Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 63)
Blackwater founder Erik Prince wants America’s Afghanistan strategy outsourced
Matthew Rozsa
While Trump's domestic policy is being outsourced to lobbyists, Blackwater may take control of the Afghanistan war
High school student lands lengthy interview with James Mattis after his phone number is accidentally published
Charlie May
Out of thousands of messages, Trump's defense secretary decided to speak with one lucky student
Two impulsive leaders fan the global flames
Dilip Hiro
The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian conundrum
Lindsey Graham on Trump: “When it comes to Russia, he’s got a blind spot”
Charlie May
Graham said Trump's suggestion of a cyber security unit with Putin was one of the dumbest ideas he's ever heard
“War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all
Anis Shivani
Brad Pitt's devastating caricature of Gen. Stanley McChrystal anchors a dense critique of our Afghan catastrophe
“New atheist” Sam Harris — still deeply wrong on Islamic extremism and terrorism
Émile P. Torres
Harris' unhealthy obsession with Islam leads him to ignore the historical and political factors behind extremism
This is how climate change will shift the world’s cities
Brian Kahn
If we don't cut back on carbon pollution, our summers will keep getting hotter
“A Gray State”: A right-wing conspiracy theorist films his own deadly descent into madness
Gary M. Kramer
Erik Nelson's documentary ties together the many frayed threads of filmmaker David Crowley's short, troubled life
How a jihadist was made
John Kiriakou, Joseph Hickman
Abu Zubaydah was a man born without a country. This is his journey from child of immigrants to Mujahideen fighter
Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team blocked from attending STEM competition in U.S.
Michael Glassman
A one week visa was denied to the six girls
How “Sesame Street” Afghanistan adding a boy muppet actually helps girls
Matthew Rozsa
The first Afghan Muppet was a 6-year-old girl named Zari, and the new muppet, Zeerak, is her brother
A wide world of winless war
Nick Turse
Globe-trotting U.S. special ops forces have already been deployed to 137 nations in 2017
6 trigger points: How the conflict between the United States and Iran is fast escalating toward war
Jefferson Morley
The United States' next ground war in the Middle East might erupt without warning
Isn’t Trump supposed to be commander-in-chief?
David Masciotra
Trump’s dangerous deference to the military on matters of war and peace should be cause for alarm
5 sensible things to do instead of obsessing about, and enabling Trump’s narcissism
Lynn Stuart Parramore
Instead of fixating on our national narcissist, we can turn our attention to strengthening our democracy
Trump’s Cabinet of sycophants won’t admit his job performance is terrible
Jim Hightower
The public's ratings, captured by pollsters, show the president's popularity has plummeted. Here's why
Here’s how Obama reacted to Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election
Matthew Rozsa
President Obama's approach to Russia for its alleged election meddling has many concerned he wasn't tough enough
Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson can’t get anything right
Eric Hananoki
Watson's fans include Donald Trump Jr. and the Trump administration
The Pentagon plans to send nearly 4,000 additional troops to Afghanistan
Charlie May
The Taliban now control or contest more territory since before 2001, and the war in Afghanistan has no clear end
When is a leak ethical?
Cassandra Burke Robertson
As the president declares war on leakers, it's worth noting that not all leaks are bad
Understanding contemporary white supremacy, part 2: How do we deal with this new form of an old phenomenon?
Anis Shivani
Our panel of scholars on what we get wrong about white supremacy, and whether persecuting racists does any good
They might keep their jobs, but they won’t keep their reputations
Lucian K. Truscott IV
It’s official: Republicans have become an all-or-nothing party committed to going down with Trump’s ship
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