Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order? Are We Witnessing the Emergence of a New World Order?
An imperial era is on the wane, war is in absentia and there are no rising great powers on the horizon.
Mar 3, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine Threat of Military Confrontation Grows in Ukraine
Unless the country embraces the ideal of cultural pluralism within one nation, crises like this one will continue to erupt.
Mar 3, 2014 / Nicolai N. Petro
Vladimir Putin Must Back Down Vladimir Putin Must Back Down
Ukraine isn’t Russia’s, and neither is Crimea. There’s a lot at stake, and the crisis must be resolved through the UN, not by force.
Mar 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
It’s Our Act of Killing, Too It’s Our Act of Killing, Too
The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but the US was no mere observer.
Feb 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Brad Simpson
How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison How a British Citizen Was Stripped of His Citizenship, Then Sent to a Manhattan Prison
Britain’s citizenship deprivation processes may help obscure the Obama administration’s willingness to kill and kidnap Britons.
Feb 28, 2014 / Aviva Stahl
Burkina Faso’s “West African Spring” Burkina Faso’s “West African Spring”
Large pro-democracy demonstrations have largely escaped the Western media’s radar.
Feb 28, 2014 / Sam Badger, Giorgio Cafiero, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Senate Republicans Turn Their Backs on Veterans Senate Republicans Turn Their Backs on Veterans
Citing costs, Republicans blocked comprehensive legislation to extend health care and education.
Feb 27, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Ukraine Doesn’t Need the US or NATO to Build a Democracy Ukraine Doesn’t Need the US or NATO to Build a Democracy
Ukrainians can resolve their problems without generating a US-Russian, Cold War–like crisis.
Feb 27, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Five Commandments of Barack Obama The Five Commandments of Barack Obama
On issues ranging from transparency to torture, “thou shalt not” became “thou shalt.”
Feb 27, 2014 / Karen J. Greenberg
Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike Colorado’s Federal Supermax Prison Is Force-Feeding Inmates on Hunger Strike
Solitary Watch reports that eight to nine prisoners are taking part in the strike, held at the federal government’s highest-security prison.
Feb 27, 2014 / Steven Hsieh