Trump-Taliban talks like those with N. Korea – a photo op on the deck...
Trump-Taliban is just for show, like Trump-North Korea. It is like a photo op on the deck of the Titanic as it headed to sea.
The graveyard of empires redux
America's ruinous pursuit of Mission Impossible in Afghanistan.
Amid the carnage in Ukraine, it’s time for world leaders to rethink their priorities
Lending all support and incentives to ending the war in Ukraine would be a good place to start.
Global solidarity marches held to demand cease-fire in Gaza
“We would need to invent brand new words to adequately describe the situation that Palestinians in Gaza find themselves in today.
Donald Trump in South Sudan
Most people thought Trump was going to flame out long ago. Now that he hasn't, what are people afraid of?
Remembering America’s first (and longest) forgotten war on Tribal Islamists
Precious few today have ever heard of America’s Moro War, fought from 1899 to 1913, but it was, until Afghanistan, one of America’s longest sustained military campaigns.
Outrage as Nikki Haley signs ‘finish them’ on Israeli bomb amid Gaza conflict
Humanitarians and activists condemn former U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley for writing a controversial message on an Israeli artillery shell during her visit to an IDF post.
Mantra for 9/11
Fourteen years later and we are still living in an improbable world. Tom Engelhardt discusses the wars, interventions, assassinations, tortures, kidnappings, the growth of the American national security state and the spread of Islamic extremism.
Who is making a killing on killing?
As the saying goes, follow the money to find out who profits from all this death and devastation.
The Doomsday Clock
Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival