Despite a per-capita GDP of one-tenth of the EU’s, Cambodia has achieved a similar rate of vaccination — and a death rate 20 times lower.
Drawdown: Improving U.S. and Global Security Through Military Base Closures Abroad
The United States has withdrawn its troops from Afghanistan. Only 750 military bases to go.
Post-Afghanistan, Nation (Un)Building Comes Home
Just imagine where America might really be today if Congress had spent close to $8 trillion rebuilding this country?
Death and Living in the Face of Empire
Julian Aguon’s ‘The Properties of Perpetual Light’ is a thoughtful meditation on how, to understand problems at the center of a colonial society, we have to look at the margins.
Trade Policy Won’t Work for Workers Till it Works for Women
The Biden administration needs to adopt a gender and social inclusion framework for future trade negotiations and agreements.
Now Close Gitmo, Too
Biden is right to end the forever war in Afghanistan. Now he needs to close the forever prison that it built.
At the End of this Hated War, We Need Truth
The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with a long history of military intervention.
It’s Time to Reassess Our Relationship With Israel
Biden can’t say he’s putting human rights first and then welcome a prime minister who boasts about war crimes to the White House.
Biden Shouldn’t Soft-Pedal Ukraine on Human Rights
The U.S. has sent considerable military assistance to Ukraine. That aid needs to be linked to human rights concerns.
Not Everyone Wanted War in Afghanistan. We Should Listen to Those Critics Now.
Rep. Barbara Lee, Noam Chomsky, and Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz issued prescient warnings about the war before it was launched.