Imperialism & War > United States
Nato paralysis and US decline
17 Jun 2011
No candidate to replace the USA exists or looks likely to arise, writes James Turley
A bazaar mentality
19 May 2022
Why is Erdoğan blocking Finland and Sweden from Nato membership? It is all about carpets and donkey dung, writes Esen Uslu
Back to direct rule
19 May 2022
Though Boris Johnson has every interest in promoting one clash with Brussels after another, now there is the war in Ukraine and the coming struggle with China. Kevin Bean puts arguments over the Northern Ireland protocol into their wider strategic context
Right strikes at abortion right
12 May 2022
Sexual barbarism is about to return with a vengeance, but, Daniel Lazare insists, it would be profoundly mistaken to rely on the constitution to defend the gains made in a past generation
A new Marshall plan?
05 May 2022
The US and its allies see the war as a heaven-sent opportunity to weaken Russia, writes Michael Roberts. Next will come China - and the working class will pay the price
From Biden, to Austin, to Truss
05 May 2022
Despite the failure of phase one - the attempt to take Kyiv - Daniel Lazare says it is Nato that is floundering, not Russia’s invasion
Moral panic and blue checks
05 May 2022
Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion Twitter takeover should not be compared with the last days of the Weimar Republic. Nor will it strike a blow for free speech, writes Paul Demarty
MBS goes ballistic
05 May 2022
Disillusioned with the US, Riyadh refuses to condemn Russia, threatens to become a nuclear power and pivots towards China. Yassamine Mather investigates the shifting politics of the Middle East
Will the war spread?
21 Apr 2022
It is not just the immediate consequences for Russia and Ukraine that should concern us, argues Daniel Lazare
The war party
07 Apr 2022
With the Republican right still preaching isolationism, it is the Democrats who are now gung-ho for wars and military adventures, writes Daniel Lazare
End of phase one
31 Mar 2022
As shown by the talks in Istanbul, Vladimir Putin has already lost what could still be a horrible, grizzly, prolonged war. Jack Conrad gives his assessment
What hath Zbig wrought?
31 Mar 2022
Zbigniew Brzezinski’s grand strategy is alive and well under Biden, writes Daniel Lazare
Continuing escalation
31 Mar 2022
Despite the Ukraine war and a pending nuclear deal, Iran is still firmly in Israel’s sights, reports Yassamine Mather
Key issue is not Russia
24 Mar 2022
Left must oppose the invasion of Ukraine, insists Tony Greenstein, but who bears ultimate responsibility for the carnage?
A toxic operation
24 Mar 2022
Paul Houston shines a light on the murky origins of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign
Four anti-war nos
10 Mar 2022
Daniel Lazare welcomes the refusal of the DSA’s international committee to go along with the Democrats’ warmongering