Paid-members only The War Abroad 'Great Power Competition' As Human Sacrifice The Pentagon ran a disinformation campaign to make Filipinos distrust vaccinations rather than see them take China's free COVID vaccine. That's what 'Great Power Competition' truly is
The War Abroad 'Phase 2': The Shape of Israeli Rejectionism To Come Biden has declared that Israel's reasonable war aims have been achieved. Netanyahu is in no position to agree. Only U.S. pressure can break the impasse. Will Biden apply it?
The War Abroad Memorial Day Reading: Abdul Raziq, Revisited—and Revealed If people you cared about died in Afghanistan, you'll get righteously angry reading about the monsters that they were sacrificed to prop up. Good weekend for it
The War Abroad Biden Unites With Republicans Against International Criminal Court It's a death spiral for the 'Rules-Based International Order' as Team Biden says it's open to retaliation against the war-crimes court for indicting Israel's genocidaires.
The War Abroad ICC Indictments Deepen The Crisis of The 'Rules-Based International Order' With Netanyahu and Gallant facing war-crimes charges, the U.S. once again faces a chasm between international law and the world Washington made.
The War Abroad Ex-State Dept. Official on Paused U.S. Weapons Shipment: 'Significant But Not Cause for Celebration' For the first time, the Biden administration has withheld delivery of bombs to Israel. Josh Paul, who resigned over Gaza, explains the bigger picture
The War Abroad It's Either A Ceasefire Or Iran's Next Response Will Be Worse Two things are true at the same time: Iran's attack on Israel was unprecedented, and Iran showed restraint. We won't like the sequel. PLUS! Introducing Mehdi Hasan's Zeteo, where I'll be contributing!
The War Abroad Time To Seize An Iranian Ceasefire Opportunity Iran seems to be floating a plausible way to stop both the genocide in Gaza and the slow-burning regional war. This week could be a Moment—or it could slip away
The War Abroad Kill Lists In The Age of Artificial Intelligence Israel's "Lavender" AI, the lethal end result of mass surveillance, debuted in Gaza six months ago. It threatens to be the future of war.
The War Abroad That Ceasefire Resolution Is Absolutely Binding on Israel After declining to veto it at the Security Council, Biden's officials insist the resolution is "nonbinding." That's "hopelessly thin," says a leading international-law expert
Paid-members only The War Abroad An Iraqi 'Terrorist' Leader on The Future of 'Resistance' To U.S. Forces Longtime U.S. enemy Qais Khazali gave a speech about the future of the U.S. presence in Iraq. Could it contain a diplomatic message?
The War Abroad All Kamala Harris Has To Tell Benny Gantz Is No But Gantz is in Washington to give Team Biden an Israeli to say yes to who isn't Netanyahu. PLUS: Evan and I sign on Friday!
The War Abroad American Delusions at The International Court of Justice The U.S. "Rules-Based International Order" continues to eat international law alive. PLUS: Come get your comics signed by me and Evan Narcisse!
The War Abroad The U.S. And Israel Actually Did Retaliate Against Iran They just did it through cyberattacks and pipeline bombings. That'll make Iran surrender, right? PLUS: Can we get a congratulations going for Sam in the chat?
The War Abroad The Children of Gaza Were Not Killed For Democracy Absolutely nothing about Israel's U.S.-sponsored genocide has to do with democracy. Biden needs to stop staining democracy with the blood of children
Newsletter So How Much of The Yemen War Is Jim Mattis’ Fault? The legendary Marine turned Pentagon chief was secretly working for the UAE as far back as 2015, the dawn of the devastating Yemen war. Wish I’d known that when I wrote my Rolling Stone profile!
Newsletter Two Varieties of Media Dehumanization Conservative and liberal Islamophobias, and what they say about the persistence of the War on Terror. PLUS: Biden invokes the 2001 AUMF against…Iran's coalition
The War Abroad The Eighteenth Brumaire of The War on Terror A lethal drone attack on U.S. troops in Jordan has created massive pressure to attack Iran. Biden is running out of time to avert all-out war—and learn from very recent history.
The War Abroad That International Court of Justice Ruling Might Still Have Consequences The court didn't order a ceasefire in Gaza. But it could still have material impacts on Israel's European allies. PLUS! An Iraqi framework for (slow) U.S. military "disengagement."
Paid-members only The War Abroad Emirates' U.S. Assassins in Yemen Tell All The Spear Operations Group killed "terrorists" in Yemen, AKA the Emiratis' political enemies. It's big trouble in "Little Sparta" as the mercs talk to the BBC
The War Abroad Two Navy SEALs Die in New Forever War Biden Chose Instead of Stopping Israel’s Genocide Bombing Yemen isn't working. Netanyahu isn't stopping. And Joe Biden is Lyndon Johnsoning.
The War Abroad VIDEO: The Most Dangerous Moment in The Middle East in The 21st Century So Far (f/Democracy Now!) I've been covering the War on Terror since nearly its inception. But as you'll see in this video, the war spinning out from Gaza is the most frightening I've seen yet.
Paid-members only The War Abroad Iran's Opening Shots And The Logic of Escalation Forget "not wanting" to escalate. War, especially this one, needs to be actively deescalated before we reach the abyss. PLUS: The White House smears a good reporter.
The War Abroad The Escalation To Yemen Is Here. Now What? (Ft./American Prestige) You did it, Joe! You escalated the war you spent the week saying shouldn't escalate. And you have a plan now, right? Right?
Newsletter South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel Is Serious Israel denounces it. The U.S. dismisses it. The International Court of Justice is hearing it. The rest of us can't flinch from reading it.
