A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has intensified pressure on the Biden administration to give Ukraine a top-tier U.S. drone capable of firing four Hellfire missiles or eight Stinger munitions. The 16 senators, led by Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst… Read More ›
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The Evacuation of the CIA’s Afghan Proxies Has Opened One of the War’s Blackest Boxes
On a rainy Saturday morning in May, Hayanuddin Afghan, a former member of a CIA-backed militia that was once his country’s most brutal and effective anti-Taliban force, welcomed me to his new home in a hilly neighborhood of Pittsburgh. He… Read More ›
Will Biden Sell Advanced Drones to Ukraine?
It’s been a grand two years for the war industry. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the perceived scent of Vladimir Putin’s blood emanating from the Kremlin, and hyped-up tensions with China have all converged to accelerate the already fierce pace of… Read More ›
The Hunger Striker vs. The Dictator
Many of the tens of thousands of delegates attending the United Nations climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, go to these gatherings year after year on a kind of autopilot. They update their PowerPoint presentations, pack their organizational banners, and brush… Read More ›
Hacked Documents: How Iran Can Track and Control Protesters’ Phones
Read this story in Persian As furious anti-government protests swept Iran, the authorities retaliated with both brute force and digital repression. Iranian mobile and internet users reported rolling network blackouts, mobile app restrictions, and other disruptions. Many expressed fears that the… Read More ›
Will Putin Face Prosecution for the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine?
When Russian forces seized Crimea in 2014, paving the way for President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula, a large number of world leaders and international organizations condemned the invasion as illegal. But Putin and other senior Russian officials… Read More ›
Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Winner: "What We Need Today Is Weapons"
A Ukrainian human rights organization which has been documenting Russian abuses in Ukraine was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today. The group, the Center for Civil Liberties, was one of three recipients of this year’s award, which also went to… Read More ›
Holding the COP27 Summit in Egypt’s Police State Creates a Moral Crisis for the Climate Movement
No one knows what happened to the lost climate letter. All that is known is this: Alaa Abd El Fattah, arguably Egypt’s highest profile political prisoner, wrote it while on a hunger strike in his Cairo prison cell last month…. Read More ›
The CIA Thought Putin Would Quickly Conquer Ukraine. Why Did They Get It So Wrong?
Ever since Ukraine launched a successful counteroffensive against Russian forces in late August, American officials have tried to claim credit, insisting that U.S. intelligence has been key to Ukraine’s battlefield victories. Yet U.S. officials have simultaneously downplayed their intelligence failures… Read More ›
NIH Awards New Grant to U.S. Organization at Center of Covid-19 Lab Leak Controversy
The main U.S.-based scientific organization at the center of the controversy over the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic has won a new grant from the National Institutes of Health for risky bat coronavirus surveillance research, despite losing a previous award… Read More ›