Would a draft matter?
Maybe the real conclusion should be that, as long as war is this country’s default option and peace the aberration, reinstating the draft would amount to little more than a change of wardrobe.
Spilling ink and spilling blood
Fighting and writing against America’s forever wars...
Can global sports boycotts help end the war in Ukraine?
The power of sports to legitimize a regime also means they have the power to delegitimize one, too.
Pentagon contractors seizing new gold rush to cash in on the Ukraine crisis
How Pentagon contractors are cashing in on the Ukraine crisis.
How terror came home and what to make of it
A nation rich in fear.
Renewed calls for US arms embargo as Israeli bombing kills hundreds in Lebanon
The ongoing violence has further entrenched the belief that U.S.-supplied weapons are enabling Israel’s assault on Lebanon and Gaza, deepening the humanitarian crisis in both regions.
The war to end war 100 years on: An evaluation and reorientation of our...
Ending war is not impossible. Far from it, in fact. But it is going to take a phenomenal amount of intelligent strategic effort, courage and commitment.
US military presence in the Middle East: The less the better
Afghanistan, the United States’ chaotic withdrawal notwithstanding, could emerge as another example of the positive impact when global interests coincide.
Peace for Ukraine courtesy of China?
Another step in Beijing’s rise to global power.
Lebanon ceasefire underlines that both Israel and Hezbollah lost the war
The ceasefire is the truce of the weak on both sides.