The Boat People’s Long Shadow
Many of the reasons why Americans want to keep Syrian refugees out of the US will sound particularly familiar to the Vietnamese boat people who have heard it all before and proved the critics wrong.
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Afghanistan: 17 Years of Incompetence, Corruption, and Waste
A new government report concludes that the US’s ongoing effort — now in its 17th year — to stabilize and reconstruct Afghanistan has been marred by misspending, corruption, and incompetence.
Could US Exit From Nuclear Pact Trigger War Between Iran and Israel?
Iranian and Israeli forces exchanged airstrikes just a day after the US pulled out of the 2015 multinational nuclear agreement. Could a full-blown war be stopped without US involvement?
US Celebration of ISIS Raid May Be Short-Lived as Turmoil Brews
As the US mulls its continued role in Syria, further chaos is spreading through the region. The governments of three key Syria neighbors have either collapsed, or are teetering on the brink.
More Fighting Words from Britain’s David Davis: Interview, Part 2
UK Member of Parliament David Davis has emerged as one of Britain’s top critics of government encroachment on liberty and privacy. In the second half of an interview with WhoWhatWhy’s Russ Baker, Davis talks about how he defied his party leadership to help stop Britain from fighting in Syria; the value and vulnerability of whistleblowers; and how government legal aid cuts are putting ordinary citizens at the mercy of the state.
A Republican Regrets: How the Iraq War Brought Chaos to the West
Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff, tells of the lies that led the US into Iraq, the resulting chaos, and the price of having no coherent foreign policy.
How Wars Will Be Fought in the 21st Century
The founder of a major research institute explains how to deal with conflicts that take place amid the global web of economic and social interactions.
What Everybody Gets Wrong About Kushner’s Legal Woes
The so-called experts talking about potential legal problems for President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner are looking in all the wrong places.
January 6 Was Only the Starting Gun
A reporter embedded with the January 6 rioters warns that the dogs of domestic war have now been fully unleashed
Editors’ Picks for Sept 22
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To the Brink of War, With No Upside
A surprising conversation about Iran with prominent Middle East scholar Stephen Zunes.
Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil
Discord in the Middle East is usually presented as a struggle over land, but the underlying factor has always been oil.