Can the nuclear weapons genie be put back in the bottle?
The vehicle today for eliminating nuclear weapons is the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, passed at the United Nations by a vote of 122 nations in 2017 - and it's not supported by the U.S., Russia, or China.
Terrorism: A false threat
Millions starve. Millions die yearly from preventable diseases. Millions die as a consequence of wars. Compared with these numbers, the total count of terrorist victims is vanishingly small.
Former Guantánamo Chief Summoned by French Court Over Torture Allegations
General Geoffrey Miller presided over the U.S. military prison in Cuba from 2002 to 2004, after then-President George Bush approved of ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques including waterboarding.
US wants release of two special forces veterans who led failed coup invasion of...
The U.S. Embassy is useless for most citizens in trouble abroad, but not if you've invaded a country.
In a Massive Intelligence Error, the U.S. Kills 80 Syrian Troops, Helping Islamic State...
The problem with a mistake of this Himalayan proportions is that it will be extremely difficult in the aftermath to convince Syria that the US did not intentionally aid Daesh.
No U.S. war on North Korea
An optimistic perspective on a scary crisis.
In the Ukraine conflict, fake fact-checks are being used to spread disinformation
“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen what I might call a disinformation false-flag operation. It’s like Russians actually pretending to be Ukrainians spreading disinformation.”
Mass displacement in Gaza: Nearly 80 percent of population forced from homes, UN reports
UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) shelters are currently housing around 930,000 people, a figure that represents over three-quarters of Gaza's population.
The war zone is America
Yet, as the United States comes ever more to resemble a war zone in a pandemic moment, in a country run by a president with autocratic inclinations, amid a surge of protest over racism, the home front could indeed become a war front.
Day after voting down 10 percent Pentagon cut, 37 Senate Dems join GOP to...
"We should prioritize eradicating poverty, not war."