News Abroad

Jan 20, 2014

Abe Shinzo, Yasukuni and the Recurring Tragedy of Japanese Nationalism

by Thomas U. Berger

Why does Abe keep going back to the Yasukuni Shrine?

Jan 13, 2014

Top Ten Ways Ariel Sharon Ruined Israel and the Middle East

by Juan Cole

Arik Scheinerman, who became Ariel Sharon, would go on powerfully to shape the lives of most people in Israel and the Middle East, and not for the good.

Jan 7, 2014

Public Approval for the Afghan and Iraq Wars Has Collapsed

by Lawrence S. Wittner

And it shouldn't be surprising: Americans tend to have buyers' remorse when it comes to war.

Jan 7, 2014

America’s Black-Ops Blackout

by Nick Turse

Unraveling the secrets of the military’s secret military.

Dec 30, 2013

A Hard-to-Believe China Prediction for 2014

by Jeffrey Wasserstrom

China in 2014 will be deliciously unpredictable.

Dec 30, 2013

America's Love Affair With "Technowar"

by Steven Casey

American presidents have always relied on high technology to reduce U.S. casualties ... and increase enemy body counts.

Dec 30, 2013

Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?

by Stanley Kutler

It's unclear what, if any, benefit an American presence post-2014 will have on U.S. national security.

Dec 23, 2013

How Peter O’Toole Saved the Arabs (According to David Lean)

by Juan Cole

Sure, "Lawrence of Arabia" was a great film, and Peter O'Toole will be missed, but let's not lose sight of its Orientalism.

Dec 9, 2013

What It Was Like for Whites to Travel in Apartheid South Africa

by Vaughn Davis Bornet

A travelogue from 1969.

Dec 9, 2013

Rick Santorum compares apartheid to Obamacare, Rush Limbaugh complains about all of Mandela's media attention, and Dick Cheney is STILL defending his vote against sanctioning the apartheid government.

Dec 2, 2013

Does the Road to Mideast Peace Run through Tehran?

by Juan Cole

The diplomatic breakthrough at Geneva is still only a down payment on a much bigger deal.

Dec 2, 2013

The American Way of Manners

by Tom Engelhardt

Col. Manners answers your questions on the etiquette of war, nuclear threats, and surveillance.

Nov 25, 2013

Averted: The War Between Iran and America

by Juan Cole

The dream of the neoconservatives during the Bush administration -- an American flag in Tehran -- looks to be just that: a dream.

Nov 25, 2013

The Problem with "Extraterritoriality"

by Alan McPherson

U.S. soldiers accused of crimes in Afghanistan are tried in U.S. courts. That's been a problem before during the occupation of the Dominican Republic.

Nov 18, 2013

Will Typhoon Haiyan Cause Meaningful Political Reform in the Philippines?

by Richard T. Chu

Natural disasters can often spark political reforms, especially in corrupt and nepotistic countries like the Philippines. But here's why that probably won't happen.