In defense of the American Empire (gasp!)
While the U.S. has abused its hegemonic powers, it has also been possibly the most benevolent empire in history.
What difference does a war make?
The geopolitics of the new Cold War.
Global oil giants and governments fueling Israel’s war on Gaza could be complicit in...
New research reveals global oil giants and governments fueling Israel’s military operations in Gaza, raising serious questions about their potential complicity in war crimes and violations of international law.
Are we heading toward a constitutional crisis over immigration?
Does the potential exist for a direct conflict between two branches of government?
If It’s Going to Push Us to War, Is It Time for AIPAC to...
On whose behalf is AIPAC intervening in American domestic politics? Juan Cole discusses the only logical possibility, which is that AIPAC is acting on behalf of the Likud government of Israel.
Turning the moral injury of war into moral outrage for change
Our job is to turn moral injury into moral outrage and transform the United States into an exceptional humanitarian nation.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Palestine visit revealed the plain, brutal truth of apartheid
His new book, The Message, is based in part on his visit last year to Israel and the occupied West Bank, where he says he saw a system of segregation and oppression reminiscent of Jim Crow in the United States.
U.S. Government Wasted $231 Million on Failed Missile Defense Program
Although Congress approved another year of funding, PTSS was officially killed off on October 1, 2013, after spending $231 million on the doomed program.
The coup has failed & now the US is looking to wage war: Venezuelan...
The United Nations, the Red Cross and other relief organizations have refused to work with the U.S. on delivering aid to Venezuela, which they say is politically motivated.
Castle Black, the Syrian withdrawal, and the Battle of the Bases
Given Washington’s penchant for Middle Eastern military missions, the likelihood of yet more U.S. bases across the region and talk of several Game of Thrones prequels still to come.