The coverage of Chuck Hagel’s departure tells as much about the return of “war fever” in Washington as the event itself.
After Hagel, Washington’s War Party Parties On
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Democracy & Governance
Citizenfour’s Personality Problem
In focusing more on his travails than his revelations, a new film on Edward Snowden does just what Snowden himself had hoped to avoid.
How Liberal Democracy Promotes Inequality
Western-style democracies — not the dictatorships they replaced — have allowed deeply undemocratic economic systems to flourish. So what’s to be done?
Before Solidarity, There Was the Polish Church
The Catholic church was the main vehicle for dissent in Poland before the emergence of Solidarity.
The Life and Times of Michael B
Ferguson put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.
Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game
Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.
The Unspoken Winner of Tunisia’s Elections: Washington
Both leading parties in Tunisia, Ennahda and Nidaa Tounes, are committed to neoliberalism and structural adjustment.
What Kind of Democracy Seeks to Destroy Democracy in Other Countries?
On numerous occasions the United States has nipped democracy in the bud elsewhere.
Turnover of Obama’s SecDefs Eclipsed by Revolving Door of Reagan’s National Security Advisors
Ronald Reagan went through so many national security advisors as president that, on occasion, he forgot their names.
Obama and the Gordian Knot of Politics
Democracy has become more about bureaucratic procedure and less about the people.