Military

1,001 Days of War

The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. Imagine you hear a ruckus, go investigate, and you find there’s an enormous silverback gorilla in your...

The Houthis Aren’t Going Anywhere

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Houthis’ hijacking of the Galaxy Leader. On Nov. 19, 2023, military...

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove...

Trump’s defense pick reignites debate over women serving in combat roles

(NewsNation) — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense, sparking controversy...

Arab and Muslim States Prep for Trump’s Return

Donald Trump’s electoral victory means that other states, particularly in the Middle East, have to prepare for a...

Behind the U.S.-Backed Coup That Halted Guatemala’s ‘Ten Years of Spring’

The intertwined anniversaries this year of Guatemala’s 1944 revolution and the 1954 coup that ended it provide an essential lens for understanding both Guatemala’s...

World on the Brink Under Biden’s ‘Leadership’

President Joe Biden has called America “the world power,” and has referred to his “leadership in the world.” If Biden does indeed see himself as a, or the,...

Taiwan Gets NASAM

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Behind the US-Backed Coup That Halted Guatemala’s ‘Ten Years of Spring’

The intertwined anniversaries this year of Guatemala’s 1944 Revolution and the 1954 coup that ended it provide an essential lens for understanding both Guatemala’s...

1,001 Days of War