Sunday, May 5, 2024

Zelenskyy says world should ‘be ready’ for Putin to use nuclear weapons

The Ukrainian president's comments come as peace activists warn Sweden and Finland against joining NATO.

The Doomsday Clock

Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, and the Prospects for Survival

Are U.S.-Saudi Relations Finally Souring?

Pressure from human rights organizations like Oxfam to victims of the 9/11 attacks are helping erode the bond between these old political allies, but the results of this election season could squander our chance at change.

President Obama’s Biggest Mideast Policy Challenges in 2015

President Obama had aspirations to get the U.S. out of Afghanistan and Iraq, but he has failed so far at living up to the expectations he has promised. We will hopefully see some more positive changes this year.

The adults in the room? Trump’s generals and the eclipse of the (new) far...

The long standing argument about ensuring civilian control of the military has become more relevant than ever during the Trump presidency.

US follows Germany’s lead to send battle tanks to Ukraine

The U.S. agreed to send 31 tanks, and Germany agreed to 14.

Unequal Victims: The Wars in the Balkans and the Lies of “Humanitarian Intervention”

The merchants of death know there’s money to be made from the ‘humanitarian interventions’ that will come out of a Clinton presidency, just as they’ve profited from Neocon wars under Republicans.

Killing civilians in Iraq and Syria

The Trump administration has shifted from extermination to annihilation in its war against the Islamic State.

Who’s really in charge of the Afghanistan War?

Trump is letting non-elected generals decide to hurl another 4,000 of our men and women into the Afghanistan War.
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Jennifer Harbury: Today’s refugee crisis Is blowback from US dirty wars in Central America

"The United States has everything to do with the creation of the monsters that are driving the refugees up to our border."