All Commentaries
America vs. the Supreme Court
According to the Supreme Court, America’s not back but backwards.
Dwight Was Right: Congress Must Say No to Military Contractors
The world Eisenhower warned about has materialized. We need more members of Congress to stand up to the arms industry and fight for social investments instead.
Beware Europe’s New Green Colonialism
European carbon emission reductions might sound impressive, but they come with a big asterisk.
Greenwashing ExxonMobil’s Oil Boom in Guyana
U.S. officials are portraying recent deals as wins for Guyana’s environment.
Thailand on the Brink of Change
Thai society appears united on the need to end military rule.
Why I Crashed the White House’s Garden Party for Narendra Modi
The White House’s embrace of the Indian leader is normalizing fascism in the world’s most populous country — and in the U.S. as well.
The Beginning of the End for Putin?
The failed coup by the Wagner Group has exposed the Russian president’s fatal weaknesses.
Imagination and Liberation
A review of Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship by Max Lane.
Why We Need a Woke Military
A strategically effective military must commit to being socially responsible in order to align itself with its own professed values.
The War Comes Home to Russia. What Happens Next?
The mutiny of Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner paramilitary is over. But it may inspire others.