Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Shook Everyone—Except Trump Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Shook Everyone—Except Trump
For Trump, outrage over the slaying of the journalist was just the cost of doing business with Saudi Arabia.
Oct 4, 2019 / Mohamad Bazzi
Unasked Questions About US-Ukrainian Relations Unasked Questions About US-Ukrainian Relations
Is US national security being trumped by loathing for Trump?
Oct 3, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Our Arms Race Is Never-Ending Our Arms Race Is Never-Ending
Hypersonic missiles are the latest entrant to our doomsday logic.
Oct 1, 2019 / Rajan Menon
Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue
Unrecognized labor… Taking offense… Hope amid troubles…
Oct 1, 2019 / Our Readers
UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria UN Accuses US-Allied Forces of War Crimes in Syria
US generals are seemingly unaware of the allegations or whether they leveled Syrian villages.
Sep 27, 2019 / Nick Turse
Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason Israel Canceled the FIFA Palestine Cup for No Apparent Reason
Many think it was done to drive a wedge between the West Bank and Gaza in order to thwart the aspirations to nationhood of the Palestinian people.
Sep 26, 2019 / Dave Zirin
Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying. Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying.
We can’t expect the Pentagon to serve taxpayers first unless long-standing ties to private defense contractors are undone.
Sep 26, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants
The strikes did not claim any human victims, they claimed oil, millions and millions of barrels of it—which is precisely why it may lead to war.
Sep 26, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
Trump’s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk Trump’s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk
Legal scholar Richard Falk on Iran, Saudi Arabia, and American interests abroad.
Sep 25, 2019 / Daniel Falcone
Military Service in the Era of Eternal War Military Service in the Era of Eternal War
An army veteran recounts the exasperation and disillusionment experienced while serving in America’s forever wars.
Sep 24, 2019 / Danny Sjursen