Russia Expands Its War
And European leaders are freaking out.
Trump’s War and the Return of the Vietnam Syndrome
What happens when American military power can get the country into a conflict faster than diplomacy can get it out?
Orphaned by Diplomacy
Children are paying for wars they didn’t start.
Hegseth’s Theology: What Would Jesus Do?
Christian nationalists are asks their followers to choose between faith and the stranger, between military might and peacemaking, between national supremacy and human solidarity.
Odyssey of a Revolution
A review of Eddie Quitoriano’s new book, Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows.
First Principles for a New Progressive Foreign Policy
A new wave of progressive, left-wing, and socialist candidates and elected officials face an enormous challenge in articulating a foreign policy for the future. Here’s a start.
Before Trump Meets Xi, Look at What China Just Gave BRICS
America is trying to hold onto its superior tech while China is sharing with the rest.
Mutual Hedging, Not Mutual Defense
When former Biden administration official Ely Ratner last year proposed a binding, NATO-style “Pacific Defense Pact” with an integrated command structure among the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, he delivered an accidental indictment of a central...
Washington Keeps Abbas from the UN, Again
The Trump administration is violating its obligations, and the Palestinian Authority can’t do much about it.
Rising Diesel Price Is Iran War’s Hidden Tax
Washington sold the war as a national-security necessity. At the pump, loading dock, farm gate, and grocery aisle, Americans are paying the bill.
Why Does the Far Right Keep Winning Elections?
From Colombia to Peru to Saxony, the left is not offering voters a convincing economic alternative to globalization.
Can BRICS Usher in Its Third “Golden Decade”?
Managing acute geopolitical flashpoints like the U.S.-Iran standoff tests the bloc’s diplomatic maturity.
The Debt that Sustains American Power Is Becoming Much More Expensive
The Iran War is challenging America’s economic primacy.
Progressives Can Save Democrats’ Foreign Policy
Such a policy would put the needs of ordinary Americans before bloated Pentagon budgets and forever wars.