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From Overstretch to Collapse
From Overstretch to Collapse In less than three decades, a mere blink of the eye in historical terms, the United States has gone from the world’s sole superpower to a massive foundering wreck that is helpless before the coronavirus and intent on blaming the rest of the world for its own shortcomings. As the journalist […]
Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East’s Next Failed State?
Is Saudi Arabia the Middle East’s Next Failed State? Ibn Khaldun—the famous Tunisian historian, geographer and social theorist—believed that decadence leads to collapse for Muslim dynasties. Such a scenario may be playing out with the Saudis, reports Daniel Lazare. Reports are growing that Muhammad bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s hyperactive crown prince, is losing his grip. […]
Corporate Media’s About-Face on Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis
Corporate Media’s About-Face on Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis U.S. corporate media spent years dismissing the role of neo-Nazis in Ukraine’s 2014 coup but it is suddenly going through a conversion, as Daniel Lazare reports. Last month a freelance journalist named Joshua Cohen published an article in The Washington Post about the Ukraine’s growing neo-Nazi threat. Despite a gratuitous swipe at […]
War Fever
War Fever There is a fever that seizes this land from time to time and it is the fever of war, a condition that this time seems immune to all known cures, starting with reason, as Daniel Lazare explores. What happens when an unthinkable war meets an unbeatable case of war fever? Thanks to Russia-gate, unsubstantiated […]
NYT’s Assault on Press Freedom
NYT’s Assault on Press Freedom Exclusive: The New York Times, which once postured as the champion of a free press, now is seeking crackdowns on news that the public gets from the Internet under the guise of combatting “Russian propaganda,” explains Daniel Lazare. Once upon a time the danger to a free press came from […]
The Dangerous Decline of US Hegemony
The Dangerous Decline of US Hegemony Exclusive: The bigger picture behind Official Washington’s hysteria over Russia, Syria and North Korea is the image of a decaying but dangerous American hegemon resisting the start of new multipolar order, explains Daniel Lazare. The showdown with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a seminal event that can […]
Democrats’ Blind Obsession on Russia-gate
Democrats’ Blind Obsession on Russia-gate Exclusive: Instead of focusing on President Trump’s poor policies – or fixing their own shortcomings – Democrats obsess over Russia-gate, though the case is flimsy and reeks of McCarthyism, as Daniel Lazare explains. Democrats are jubilant now that “Trumpcare” has bit the dust. But they should be careful because Russia-gate, […]
Will Reckless Saudis Seek War with Iran?
Will Reckless Saudis Seek War with Iran? Exclusive: Under growing economic and political pressure, the new Saudi leadership is showing a dangerous impulse toward military interventions, raising prospects for a direct and destructive confrontation with its regional rival Iran, writes Daniel Lazare. Now that Saudi Arabia has severed diplomatic ties with Iran and reportedly bombed Iran’s embassy in […]
Making Excuses for Saudi Misbehavior
Making Excuses for Saudi Misbehavior Exclusive: Saudi-Israeli apologists are doing back flips to justify why the U.S. interest in having peaceful relations with Iran should take a back seat to sectarian and regional desires of Riyadh and Tel Aviv, including that peace with Iran will cause the Saudis to misbehave even more, notes Daniel Lazare. As the former publisher of […]
