On stopping the fighting and building the peace.

Real democratic participation in foreign policy is almost unimaginable today—but this wasn’t always the case.

How the militarization of politics continues to destabilize Iraq decades after the U.S.-led invasion.

German leaders have responded to war in Ukraine with huge increases in defense spending, breaking with the culture of pacifism that emerged after World War II and marking a new wave of militarization.

Noam Chomsky on lies, crimes, and savage capitalism.

To discern why we fight, we should ask why we do not.

Two new books examine the ordinary roots of our extraordinary regime of high-tech monitoring.

As the war continues with no end in sight, the country’s ability to prevail at the front will depend on how badly the war damages life on the ground.

The legal doctrine of "superior responsibility" makes the Russian president liable for war crimes committed in Ukraine.

Remembering the Nakba is not optional.

The lawless—and ongoing—administration of the prison by four American presidents underwrites the broader democratic crisis we face today.

In the high-tech culture of Tel Aviv, military-grade spying on civilians has become just another office job.

Tactical critiques of the war's conduct are a distraction from U.S. imperialism.

Historian Samuel Moyn contends that efforts to conduct war humanely have only perpetuated it. But the solution must lie in politics, not a sacrifice of human rights.

Drone attacks were sold to the American people as a way to limit U.S. involvement in Pakistan. In reality, U.S. empire has only continued to exert influence.

Far from a relic of the past, September 11 continues to normalize state-sanctioned barbarity.

The U.S. occupation of Afghanistan sacrificed politics—the only viable route to peace—for massive corruption and violence.

From drone strikes to counterinsurgency efforts, the work of the late historian Nasser Hussain highlights the importance of understanding the mechanics of the War on Terror, not just its effects.

While Japanese and U.S. officials celebrate a demilitatization in the pacific islands, Okinawans protest persistent military colonialism.

Seventy years after the civil preparedness film Duck and Cover, it is long past time to reckon with the way white supremacy shaped U.S. nuclear defense efforts during the Cold War.

Watch our release of documentary short The Rifleman, which examines how NRA head Harlon Carter fused gun rights, immigration enforcement, and white supremacy. Then read an interview with filmmaker Sierra Pettengill and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.

Failures in prosecuting the businessmen who profited from the Nazi war machine show just how far postwar Europe and America were willing to go in the Cold War quest to protect capitalism.

U.S. political elites sold the United Nations to the public as a route to global peace. In reality they wanted it as a cover for militarization.

Internationalists are plotting their return, but they still haven’t learned from the failure of liberal universalism.

On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, it is clear that white supremacy sustains the U.S. nuclear arsenal. 

The link between modern policing and the U.S. national security state means they will have to be democratized together.