Meet the Central American Women the United States Is Detaining and Deporting Meet the Central American Women the United States Is Detaining and Deporting
Horrific conditions in the Northern Triangle led to a major policy crisis for the Obama administration. A new wave of refugees could do the same for Trump.
Dec 26, 2016 / Emily Gogolak
Trump Kicks Off the Return of the Czars Trump Kicks Off the Return of the Czars
Republicans had a huge problem with Obama’s “czars.” Will they say anything now? (Spoiler: no.)
Dec 22, 2016 / David Dayen
Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All Why Trump’s Hotels Will Doom Us All
Who’d have thought it’d be a bad idea to elect a president with business interests pretty much everywhere in the world?
Dec 22, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis The Alliance for Prosperity Will Intensify the Central American Refugee Crisis
Conceived without the participation of civil-society groups, the chief goal is to advance elite US and Northern Triangle business interests.
Dec 21, 2016 / Dawn Paley
Declassify the Evidence of Russian Hacking! Declassify the Evidence of Russian Hacking!
The debate over possible intervention in the election should be based on publicly disclosed evidence, not unverifiable, anonymous leaks.
Dec 21, 2016 / The Nation
American Cold Warriors Want to Fight Russia, Not Terrorism American Cold Warriors Want to Fight Russia, Not Terrorism
As terrorists strike again, from Ankara and Berlin to Syria, the US political-media establishment is determined to disqualify Putin as a security partner for President-elect Trump.
Dec 21, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge Progressive Values Don’t Stop at the Water’s Edge
Our foreign-policy alternative should be based on people’s actual concerns, not the made-up “crises” Washington think tanks cook up.
Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Stephen Miles
How American Exceptionalism Has Undermined Foreign Policy How American Exceptionalism Has Undermined Foreign Policy
End-of-history triumphalism will get us nowhere as the new century advances.
Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Patrick Lawrence
The Importance of Diplomacy in a World of Multiple Power Centers The Importance of Diplomacy in a World of Multiple Power Centers
None of the major powers have the capacity to overrule the others, but each has the ability to frustrate the designs of rivals.
Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
American Foreign Policy Has an Empathy Problem American Foreign Policy Has an Empathy Problem
We need to understand the perspectives of important actors clearly enough to calculate the likely consequences of our actions.
Dec 21, 2016 / Feature / Robert Wright