The Superpower Conundrum
The rise and fall of just about everything.
Jul 2, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
Is There a Human Right to Kill? Is There a Human Right to Kill?
How governments, NGOs, and conservative think tanks turned the language of human rights on its head.
Jul 2, 2015 / Nicola Perugini and Neve Gordon
The US Is Addicted to War The US Is Addicted to War
When you define something as war, violence becomes the only means.
Jun 29, 2015 / William J. Astore