The brave new war machine
How a clique of unhinged techno-optimists is putting humanity at risk.
War is bad for you—and the economy
The military-industrial complex will have yet another never-ending claim on our scarce national resources.
The US military, post-Afghanistan
Can we finally give peace a try?
Biden must stop enabling ‘this evil genocide,’ Progressives say after latest IDF atrocities
"These atrocities must end. Civilians and civilian infrastructure must always be protected."
War with Iran to test China’s energy security
U.S. military action is disrupting key energy suppliers, putting China’s reliance on foreign sources to the test. Even as Beijing strengthens domestic capacity and diversifies imports, the crisis exposes the limits of its energy strategy.
Failed States and States of Failure
We have no idea what it means at this point in history to turn a region, city by city, country by country, into something like a vast failed state and then continue to bomb the rubble.
Can the Pentagon win when putsch comes to shove?
A rare pentagon “success” story.
The military industrial drain
Even if the Pentagon budget were cut in half, the United States would still outspend China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea combined.
Sanders calls for DOJ investigation into Israeli killing of American activist Ayşenur Eygi
Senator Bernie Sanders demands a DOJ investigation into the killing of Turkish-American activist Ayşenur Eygi by Israeli forces, highlighting a pattern of impunity for the deaths of American citizens in the occupied West Bank.
Searching for Rojava
Rojava’s experiment is no more than a radical democracy, which grew out of a cult of personality. So why is an experiment in direct democracy under siege the best-kept secret in the Middle East?