Libya: A Dramatic Strategic Failure Libya: A Dramatic Strategic Failure
Beset by infighting among militias and rampant arms trafficking, Libya in 2014 illustrates the dangers of Western military intervention.
Jun 10, 2014 / Jesse Franzblau and Foreign Policy In Focus
Time for Evolution in US Cuba Policy Time for Evolution in US Cuba Policy
Why Cuba might deem the United States irrelevant if foreign policy doesn't change.
Jun 10, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Iraq’s Nightmare Gets Worse Iraq’s Nightmare Gets Worse
The consequences of the illegal invasion of Iraq in 2003 continue to play out.
Jun 10, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
America at War: A Record of Unparalleled Failure America at War: A Record of Unparalleled Failure
In fifty years of nearly nonstop American warfare, we’ve learned little and achieved less.
Jun 10, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Obama’s Fickle Gitmo Policy Obama’s Fickle Gitmo Policy
Obama’s decision to release some Guantanamo Bay prisoners raises questions about what he can and can't do.
Jun 10, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Soccer Is the Art of the Unforseeable Soccer Is the Art of the Unforseeable
Professional soccer does everything to castrate its own energy of happiness, but it survives in spite of all the spites.
Jun 9, 2014 / Eduardo Galeano
How US Policy on Iran Came to Be Based on Fabricated Documents How US Policy on Iran Came to Be Based on Fabricated Documents
The key “evidence” of an Iranian nuclear weapons program comes via the MEK, a cult-like terrorist group—and was likely produced by Israel.
Jun 9, 2014 / Gareth Porter
The Bergdahl Saga Could Explode in the GOP’s Face The Bergdahl Saga Could Explode in the GOP’s Face
Putting Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on trial could put the entire, crazy war itself in the dock.
Jun 9, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Despite Rightward Trend, European Voters Reject Austerity Politics Despite Rightward Trend, European Voters Reject Austerity Politics
Yes, the far right performed well in Europe’s elections. But wherever voters had a clear choice between economic democracy and right-wing xenophobia, they went left.
Jun 9, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
Inside the Chelsea Manning Trial: Is WikiLeaks a Journalistic Outfit? Inside the Chelsea Manning Trial: Is WikiLeaks a Journalistic Outfit?
A new graphic novel documents the intense legal wranglings inside one of the most important trials of the Internet age.
Jun 9, 2014 / Clark Stoeckley