Trump’s first enemy
ahmed sabirBy Abdulrahman Al-Rashed Anglo-Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once said: “I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” US…
The war horror has begun
By 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…
Israel plays its Trump card
By Neri Zilber Right-wingers in Jerusalem are ecstatic; Palestinian leaders are apoplectic. Welcome to a new era of the Arab-Israeli conflict “We are entering a new era,” Israeli Prime Minister…
Israel is a Rogue State
By John Wight That Israel is a rogue state has long been beyond dispute in discerning company. In light of the recent revelation that an Israeli official, working for the…
Mosul battle – Iraq gaining momentum against IS
By Michael Knights The announcement by the Iraqi military that its forces have reached the Tigris River for the first time in the battle for Mosul marks a significant moment…
Refugees in Lebanon, Turkey & Jordan losing hope
By Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh As 2016 drew to a close in Syria and the government took back control over eastern Aleppo, over 4.8 million Syrian refugees continued to seek safety and…