America First Actually Means China First America First Actually Means China First
“Rivals” are stepping into the vacuum created by Trump’s isolationism.
Feb 6, 2018 / Dilip Hiro
Pentagon Readies the ‘Father of All Bombs’ for Use Against North Korea Pentagon Readies the ‘Father of All Bombs’ for Use Against North Korea
Is the Trump administration inching closer to war?
Feb 6, 2018 / Michael T. Klare
Donald Trump Just Got Everything Wrong About the UK’s Health Care System Donald Trump Just Got Everything Wrong About the UK’s Health Care System
And Jeremy Corbyn isn’t having it.
Feb 5, 2018 / John Nichols
The Winter Olympics Offers a Glimpse of Peace for Korea The Winter Olympics Offers a Glimpse of Peace for Korea
But will it last—and can it rein in Trump’s dangerous saber rattling?
Feb 1, 2018 / Tim Shorrock
A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2 A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2
On Israel, Palestine, and his work as a UN special rapporteur.
Jan 31, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence
1989 Was the Year That Brought Us Trump 1989 Was the Year That Brought Us Trump
In present-day Washington, no one can deny that the chickens have come home to roost.
Jan 30, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force Showdown in Afrin: Turkey’s Attack on Syria’s Kurds Threatens That Country’s Most Democratic, Pluralist Force
The Kurds have said they will fight to the death before they give up an inch of Afrin.
Jan 26, 2018 / Meredith Tax
A Progressive Reformist Is Leading Mexico’s Presidential Polls—and Washington Is Freaking Out A Progressive Reformist Is Leading Mexico’s Presidential Polls—and Washington Is Freaking Out
The rise of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has sparked hysterical fears of anti-US populism and claims of Russian “interference.”
Jan 25, 2018 / John M. Ackerman
Why There’s So Little Suspense Ahead of Russia’s March Presidential Elections Why There’s So Little Suspense Ahead of Russia’s March Presidential Elections
It’s widely assumed Putin will win. The real question is what will happen in six years, and whether the authoritarian system first established by Boris Yeltsin will persist.
The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It The American Bipartisan Policy Establishment Declares Its ‘Second Cold War’ vs. Russia After Years of Denying It
The most influential US foreign-policy membership society has issued a report affirming the new Cold War and its eagerness to fight it.
Jan 24, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen