Historian Gar Alperovitz on the decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Trump wants to cut off Mexicans’ money? That’s what the Obama Administration already does to Somalis.

The story behind the billionaire's fast food of choice

"Looking at the detailed Russian timeline of what happened," says defense analyst Pierre Sprey, "I'd say the evidence looks pretty strong that the Turks were setting up an ambush."

“We spent 36 million dollars on a building that was totally built, never used, and has been turned over to the Afghans. As far as we know, it’s empty.”

The authors of the Drone Papers were delivering a simple message: send more money.

How $1.8 billion in aid to Ukraine was funneled to the outposts of the international finance galaxy

The roots of the conflict in Yemen—a discussion between Washington Editor Andrew Cockburn and Sanaa-based political analyst Abdul-Ghani Al Iryani, with photographs by Alex Potter.

How armchair generals pretend they’re on the front lines.

The Jihadist leader no one wants to touch

Cold War II gets a bipartisan welcome

The U.S. air-power lobby, botched bombing missions, and bootless combat.

The U.S. Air Force’s foolish plan to scrap its most effective plane

Why John Kerry was bested by France and Israel in negotiations with Iran, and how the Obama Administration could get around the U.S. sanctions regime

In the aftermath of Georgia’s presidential elections, questions emerge about Mikhail Saakashvili’s support for jihadist operations in southern Russia, and about what the United States knew

How Boeing’s adoption of defense-contracting practices led to the flawed Dreamliner 787

The military–industrial–congressional complex bullies the F-35 Lightning II into Burlington

How bank-friendly legislators are gutting the Lincoln Amendment to the Dodd–Frank Act