World Leaders

Donald Trump

Donald Trump’s Election Was Part of a Startling Global Trend in 2016 Donald Trump’s Election Was Part of a Startling Global Trend in 2016

Around the world, violent populism is on the rise.

Apr 3, 2017 / Alfred McCoy

Trump Embraces the Most Repressive Dictator in Modern Egyptian History

Trump Embraces the Most Repressive Dictator in Modern Egyptian History Trump Embraces the Most Repressive Dictator in Modern Egyptian History

President Sisi presents himself as a faithful ally in the war on terror, so Trump will ignore the tens of thousands he’s imprisoned.

Apr 3, 2017 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

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Letters From the April 17, 2017, Issue Letters From the April 17, 2017, Issue

For the public, not profit… Russia’s a touchy subject… Book learning: Hitler and the labor movement…

Mar 30, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers

Journalists watch GOP debate

The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment?   The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment?  

The hunt for Trump’s “Kremlin connections” indulges in practices reminiscent of the Soviet Kremlin and its media.

Mar 29, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Gorsuch and Trump

Russia Is Not the Reason to Block Gorsuch Russia Is Not the Reason to Block Gorsuch

President Trump’s greatest political weakness isn’t his alleged ties to Russia. It’s a cruel policy agenda that the American people overwhelmingly reject.

Mar 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nikki Haley UN Security Council

Nikki Haley Thinks the UN Can Be ‘Fixed’—and the US Will Do the Fixing Nikki Haley Thinks the UN Can Be ‘Fixed’—and the US Will Do the Fixing

But Donald Trump may not see it that way.

Mar 27, 2017 / Barbara Crossette

This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations

This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations

It’s easy to dismiss Kim Jong-un as a madman. But there’s a long history of US aggression against the North, which we forget at our peril.

Mar 23, 2017 / Editorial / Bruce Cumings

Comey Intelligence Hearing

We Must Investigate the Russia Hacking Charges—Without Cold-War Hysteria We Must Investigate the Russia Hacking Charges—Without Cold-War Hysteria

Exaggerated fear of foreign subversion can be more damaging to our democracy than external enemies.

Mar 23, 2017 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro

Might Neo-McCarthyism Mean War vs. Russia?

Might Neo-McCarthyism Mean War vs. Russia? Might Neo-McCarthyism Mean War vs. Russia?

The “unmasking” of Putin’s American “contacts” is premised on his “act of war” against the United States—for which there is still no evidence.

Mar 22, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Reviving the Peace Movement for the 21st Century: Responses to Daniel May

Reviving the Peace Movement for the 21st Century: Responses to Daniel May Reviving the Peace Movement for the 21st Century: Responses to Daniel May

Peace advocates consider how the movement can be revitalized for the 21st century.

Mar 22, 2017 / William D. Hartung, Diana Ohlbaum, Lawrence Wittner, Meredith Horowski, and Debbie Almontaser

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