The ultra-costly, underwhelming F-35 fighter
Lockheed Martin remains top gun in the Pentagon's cockpit.
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.
Apologists for Israel’s mass murder in Gaza fall back on ‘antisemitism’ claims
The gist of the trick is to equate Israel with the Jewish religion—and then to equate opposition to Israel with antisemitism.
Ending the war in Ukraine
Three possible futures.
In a dangerous time: Toward preventing a disastrous US-China war
A new and global Cold War with China or, worse, a hot and potentially nuclear war with China, are the last things that humanity needs.
The U.S. Military Suffers from Affluenza
An institutional report card with so many deficits and failures, a record of deportment that has led to death and mayhem, should not be ignored. The military must be called to account.
Are we forever captives of America’s forever wars?
What needs to be done to finally end them...
What the dismantling of the Berlin Wall means 30 years later
The return of war-as-the-answer.
The Most Important Neglected Middle East Stories of 2015
The past 12 months saw enormous political, economic and military shifts in the Middle East, changing its geopolitics for the foreseeable future.
FLASH! Pentagon fails audit! (again!)
The Washington money pit...