What a policy of real solidarity with the Syrian people looks like
The U.S. does not have to choose between backing the Assad regime or extremist groups. There is another choice: Syria’s homegrown pro-democracy resistance.
Gaza’s devastation: Unprecedented destruction and systematic targeting of schools amid Israel’s ongoing assault
A region in ruins as Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza takes a human and environmental toll.
Polio strikes Gaza: A 10-month-old’s paralysis amidst siege highlights humanitarian crisis
The child was born around the time last year that Israel ordered a total blockade on all humanitarian aid to Gaza.
South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbors pull back from the abyss
The international community can only hope that the carnage and chaos of February was the last in a tragic series of encounters between nuclear neighbors that could otherwise lead South Asia to devastation and the world to nuclear winter.
Canada is quietly putting war into your portfolio
That means funding for military supply chains, weapons systems, and defense infrastructure would increasingly flow through financial markets rather than direct public expenditure.
What does ‘denuclearization’ mean in the negotiations for an end to the Korean War?
Maybe ending U.S. occupation of South Korea.
The Anti-Empire Report #147
The Trump dilemma, as well as the whole Hillary Clinton mess, could have probably been avoided if Bernie Sanders had been nominated.
America Revisits the Dark Side
Candidates compete to promise the most torture and slaughter. Are war crimes are back on the American agenda?
The Mosul Campaign and the Third Presidential Debate
Clinton was secretary of state, so why is she so flat-footed on these foreign policy issues?
Netanyahu’s ‘tragic mistake’ claim faces backlash after Israeli strike kills civilians in Rafah
International outrage erupts as Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Rafah, Gaza, leaves 50 civilians dead. Critics demand accountability from Netanyahu and call for the suspension of U.S. military aid to Israel.