War & Peace

US Puts Troops on Standby as War Tensions Over Ukraine Mount

The U.K. threatens "lightning war" as military forces mobilize in eastern Europe.

Andrea Germanos · Jan 24, 2022

Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defense unit train on a Saturday in a forest on January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

One Very Long War From Vietnam to Afghanistan

Andrew Bacevich · Jan 24, 2022

U.S. soldiers take part in a training exercise

Biden Considering Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe

Jake Johnson · Jan 24, 2022

Leaked Report Suggests Impunity for IDF Troops in Deadly Stop of Palestinian-American Elder

Brett Wilkins · Jan 23, 2022

Leaked Report Suggests Impunity for IDF Troops in Deadly Stop of Palestinian-American Elder

"This is a policy: Israel does not prosecute those responsible for harming Palestinians, thus making their lives miserable," said the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem.

Brett Wilkins · Jan 23, 2022

Biden Is Failing Yemen

One year after promising to help end the war, Biden seems to be out of fresh ideas and going back to old playbooks.

Daniel Larison · Jan 22, 2022

Biden's Continuation of Trump's Western Sahara Policy Is Deeply Troubling

Trump recognized the wholesale annexation of one country by another. If Biden lets that stand, the global implications are deeply troubling.

Stephen Zunes · Jan 22, 2022

Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Thích Nhất Hạnh Dead at 95

"He inspired so many good people to dedicate themselves to working for a more just and compassionate world."

Jessica Corbett · Jan 21, 2022

Groups Warn US Lawmakers Against Fueling 'New Cold War' With China

A policy of hostility toward Beijing, says a global justice advocate, has "become a convenient excuse for pushing a corporate, militarist agenda."

Jessica Corbett · Jan 21, 2022

We must recognize that our global problems and shared threats will be solved not by war but through diplomacy, cooperation and collaboration and finally by appropriate foreign aid providing infrastructure, medical and educational aid, not weapons.

Robert Dodge · Jan 21, 2022

Yemenis inspect the scene of aerial attacks said to be carried out by aircraft of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia on January 18, 2022 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Saudi Bombings Kill Scores of Civilians—Including Children—in Yemen

"America is complicit in this," said one critic of "this horrific war that Biden and his senior officials once promised to end."

Andrea Germanos · Jan 21, 2022

Syrian workers are seen at the Tabqa Dam on May 18, 2017.

US Risked Killing Thousands by Bombing Syria Dam on 'No-Strike List'

"The number of casualties would have exceeded the number of Syrians who have died throughout the war," said a former director of the Tabqa Dam.

Kenny Stancil · Jan 21, 2022

On Nuclear Annihilation and Other Topics: A Talk With Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg

Ellsberg spoke about the ongoing threat of atomic weapons, the terrifying effort to build more world-threatening ICBMs, and the urgent need for a renewed anti-war movement.

Richard Eskow · Jan 21, 2022