Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
September 11 and the Debacle of ‘Nation-Building’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
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World War II
Echoes of Nomonhan
A little-known 1939 battle in the Mongolian grasslands helped determine World War II and shape the current geopolitics of Northeast Asia.
The U.S. Should Apologize for the Atomic Bombings — And Denuclearize
Seventy-five years after the atomic bombings, we’re still engaging in a false narrative that attempts to justify the unjustifiable.
The Paradox of America’s Endless Wars
They persist because, for Americans, they don’t exist.
Remembering Harris Wofford, Who Dreamed of a ‘United States of the World’
The late U.S. senator from Pennsylvania may have achieved his most visionary legacy as a teenager, when he founded a student movement for world federalism.
More Torture Questions for Haspel
Can the nominee to head up the CIA at least meet the higher standard on torture set by Joseph McCarthy?
Trump’s Refugee Ban Is Even Crueler Than You Think
The so-called “Muslim ban” has been compared to U.S. treatment of Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. It’s actually even more draconian.
Fascist Spain’s Biggest Supporters Were Hitler, Mussolini, and This American Oilman
No corporations have been more aggressive in forging their own foreign policies than the big oil companies.
What the Class Politics of World War II Mean for Tensions in Asia Today
In the Philippines, the grandson of a despised collaborator has endorsed the remilitarization of his country’s former occupiers — by the grandson of a war criminal, no less.
Will Russia Become the “Main Engine” of the Destruction of the Islamic State?
The Russian military moves to shore up the Syrian Regime in its fight against the Islamic State and other rebel forces.