All Commentaries
Asia’s Other Nuclear Standoff
By roping India and Japan into its standoff with China, the U.S. is raising the nuclear stakes in Asia — including, dangerously, between India and Pakistan.
Starvation and Cholera in Yemen
War is taking Yemen back to the dark ages, with U.S. assistance.
The U.S. Is a Climate Rogue State. The World Should Treat It Like One.
It’s time for the world to consider sanctioning the U.S. and companies who benefit from its efforts to undermine climate action.
Lawmakers Are Scrambling to Prevent Trump from Launching a Nuclear War
The most effective way to prevent a nuclear war with North Korea is to reassure them that the U.S. won’t strike first.
What Happens When Bad Money Supports Good Foreign Policy?
The anti-war movement needs money, and the Koch brothers have it. But it comes with strings attached.
The U.S. Is Stockpiling Nuclear Arms, and the Cost Is Astonishing
We’re spending $1.2 trillion on weapons that invariably make the world a more dangerous place.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Unrecognized Villages of Israel
Thousands of Arab Bedouins in Israel’s Negev desert are denied power, water, sewage, and roads by the state. And their villages are under constant threat of demolition.
While Clinching Deals With Communist China, Trump Cracks Down on Trade and Travel to Cuba
Between the new restrictions and the travel warning, Cuba’s burgeoning private sector has already felt what Cubans call “the Trump effect.”
Trump’s New Blame Game
Fresh off an Asia trip where he showed surprising deference to dictators, Trump looks ready to start a renewed assault on critics at home.
VIDEO: Trump Is All in on the Philippine Drug War
Trump has lavished praised on Duterte’s extrajudicial murders — and Duterte’s envoy to the U.S. is developing a little project called Trump Tower Manila.