War and Peace

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin leave at the conclusion of a press conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else Trump Won’t Deliver Peace to Ukraine—or Anywhere Else

No one can trust the United States when a fickle man-child controls its foreign policy.

Aug 18, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Gaza Protests Spread

Gaza Protests Spread Gaza Protests Spread

Starvation mounts as Netanyahu escalates attacks.

Aug 18, 2025 / OppArt / Andrew Courtney

Trump and Putin walk side-by-side silhouetted

Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska Presidents Trump and Putin Must Seize the Moment in Alaska

The war in Ukraine is a regional security and humanitarian tragedy, but regarding nuclear weapons, Washington and Moscow stand to benefit from working together.

Aug 15, 2025 / RootsAction and The American Committee for US-Russia Accord

A huge cloud resulting from the massive fires started by “Little Boy,” the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, is photographed from a reconnaissance plane a few hours after the initial explosion on August 6, 1945.

What Does It Mean to Remember Hiroshima as Bombs Drop on Gaza? What Does It Mean to Remember Hiroshima as Bombs Drop on Gaza?

This year, the sanitized appeals to peace, hope, and resilience in memory of the catastrophe have become increasingly hollow.

Aug 14, 2025 / Eric Ross

Children of various ages suffering from malnutrition are being treated with limited resources due to shortages of baby formula and medicine at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on August 11, 2025.

I’m a Teenager In Gaza. And I Am Starving. I’m a Teenager In Gaza. And I Am Starving.

What hits you first is the exhaustion carved into every face. The sickly pallor. The terrifying weight loss ravaging everyone—yes, including me.

Aug 14, 2025 / Lujayn

Chinese President Xi Jinping reviews the honor guard during a welcome ceremony at The Great Hall of the People on November 22, 2023, in Beijing,

Washington’s Dangerous China Consensus Washington’s Dangerous China Consensus

Fantasies of national unity drive the bipartisan push for a new cold war.

Aug 13, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Ordinary Egyptians show their support for Palestinians, but their government leaves them in legal and political limbo.

We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us. We Left Gaza. But Our Pain Came With Us.

Palestinians who escaped the horrors of Gaza face a new trauma: the dislocation of exile from our homeland.

Aug 13, 2025 / Feature / Mohammed R. Mhawish

Donald Trump, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L), and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R), sign the joint declaration “peace road map” following their trilateral meeting at the White House on August 8, 2025.

Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus Trump’s “Corridor Wars” in the Caucasus

His deals are informed by hyper-transactional dealmaking.

Aug 12, 2025 / Pietro A. Shakarian

Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die

Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die Netanyahu’s Lies as Children Die

Distorting the reality of the crisis in Gaza.

Aug 12, 2025 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear

Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear Mamdani’s Victory Over Fear

New York's political establishment threw the whole post-9/11 playbook against the Democratic nominee for mayor, and came up empty.

Aug 12, 2025 / Spencer Ackerman

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