The Costs of War
Five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, observes columnist Zia Mian, the costs of war stagger the imagination.
Iraq in Pictures
Many of the most resonant images from the Iraq War are as deceptive as the Bush administration’s rationales for starting the war in the first place.
Winter Soldiers’ Testimony
U.S. veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan occupations who testified at the Winter Soldier hearings intend to forge ahead with their efforts to end the Iraq War by revealing its reality.
Clinton’s GWU Iraq Speech
On March 17, Hillary Clinton gave a speech at George Washington University outlining her plans to de-escalate U.S. military involvement in Iraq. Stephen Zunes annotates her statements.
Postcard from…Nepal
Bhutanese refugees in Nepal face an agonizing choice: wait for repatriation or go to a third country.
The Military-Petroleum Complex
America’s oil addiction has gotten it into all sorts of trouble around the world.
Bush at the Pentagon
Why is the president still giving victory speeches about the Iraq War?
Obama Race Speech Analysis
With his speech on race, Barack Obama has already brought about one much-needed change: people across the United States are examining our personal, systemic, and deeply entrenched racism
The Andean Crisis
In seven days, the Andean region went from the brink of war to a grudging peace. But as columnist Laura Carlsen reports, all is still not well.
Memorializing Iraq
Joseph DeLappe isn’t waiting for the end of the Iraq War to start building a monument to the Iraqi civilians who have died.
Resisting the Empire
There is a growing number of campaigns that seek the withdrawal of U.S. foreign military bases. And they may just succeed.
NATO at a Crossroads
A plan for a new concept of NATO’s mission and a reformed nuclear policy.
The Arab Abstraction
Even after five years of war, I have only rarely seen the lurching of a human gut towards these suffering people.
The War at Home
When America chooses war, we enter into a covenant with the troops and their families. That covenant has been betrayed.
The Second Shockwave
The global economic crisis is just now hitting the developing world with devastating effects.