America’s racism is destroying its advanced status in real time — and with it, the most redeeming parts of liberal internationalism.
Issues / War & Peace
Future combat, even if broadly directed from Washington, may be only vaguely “American.”
The G7 kicked Russia out over its invasion of Crimea. Does the U.S. assault on international laws, treaties, and democracy itself warrant the same treatment?
Trump's economic war on China comes in the shadow of an even deadlier military escalation. And it may not stop after November, no matter who wins the election.
Philippine strongman Rodrigo Duterte is using the pandemic to crush his opposition — and the U.S. is poised to arm him to the teeth.
In the very near future, countries are going to have to choose whether they make guns or vaccines.
Being better prepared could save millions of lives and trillions of dollars.
Organizing, connection, and solidarity are a way out of isolation — especially when we know there's no going back to "normal."
Rather than promote a new Cold War, now is the time to definitively end the last one.
International cooperation needs to take priority right now, and countries must stop their wars against one another and against their own populations.