Trump's “dream team” of generals highlights America’s striking twenty-first-century embrace of militarism — and drift away from democracy.
Issues / War & Peace
This year's lowlights from world politics, the culture wars, and the military-industrial complex.
The brass asked for a report on eliminating waste. When investigators found some, the military buried it.
One or two bomb throwers can blow up the international community. Trump is appointing a whole cabinet of them.
During the Cold War, the CIA did everything it’s accusing Russia of doing today — and more.
Donald Trump has a lot more in common with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un than he would care to admit.
As Donald Trump ascends to the White House, he's wading into the most dangerous conflict on the globe.
From his small island, the late Cuban leader faced down the Americans and made them blink.
Donald Trump is set to unravel not only the accomplishments of Barack Obama but the very United States itself.
From the Big Lie to torture and sectarian violence, the U.S. and the Middle East are still paying the price for our moral perversions in Iraq.