Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep Obama’s Afghan Mission Creep
With the US set to remain in Afghanistan until 2014, the war has taken on a life of its own, disconnected from any strategic goal.
Dec 16, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
Tossing the Afghan COIN Tossing the Afghan COIN
The US military's reinvented counterinsurgency turns out to be the same old brutal game.
Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Michael A. Cohen
The Cancún Compromise The Cancún Compromise
The agreements reached at the Cancún climate summit oblige all nations to reduce future emissions. The challenge now is to generate the political pressure on national lea...
Dec 16, 2010 / Editorial / Mark Hertsgaard
Climate Clash in Cancún Climate Clash in Cancún
China is warming up to the fight against climate change, but it's still cooling to US demands.
Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Lucia Green-Weiskel
Afghan Review: ‘Lookin’ Good,’ Says Obama Afghan Review: ‘Lookin’ Good,’ Says Obama
It's mostly spin, not substance, and the real fight over what to do in Afghanistan will come early next spring.
Dec 16, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Sudan Prepares to Break Apart Sudan Prepares to Break Apart
Finally, after decades of catastrophic civil war, Africa may give birth to a new nation.
Dec 16, 2010 / Feature / Tristan McConnell
Conversation: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests Conversation: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests
When the UK government passed legislation that may effectively triple the cost of higher education in the UK last week, "It felt like the relationship between state and citi...
Dec 15, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Swedish State on Trial in Assange Case? Swedish State on Trial in Assange Case?
The feeling is growing among WikiLeaks watchers that Sweden is a pawn in a US plan to have Julian Assange extradited and placed in custody here.
Dec 15, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Importing the Portuguese Model of Drug Reform Importing the Portuguese Model of Drug Reform
US drug reformers could learn a lot from Portugal’s successful decriminalization efforts.
Dec 15, 2010 / Michael Tracey and Neima Jahromi
US-UN Relations, Foreign Aid to Come Under Fire in New Congress US-UN Relations, Foreign Aid to Come Under Fire in New Congress
Obama was just beginning to repair US-UN relations. Now that Republicans have taken back the House, resurgent cold warriors and neo-isolationists could make 2011 a risky year for i...
Dec 15, 2010 / Barbara Crossette