It’s hard to overstate the cost — in dollars and security — of our many wars. What do the candidates say?
Nine Years After Bahrain’s Uprising, Its Human Rights Crisis Has Only Worsened
Despite well documented abuses in the kingdom, the spigot of aid and arms from the U.S. and U.K. remains open.
We Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is
Alarmingly, the Trump administration is shredding arms control agreements and deploying “more usable” nuclear weapons.
Cleaning Up Trump’s Global Mess
Democratic candidates offer a wide range of foreign policy views. These won’t decide the election, but they could have a huge post-Trump impact.
Who’s Afraid of ‘Socialism’?
Americans were taught to associate “socialism” with dictatorship and “capitalism” with democracy. Are those days over?
Trump Told the Truth Where It Counted…for His Reelection
Trump targeted his State of the Union speech at precisely the Rust Belt workers that he’ll need to win reelection in November.
Will 2020 Be Another Victory Year for Trump and Brexit?
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson can claim victories in early 2020, but Brexit and impeachment may come back to haunt them and the far right later in the year.
Trump Is Dangerous — But Blame His Predecessors, Too
How Bush, Obama, and the war on terror military laid the groundwork Trump’s “madman” act on the world stage.
America’s Coronavirus: Containing the Outbreak of Trumpism
The banality of President Trump’s evil has infected huge swaths of the electorate as well as the federal government. Can it be treated?
Putin Proposes, Trump Disposes
Since the Cold War, the U.S. and Russia have experienced unexpected reversals in fortune. Are we next in line for post-imperial decline?