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In a Pandemic, Military Spending is an Extravagant Waste

May 13, 2020

In the very near future, countries are going to have to choose whether they make guns or vaccines.

The Coronavirus Comes for India

April 14, 2020

India’s far-right government is focused more on PR than prevention. Brave independent reporters are calling it to account.

How Austerity and Anti-Immigrant Politics Left Italy Exposed

March 25, 2020

Austerity and an anti-immigrant blockade left Italy with an older population and underfunded health care. Could the same happen here?

Erdogan’s Failed Gamble in Syria

March 9, 2020

After another failed escalation in Syria, the Turkish president is increasingly isolated abroad and under scrutiny at home.

Ireland’s Election — and Brexit — Put Reunification Back on the Table

February 13, 2020

Prospects for unification will have less to do with ancient hatreds than with health care, schools, housing, and jobs.

Turkey’s Latest Quagmire: Intervention in Libya

February 5, 2020

Turkey has been bogged down in Syria for nearly a decade. Why is it gambling on Libya, too?

The “Are You Serious?” Awards: Looking Back on 2019

January 21, 2020

A Pentagon plan for "semiautonomous" nuclear devices in Iraq, U.S. state media calling George Soros a "nonbelieving Jew," and other headlines you may have missed last year.

Nuclear Lies and Broken Promises

November 22, 2019

The Nonproliferation Treaty was supposed to lead to disarmament. Instead, it’s led to nuclear apartheid — and sooner or later, someone’s going set one off.

The New Middle East That’s Coming

November 5, 2019

As Saudi Arabia slowly backpedals, we could see an end to the Yemen war, an easing of Iran’s isolation, and a reduced role for the U.S.

How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America’s Apple Cart

September 27, 2019

For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, but still can't govern the course of events.