U.S. May Find Itself Allied With Assad and Iranian Ayatollahs U.S. May Find Itself Allied With Assad and Iranian Ayatollahs
Strange bedfellows, sure, we have had them before When needed to thwart growing danger. But now, with the Middle East falling apart, The bedfellows keep getting stranger.
Sep 3, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Jokowi’s Way Jokowi’s Way
Can Indonesia’s charismatic new president solve the slow-burning crises of the world’s third-largest democracy?
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney and Saskia Schäfer
The View The View
How Michael Bloomberg turned architecture into a sixty-four-ounce Coke.
Sep 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Is Ukraine on the Brink of Tragedy? Is Ukraine on the Brink of Tragedy?
The country’s troubles will not end even if fighting ceases in its southeastern regions.
Sep 3, 2014 / Pietro A. Shakarian
Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys Brief Interviews With the Hideous Cheneys
The Cheney family takes a break from their busy lives (of being generally horrible) to answer some questions.
Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy AIPAC’s Fight Against Iran Diplomacy
How the Israel lobby is pushing us to war with Iran.
Sep 2, 2014 / Ali Gharib
Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse Washington Created its Own Worst Nightmare—but it Could Still Create Something Worse
The calls for escalating military action against Islamic State (IS) ignore thirteen years of evidence that US intervention usually accomplishes the opposite of what Washington inte...
Sep 2, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It? The State Department Says Russia Is Invading Ukraine—Should We Believe It?
A memo to Angela Merkel from Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.
Sep 2, 2014 / Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti
The chaotic rebuilding effort has actually widened the country’s social rifts, bringing the first emancipated black Republic under the yoke of a new kind of imperialism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How John Walker Lindh Became ‘Detainee 001’ How John Walker Lindh Became ‘Detainee 001’
The father of a young man captured while fighting for the Taliban in 2001 reminds us of the “dark side” of US policy after 9/11.
Aug 29, 2014 / Frank Lindh