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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Robert Alvarez on How Hard It Is to Kill a Nuclear Weapon
In the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Robert Alvarez lays bare the Obama administration’s plans to cut funding for the dismantlement of nuclear weapons.
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.
The World Bank Is Refereeing a Race to the Bottom
Instead of ranking countries by their “business friendliness,” the World Bank should rank corporations according to their social responsibility.
The Life and Times of Michael B
Ferguson put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.
By Pushing for More Sanctions, U.S. Hardliners Play Into Hands of Iranian Hardliners
New sanction legislation against Iran would alienate Europe, Russia, and China.
Five Lies Washington Tells Itself about the Middle East
Five bedrock delusions keep America mired in the Middle East, to everyone’s detriment.
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.