The war horror has begun
ahmed sabirBy David Swanson Here we are on Day 5 of the Donald Trump presidency, and he's got “special” forces of the U.S. military in two-thirds of the world's nations. He's…
Trump’s vainglorious affront to the CIA
By Robin Wright The death of Robert Ames, who was America's top intelligence officer for the Middle East, is commemorated among the hundred and seventeen stars on the white marble…
One week before the American republic inaugurates its destroyer
By Sasha Abramsky Trumpism doesn't represent an ideological shift in U.S. policy and government. It's a vast tilt toward irrationality, a hyper-power in the grip of a political nervous breakdown.…
Trump, Putin, and the big hack
By David Remnick Vyacheslav Molotov, Stalin's foreign minister, once remarked while on a trip to Berlin in the early days of the Cold War, “The trouble with free elections is that…
We need to talk The past, present, and future of US nuclear weapons policy
By Francis J. Gavin There is no graver threat to the world than nuclear war, a catastrophe some believe is less unlikely than commonly assumed. A president's most awesome responsibility…
How to save US-Pakistan relations from the brink of disaster
ahsanWar between the United States and Pakistan is imminent, if one goes by the talk in DC at every other forum on the subject. There is a strange tendency in…
Russia joins US in denying int’l law
By Leonid Bershidsky After years of snail-pace investigations of war crimes in Africa, the International Criminal Court in The Hague may finally be trying to go after the big guys…
US president-elect selects candidates for CIA, attorney general positions
US president-elect Donald Trump revealed the first three members of his cabinet on Friday, naming Senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general, Congressman Mike Pompeo to head the CIA and former…
How Donald Trump will make Russia great again in the Middle East
The president-elect may strike a deal with Putin that could do real damage By David Gardner Donald Trump has his admirers in the Middle East, in spite of his stigmatisation…
US elections shockwaves hit Europe
By Eric S Margolis Donald Trump's startling and explosive victory has not only shaken America's oligarchy to its core, it's also sending shock waves across Europe and scaring the top…