North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’ North Korea Threatens to Give the US a ‘Christmas Gift’
With a mysterious message from Kim Jong-un’s government and a US missile test over the Pacific, tensions have refused to cool this month.
Dec 17, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Oh No, Jeremy Corbyn! Oh No, Jeremy Corbyn!
Boris Johnson wins a bigger majority than Margaret Thatcher as the Labour Party goes down in a historic defeat. Britain is now Brexit bound.
Dec 13, 2019 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan
The Family That Grifts Together The Family That Grifts Together
While the Trumps are being fined for skimming off their own foundation, the administration’s getting closer to deporting low-income immigrants.
Dec 13, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky
Why Taiwan Won’t Welcome China’s Dissidents Why Taiwan Won’t Welcome China’s Dissidents
Hong Kong protesters and Chinese political dissidents often look to democratic Taiwan as a place for shelter—but its government has little interest in providing it.
Dec 6, 2019 / Nick Aspinwall
It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections It’s a Race Against Time for Labour in Next Week’s Momentous UK Elections
The choice couldn’t be more stark: between the nativist, hard-Brexit Tories and the most radical-left Labour platform the nation has seen in decades.
Dec 5, 2019 / Rachel Shabi
Who Is Making US Foreign Policy? Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Dec 5, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
With American Help, Lebanon Once Again Nears the Abyss With American Help, Lebanon Once Again Nears the Abyss
Lebanon needs change. The people demand it and even some of the leaders know it. But US involvement threatens that possibility.
Nov 27, 2019 / Charles Glass
Conservative Era Politics on Both Sides of the Atlantic Face a Promising Challenge Conservative Era Politics on Both Sides of the Atlantic Face a Promising Challenge
But will voters choose ambitious plans for the future?
Nov 26, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Impeachment Non-Bombshells Endanger Democrats in 2020 Impeachment Non-Bombshells Endanger Democrats in 2020
Unmerited hype about Gordon Sondland’s testimony has overshadowed the potential damage that the impeachment saga poses for the presidential election.
Nov 22, 2019 / Aaron Maté
The Left May Finally Govern in Spain The Left May Finally Govern in Spain
A surge in support for the far-right Vox party induced the feuding left parties to unite—but the stalemate over Catalan separatism could torpedo their coalition.
Nov 22, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín