War

John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif have demonstrated that we don’t have to fight World War III in the Middle East with the framework of the nuclear deal. Diplomacy can work—war is not the only available policy tool.

All options are “on the table.”

“In a world rife with geopolitical tensions and mistrust, this is a recipe for annihilation."

The rise of Mr. Trump potentially throws a monkey wrench into Middle Eastern politics, the fallout of which is uncertain.

It couldn’t be more important to make America’s disastrous wars of this century more visible.

Has there ever been an organization in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organized human life on Earth?

In a groundbreaking legal battle at the International Court of Justice, South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Israel defends, citing self-defense and challenging the court's jurisdiction.

As cease-fire talks continue, mass graves and bodies buried under rubble reveal the full scale of Israel’s U.S.-backed assault on Gaza.

The U.S. policy of proxy war, relying on allies to do the killing and dying in order to avoid domestic political blow back over U.S. casualties, has led us to the brink of war with Russia and Iran.

All of this is like manna from heaven for the Islamic State, the more “pitiless” the better. Their dream is to live in a black-and-white world of utter religious and political clarity (and calamity), while engaging in what American pundits like to term a “clash of civilizations.”