Heart of Empire Archives

A Policy of Hypocrisy

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Flying Blind

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Undelivered Goods

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

War by Remote

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Clerical Oversight

by Andrew Cockburn,

The Jihadist leader no one wants to touch

Borderline Euphoric

by Andrew Cockburn,

Cold War II gets a bipartisan welcome

Flying Blind

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Andrew Cockburn on Democracy Now

by Harper’s Magazine,

Andrew Cockburn discusses the origins and possible fate of Nouri al-Maliki’s prime ministership

The Long Shadow of a Neocon

by Andrew Cockburn,

Reassessing a primary architect of Iraq and Afghanistan’s current misery

Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare

by Andrew Cockburn,

Gareth Porter on the true history of Iran’s nuclear program

Sins of the Fatcat

by Andrew Cockburn,

Bob Ivry’s guide for tracking down the live villains and unburied bodies of the 2008 crash

Warthogs and All

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Kerry, Iran, and the Wisdom of James Baker

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

The Bloom Comes Off the Georgian Rose

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Boeing’s Plastic Planes

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Flight of the Discords

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

Targeting Lincoln

by Andrew Cockburn,

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

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A Policy of Hypocrisy

Flying Blind

Undelivered Goods

War by Remote

Clerical Oversight

Borderline Euphoric

Flying Blind

Andrew Cockburn on Democracy Now

The Long Shadow of a Neocon

Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare

Sins of the Fatcat

Warthogs and All

Kerry, Iran, and the Wisdom of James Baker

The Bloom Comes Off the Georgian Rose

Boeing’s Plastic Planes

Flight of the Discords

Targeting Lincoln

Debug