Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?
Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.
Feb 22, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End McCain Talks Tough as the War in Ukraine Continues Without End
John McCain and Lindsey Graham have been urging Ukrainian soldiers to break the Minsk cease-fire agreement.
Feb 21, 2017 / James Carden
This US Military Officer Explains Why America’s Middle East Wars Have Been Utter Failures This US Military Officer Explains Why America’s Middle East Wars Have Been Utter Failures
Hint: The foundational narrative is the problem.
Feb 21, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive
Common sense is getting lost in the frenzy. What we don’t need is a replay of Cold War hysteria that cuts off debate and slanders skeptics.
Feb 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Syrian Kurds and Allegations of War Crimes The Syrian Kurds and Allegations of War Crimes
Critics respond to Roy Gutman’s special report on the Syrian Kurdish militia.
Feb 21, 2017 / Meredith Tax and Roy Gutman
What Is the Deep State? What Is the Deep State?
Even if we assume the concept is valid, surely it’s not useful to think of the competing interests it represents as monolithic.
Feb 17, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop
Bipartisan allegations that Trump is a “puppet” of or “compromised” by the Kremlin have grown into latter-day McCarthyism with grave threats to America and the world.
Feb 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
If Trump Wants to Defeat ISIS, He’d Better Stop Alienating Muslims If Trump Wants to Defeat ISIS, He’d Better Stop Alienating Muslims
From the Salafi Muslims who beat the terrorists in Libya to the Shiite militias of Iraq, they are crucial allies in this fight.
Feb 15, 2017 / Juan Cole
Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands
Donald Trump shouldn’t have his finger on the button—but neither should anyone else.
Feb 15, 2017 / Tim Wright
Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives
What is the relationship between the Holocaust’s history and its memory?
Feb 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon