Patrick Lawrence: “Israel does ‘the wet work.’”
Zionism and the neoconservatives.
Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter
America is now what it has been for a long time. To suggest there was some great shift this week is simply to demonstrate the extent to which one has…
Patrick Lawrence: Portents of Chaos
At this moment it is hard to locate the limit of what either of the two main political parties in the U.S. will do to avoid losing.
Patrick Lawrence: Harris Comes Out of the Closet on Israel
Empire abroad, democracy at home: It has never been more than an impossible dream.
Patrick Lawrence: De-Westernizing Ourselves
Embarking on a process of personal, individual “de–Westernization” is absolutely essential if we propose to defend the humanity of humanity.
Patrick Lawrence: Truths That Come Out Like the Sun
A solidly documented true story takes shape out of all the day-to-day reporting of the past year. It is all in the record now, or will be, a coherent whole—this…
Patrick Lawrence: ‘Who Do You Want to Win?’
Matthew Syed's simplistic question about the Israel-Hezbollah conflict reflects a dangerous binary worldview, ignoring the complexities of modern geopolitics. The author urges a deeper understanding beyond winners and losers in…
Patrick Lawrence: Powerlessness
The sensation of powerlessness, as I have argued previously, is a primary source of depression. But it is almost always an illusion.
Patrick Lawrence: Defending Humanity
In the face of the dangerous U.S. determination to prolong its global primacy, a reform movement to reconstruct our long-abused global institutions merits serious attention.
Patrick Lawrence: The ‘War Party’ Makes Its Plans
The Americans and the Brits can be said to be playing, unserious as they are, but the Russians are not, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Patrick Lawrence: Gaza: Kamala Harris and the Disgrace of Denial
A world-historical disorder defines us, for their capacity and ours for rational thought and action, to say nothing of moral principle and empathy, has comprehensively lapsed.
Patrick Lawrence: Zelensky’s Misadventures in Kursk
Launching an attack on the region where Russia triumphed over the Nazis in the largest battle in history is bound to be a strategic misstep, writes Patrick Lawrence.
Patrick Lawrence: James Baldwin at 100
Things got lost in our remembrances.
Patrick Lawrence: The Murder of Ismail Haniyeh
Important as this conclusion is, one must view Haniyeh’s murder in its larger context. From this perspective we can come to some useful understandings. A few scales may now fall…
Patrick Lawrence: Netanyahu Goes for Broke
The Israeli prime minister has chosen this moment to mount a go-for-broke attempt to bring the U.S. into some kind of once-and-for-all conflict that would leave Israel supreme in the…