America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion
And it’s earned us absolutely nothing.
May 16, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Progressives Need a New Way to Talk About National Security Progressives Need a New Way to Talk About National Security
Voters say they support cuts in defense spending—Democrats should, too.
May 11, 2018 / Feature / Joe Cirincione and Guy T. Saperstein
The United States Is the Real Extremist Country The United States Is the Real Extremist Country
Our investment in destruction is anything but normal.
May 8, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Hail Donald Caesar! Hail Donald Caesar!
A new bill might give Trump a blank check for war.
May 3, 2018 / Danny Sjursen
The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance The Persecution of GN Saibaba and India’s ‘Annihilation’ of the Resistance
The plight of a wheelchair-bound professor reveals India’s “Terminator-like” attacks on dissent.
May 2, 2018 / Tekendra Parmar
America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing America Just Has One War—That It Keeps Losing
Why can’t the best military in the world win?
May 1, 2018 / Arnold Isaacs
John Bolton’s Extremism Is Perfectly Aligned With the Most Bellicose Israeli Policies John Bolton’s Extremism Is Perfectly Aligned With the Most Bellicose Israeli Policies
Whether he consciously puts Israel’s interests first or whether he believes they are identical to US interests doesn’t really matter—the outcome is the same.
Apr 13, 2018 / Mairav Zonszein
Donald Trump Is Proof That America’s Wars Come Home Donald Trump Is Proof That America’s Wars Come Home
…And other lessons from 17 years of American defeat abroad.
Apr 12, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Why the Acquittal of Noor Salman May Be a Turning Point in the ‘War on Terror’ Why the Acquittal of Noor Salman May Be a Turning Point in the ‘War on Terror’
Finally, acquittal in a terrorism case is not considered a failure of the criminal-justice system.
Apr 4, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg
Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War
“Russiagate” and the Skirpal affair have escalated dangers inherent in the new Cold War beyond those of the preceding one.
Mar 28, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen