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This Soldier’s Witness to the Iraq War Lie

A U.S. intelligence officer reflects on the moral corruption of an open-ended occupation.

by Frederic Wehrey via New York Review of Books on September 15, 2020

The Intelligence Coup of the Century

For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries.

by Greg Miller via Washington Post on February 11, 2020

How Carter's '80 SOTU Unleashed America's 'World Police'

Forty years ago he announced a new American doctrine of aggressive Middle East interventionism that never went away.

by Edward D. Change via The American Conservative on February 4, 2020

Ronald Reagan’s “October Surprise” Plot Was Real After All

A batch of quietly released documents confirms what many have long suspected.

by Branko Marcetic via Jacobin on January 21, 2020

Assassination as Cure: Disease Metaphors and Foreign Policy

The poorly crafted disease metaphor often accompanies a bad outcome.

by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on January 13, 2020

They Wanted to Remake the World; Instead We Got President Trump

Andrew Bacevich makes the case that America’s elites wasted the promise of the post-Cold War era.

by Beverly Gage via Washington Post on January 10, 2020

Rambo Politics from Reagan to Trump

Trump links the assassination of Iranian General Soleimani to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, positioning himself as Rambo, avenging American humiliation abroad.

by Bonnie Honig via Boston Review on January 6, 2020

Why Are We in the Middle East?

America’s devotion to the Middle East did not make much sense in 2003, Bacevich argues; but it did in 1980, and the reason was oil.

by Richard Beck via n+1 on July 29, 2016

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