Tag: Iraq war
As a patriot and Black man, Colin Powell embodied the ‘two-ness’...
Chad Williams, Brandeis University
Colin Powell knew where he fit in American history.
The former secretary...
20 years of ‘forever’ wars have left a toll on US...
Marian Eide, Texas A&M University
Military service members returning from America’s “forever” wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have often...
From Vietnam to Afghanistan, all US governments lie
Gordon Adams, American University School of International Service
The Washington Post has, after more than two years of investigation, revealed that senior foreign policy officials...
Presidents often reverse US foreign policy — how Trump handles setbacks...
Charles Hermann, Texas A&M University
The United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, according to a May 8 announcement by President Donald...
How the Pentagon tried to cure America of its ‘Vietnam syndrome’
Paul Joseph, Tufts University
In August 1965, Morley Safer, a reporter for “CBS News,” accompanied a unit of U.S. marines on a search-and-destroy mission to...
Donald Trump and the world: Five challenges
Simon Reich, Rutgers University Newark
The election is finally over. It has resulted in the most stunning political upset in the modern era.
But that...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
