Cold War Redux? Cold War Redux?
Are Washington, Moscow and Beijing using the global arms trade to create a new cold war?
May 30, 2013 / Michael T. Klare
Hope on Israel-Palestine? Maybe, Just Maybe Hope on Israel-Palestine? Maybe, Just Maybe
But Netanyahu and his ally, extremist Sheldon Adelson, are twin wrecking balls.
May 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Naming Our Nameless War Naming Our Nameless War
From North Africa to the Middle East to China’s Central Asian border, how many years will it be?
May 28, 2013 / Andrew J. Bacevich
China Cracks Code on US Missile Defense China Cracks Code on US Missile Defense
The faulty program has been further undermined by Beijing’s hackers.
May 28, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why I Spoke Out at Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech Why I Spoke Out at Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech
On topics from Guantánamo to drone strikes, I couldn’t let the president act as if he were some helpless official at the mercy of Congress.
May 24, 2013 / Medea Benjamin
Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Precarious Legal Grounds for Targeted Killings Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Precarious Legal Grounds for Targeted Killings
Yesterday, Obama laid out the justification for killing US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. But his reasoning had very little legal grounding at all.
May 24, 2013 / Press Room
‘We Steal Secrets’: Filmmaker Alex Gibney Talks About Wikileaks ‘We Steal Secrets’: Filmmaker Alex Gibney Talks About Wikileaks
It’s a classic David and Goliath story—but who is the real David here?
May 24, 2013 / Jon Wiener
Obama Rejects Perpetual War, but Questions Remain About Targeted Killings Obama Rejects Perpetual War, but Questions Remain About Targeted Killings
Until the president defines what “associated forces” are, the current formulation leaves open the possibility of unlimited, unending use of military force anywhere in t...
May 23, 2013 / John Sifton
Was the Assassination of Four US Citizens Legal? Was the Assassination of Four US Citizens Legal?
Obama discussed the targeted killing operation today, but will anything really change?
May 23, 2013 / Jeremy Scahill
Will Justice Be Possible In Guatemala? Will Justice Be Possible In Guatemala?
The historic genocide trial of Efraín Ríos Montt was a huge step. But his conviction has been overturned—and many others have blood on their hands, including cu...
May 23, 2013 / Frank Smyth