Is a Chinese Cold War Still Possible in an Overheating World?
Contrary to the Biden administration's predictions, by 2049 China is more likely to be a climate disaster zone than a military superpower.
The Endless Shadow of the War on Terror
However unsuccessful, the war on terror will continue. The only difference: It won’t be called a war anymore.
The U.S. Government Lied For Two Decades About Afghanistan
Using the same deceitful tactics they pioneered in Vietnam, U.S. political and military officials repeatedly misled the country about the prospects for success in Afghanistan
Anti-War Voices Say Afghanistan Shows Need to Stop Any Further March to War
Peace advocates emphasized the imperative to pursue diplomatic over military solutions to regional problems.
Maj. Danny Sjursen on Genocide, Slavery, Imperialism and Hyper Capitalism
On “Going Underground, ” the host speaks to Retired US Army Major Danny Sjursen, author of ‘A True History of the United States: Indigenous Genocide, Racialized Slavery, Hyper-Capitalism, Militarist Imperialism…
Moral Injury and the Forever Wars
Sobering facts some Americans don't want to hear about why so many members of the military are taking their own lives.
Is Our Failed Empire Heading for the Exit?
Could this country, which dumped trillions of taxpayer dollars into its forever wars, now perhaps be reclassified as a failing empire with a flailing military?
Forever Wars Are a Cancer on Our Democracy
Who authorized America's forever wars? And why do they never end?
The Chinese Missile Crisis of 2026
Michael Klare, founder of the Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy, peers into a future in which the Chinese Missile Crisis of 2024 or 2026 is anything but beyond imagining.
The Military Wasn’t a Way Out of Poverty For Me
Instead, militarism is why so many of us are poor in the first place.
The Only Tragic Thing About Donald Rumsfeld’s Death
As Daily Beast senior national security correspondent Spencer Ackerman wrote, "The only thing tragic about the death of Donald Rumsfeld is that it didn't occur in an Iraqi prison."
America’s $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Safer
Despite the fact that developments of the past year and a half have underscored that the greatest threats to American lives are anything but military in nature, the Biden administration…
Biden’s Lawless Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry Funding Both Parties
U.S. citizens derive no benefit, but instead suffer great loss, from endless war in the Middle East. But their interests are irrelevant to decisions of bipartisan Washington.
The $100 Billion U.S. Initiative to Deliver 16,128 Hiroshimas
Reportedly, the U.S. is planning to spend something like $1.7 trillion over the coming three decades on “modernizing” our nuclear arsenal, including 12 submarines that could destroy the world several…
U.S. Military Document Puts Socialists in Same Category as Neo-Nazis
The Navy's new counterterrorism training guide says that socialists are "political terrorists," just like neo-Nazis.