America’s Days as a Global Superpower Are Numbered. Now What? America’s Days as a Global Superpower Are Numbered. Now What?
The first step is to accept the fact that American power is limited and global rule is an impossible fantasy.
May 28, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
How Private Contractors Have Created a Shadow NSA How Private Contractors Have Created a Shadow NSA
A new cybersecurity elite moves between government and private practice, taking state secrets with them.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq
The mainstream media are unwilling to hold the architects of the war accountable.
May 27, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
How the Irish Became the World’s Leading Gay Activists How the Irish Became the World’s Leading Gay Activists
Defying conventional wisdom, the huge win by the Yes Equality campaign involved young and old, rural and urban, Catholic and non-Catholic voters.
May 27, 2015 / Margaret Spillane
The Fight to Free Chelsea Manning The Fight to Free Chelsea Manning
It continues in the courts of law and public opinion—but justice is expensive.
May 27, 2015 / Charles Davis and Foreign Policy In Focus
How Shifting Immigrant Tides Encouraged Normalization With Cuba How Shifting Immigrant Tides Encouraged Normalization With Cuba
The Cuban people are beginning a new chapter in what José Martí called ‘‘our America.’’
May 27, 2015 / Tom Hayden
In Spain’s Seismic Elections, ‘It’s the Victory of David Over Goliath’ In Spain’s Seismic Elections, ‘It’s the Victory of David Over Goliath’
The country’s political landscape has changed beyond recognition, with left-wing parties gaining everywhere.
May 26, 2015 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
What’s Wrong With Robert Kaplan’s Nostalgia for Empire What’s Wrong With Robert Kaplan’s Nostalgia for Empire
The idea that further Western imperialism could now bring order to the Middle East is the ultimate anachronism.
May 26, 2015 / Juan Cole
Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last Why the Philippines’ Deadly Factory Fire Will Not Be the Last
The fatal fire at a Philippines shoe factory exposes the ills of global free trade.
May 26, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Did Market Leninism Win the Cold War? Did Market Leninism Win the Cold War?
The states of the future will marry the least savory aspects of collectivism and capitalism.
May 26, 2015 / John Feffer