World
America Needs to Break Its Addiction to Global Intervention
Washington’s preoccupation with Ukraine only testifies to the impoverished state of American strategic thinking.
Andrew J. BacevichSpain’s Left Is in Turmoil—and Now It’s Facing a Huge Electoral Test
Now that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called snap elections, we will see whether the left can set aside its divisions and block the far right from power.
Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer SeguínGet Ready for AI Surveillance at the 2024 Paris Olympics
The Olympics don’t make authoritarian countries more democratic; they make democratic countries more authoritarian.
Dave Zirin and Jules BoykoffLatest World Coverage
The Convenient Myth of “Humane” Wars
How America hides the human toll of its military machine.
Norman Solomon
Two Decades Later, We Still Know Too Little About the Government’s Torture Program
Attempts to keep that blindfold in place in the name of “national security” have helped sustain darkness over light.
Karen J. Greenberg
There’s Never a Debt Ceiling for the Military-Industrial Complex
While the Biden-McCarthy deal denies food to hungry people, it increases Pentagon spending by tens of billions.
John NicholsContinuing World Coverage
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May 30, 2023
The Lost Worlds of Anton Shammas’s “Arabesques”
A new translation of the 1988 novel documents not only the loss and exile created by the Nakba but also the loss and exile created by occupation.
Raja Shehadeh -
May 26, 2023
What We Can Learn From the Surge of Far-Right Violence in India
Too many upper-caste Indians and white Americans think of themselves as the only ones worthy of enjoying the spoils of the earth.
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May 24, 2023
Can the British Labour Party Win Power Without a Left Wing?
Despite being far ahead of the ruling Conservatives in the polls, Labour’s leadership seems determined to purge its way to electability.
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May 24, 2023
The Throttling of Tunisian Democracy
Rachid Ghannouchi’s unjust imprisonment is an ominous sign for the enemies of despotism.
John Keane
US Foreign Policy
The Outcome of the War in Ukraine Depends on China and India
Whether Americans like it or not, this country will have little choice but to begin planning for an emerging world order.
Michael T. Klare
After 12 Years, Syria Joins the Arab League
Will regional reconciliation provide a chance for de-escalation and end a damaging civil war?
Helena Cobban
The Diplomatic Wins at the Heart of China’s Ascendancy
Its diplomatic feat of restoring relations in the Middle East reflects less its position as a rising power than the startling decline of American regional credibility.
Juan ColeAfrica
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May 2, 2023
A New Form of Propaganda Has Targeted the Central African Republic
A report from Meta shows that groups in Russia and France are battling for political influence over one of Africa’s largest diamond and uranium exporters.
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April 25, 2023
The World According to Anna Badkhen
A conversation with the journalist about borders, birthplaces, reporting from conflict zones, and her recent book, Bright Unbearable Reality.
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April 25, 2023
What the World Should Know About Sudan
To understand the violence in Khartoum, you need to understand European foreign policy.
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April 24, 2023
One Runner’s Journey to Freedom
For 14-year-old Adam, who is waiting at a Libyan shelter for a clear path to safety, running might be his only way to escape.
Jérôme Tubiana
Asia
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May 22, 2023
Holding G20 Meetings in Kashmir Fuels Ecocide and Advances India’s Occupation
This week India is hosting G20 meetings in Kashmir—normalizing its military occupation of the disputed region while fueling the ongoing ecocide.
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May 16, 2023
Turkish Election Aftershock: Despite Unity on the Left, the Opposition Falls Short
Defying predictions of his political demise, the country's authoritarian president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came first on Sunday and is now favored to win reelection in the runoff on May 28.
Kaya Genç -
May 15, 2023
Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100
We now know a great deal about the crimes he committed while in office, from helping Nixon derail the Paris Peace Talks and prolong the Vietnam War to green-lighting the invasion of Cambodia and Pinochet's coup in Chile. But we know little about his four decades with Kissinger Associates.
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May 3, 2023
The Consequences of Underestimating China
Every step Beijing takes to consolidate its control over Eurasia weakens Washington’s presence and erodes its once formidable global power.
Alfred McCoy
Europe
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May 22, 2023
The Line Between Support for Ukraine and War With Russia Just Gets Thinner
Recent Pentagon leaks reveal that the shadow war between Russia and the US over Ukraine is becoming more overt—and far more dangerous.
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May 19, 2023
Is This the End of Russiagate? John Durham’s Dud Report.
From the “crime of the century" to one of Trump’s smallest scandals.
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May 18, 2023
Notes of a Russian Visitor
The director of PEN Moscow is worried about Russophobia.
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May 11, 2023
Joy, Revolution, and Tear Gas: My May Day In Paris
There was beauty and comradeship everywhere. And there were thousands and thousands of cops.
Kim Kelly
Latin America
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May 22, 2023
Eliane Brum Is in the Reforesting Vanguard
A conversation with the award-winning Brazilian writer and journalist about the politics of the Amazon rain forest, the violence that seethes beneath its canopy, and her new book, Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World.
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May 15, 2023
With Lula in Charge, What’s Next for the Brazilian Left?
Brazilian labor leaders Artur Henrique and Marcio Pochmann share their thoughts on the continuing danger of the far right in Brazil.
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May 15, 2023
Kissinger’s Bloody Paper Trail in Chile
The secret memo in which he plotted the murder of Chilean democracy.
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May 8, 2023
Santiago Amigorena’s Novel of the Shoah and Latin America
In The Ghetto Within, the Argentine novelist considers the dark shadow that the Holocaust has cast not only on Europe but also on Latin America.
Ilan Stavans
Middle East
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May 15, 2023
100 Years of Palestinian Popular Resistance
Even among many sympathetic partisans of the Palestinian struggle, a narrative of victimhood prevails. But how we regard our past and present is a choice.
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May 15, 2023
Reflections on the 75th Anniversary of a Nakba That Never Ended
In the decades since the event Palestinians know as "the Catastrophe," dispossession has become a timeless theme of the Palestinian experience.
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May 12, 2023
Kevin McCarthy Tried to Cancel a Discussion on Palestine. Rashida Tlaib Had It Anyway.
Tlaib and a growing number of House Democrats are pushing to open up the debate about Middle East policy in Congress. But it’s not easy.
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May 11, 2023
My Cousin Shireen Abu Akleh Was Killed a Year Ago. No Justice Has Been Served.
Despite relentless pressure from my family, the Biden administration has done nothing to hold Israel accountable for Shireen’s killing.
Jennifer Zacharia