Obama’s Plan for Military Action Requires Congressional Checks and Balances Obama’s Plan for Military Action Requires Congressional Checks and Balances
Congress has a constitutional duty to debate and vote on Obama’s plan to expand the US role in Iraq and Syria.
Sep 11, 2014 / John Nichols
‘Europe Is Splintering Over the Ukrainian Crisis’ ‘Europe Is Splintering Over the Ukrainian Crisis’
The conflict in Ukraine has divided the EU into two factions with opposite views on Russia.
Sep 10, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why was Paul Krugman so Wrong? Why was Paul Krugman so Wrong?
There’s a frightening enthusiasm for war among pundits—and now the public seems ready to go along too.
Sep 10, 2014 / William Greider
The 2001 Bush-Putin Summit The 2001 Bush-Putin Summit
At last, they got up from their talks at the table. Bush called Putin trustworthy, having been able To sense Putin’s soul. So, on this grand occasion, Could one thing he sensed be a taste for invasion?
Sep 10, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
From Schools to Shelters in Iraqi Kurdistan From Schools to Shelters in Iraqi Kurdistan
Yazidi refugees now sleep in classrooms, hallways and the courtyards of facilities intended for children’s education. What happens when school starts?
Sep 10, 2014 / Fred Abrahams and Foreign Policy In Focus
As Obama Prepares His Iraq Talk, Massachusetts Democrats Nominate an Antiwar Vet for Congress As Obama Prepares His Iraq Talk, Massachusetts Democrats Nominate an Antiwar Vet for Congress
Candidate Seth Moulton is in “the long tradition of men and women who served and then used their public positions to speak out against war…”
Sep 10, 2014 / John Nichols
Language and Blood Language and Blood
In 1941, genocide broke out in Croatia, and we still cannot explain why.
Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / John Connelly
In Mardin In Mardin
Among the Kurds in southeastern Turkey.
Sep 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Despite a Cease-fire, Peace in Eastern Ukraine Remains Out of Reach Despite a Cease-fire, Peace in Eastern Ukraine Remains Out of Reach
The cease-fire appears to be a politically useful fiction.
Sep 9, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Time to End the Bloody Ukraine Conflict Time to End the Bloody Ukraine Conflict
NATO leaders—including President Obama—have escalated tensions in Ukraine while dismissing opportunities to bring the conflict to a reasonable conclusion quickly.
Sep 9, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel