Trump’s wars are now all over the map. The peace movement can fight back by joining already thriving intersectional campaigns.
There’s No Strategy Behind Trump’s Wars — Only Brute Force
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Middle East & North Africa
Trump’s New Foreign Policy Is the Worst of Both Worlds
It’s blustery nationalism plus the conventional pieties of the foreign policy establishment.
The Neocons Are Almost Giddy Over Trump’s Syria Strike
Many architects of the Iraq War openly hope Trump will go further in pursuing regime change in Syria — and then Iran.
After the Chemical Attack, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Muslim Ban’
Now that he cares about the fate of Syrian children, Trump should open up our country — not bomb theirs.
We May Be on the Verge of a Return to the Bush Administration’s Worst Abuses
The Trump administration may be preparing to bring back torture, extraordinary rendition, and indefinite detention — with Neil Gorsuch’s help.
The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process Is Over. What’s Needed Now Is a Boycott.
With the U.S. now firmly in the pro-settler camp, nonviolent campaigns to impose a cost on Israel’s occupation matter more than ever.
Erdogan Isn’t as Strong as He Looks. That’s What Makes Him Dangerous.
Turkey’s leader will apparently stop at nothing to centralize power — and every move that backfires makes him even more desperate.
How the Iraq War Gave Us Trump
From 2003 to 2017, the U.S. went from from sole global superpower to potential super-pariah.
Under Trump, the U.S. May Now Be Killing More Civilians Than Russia
With mass-casualty events from Raqqa to Mosul, some think the U.S. military is scrapping rules designed to protect innocents.
If Aleppo Was a Crime Against Humanity, Isn’t Mosul?
When U.S. rivals committed atrocities in Aleppo, Western talking heads were appalled. But when the U.S. supports them in Mosul? Silence.