Artificial Intelligence Could Soon Determine Humanity’s Fate

Michael Klare / TomDispatch Dec 20, 2018 As AI plays an increasing role in military affairs, human roles, even in nuclear decision-making, are likely to be progressively diminished. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Tillerson Strives to Calm Fears Over Trump’s Impromptu Nuclear Threats

Emily Wells / Truthdig Aug 9, 2017 Although Trump’s inflammatory remarks sparked concern, his own administration doesn’t take his threats seriously. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘The Coming War on China’ Discloses America’s Secret Military History in the Pacific

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2017 A new documentary by John Pilger exposes how U.S. military buildup in the Pacific has encircled China—and how local communities across Asia are resisting American nuclear and naval takeover. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

An American Century of Carnage: Measuring Violence in a Single-Superpower World

By John W. Dower / TomDispatch Mar 29, 2017 Are we in an era of a “new peace”? Think again. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )

From the Truthdig Archives: The Terror America Wrought

Robert Scheer / Truthdig May 11, 2016 President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima on Friday, the first sitting U.S. president to do so since the World War II atomic bombings of Japan. To acknowledge the historic trip, Truthdig reposts Editor in Chief Robert Scheer's 2007 piece recalling the bombings. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. Is Finalizing a $1 Billion Arms Deal With Saudi Arabia

Staff / Truthdig Sep 4, 2015 In a move to allay the Persian Gulf state’s concerns over the Iran nuclear deal, the Pentagon is completing an agreement to provide weapons for the Saudi military effort against Islamic State and Yemen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Iran Deal May Not Be Perfect, but It’s Better Than the Alternative

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 17, 2015 To understand why the Iran nuclear deal is such a triumph, consider the most likely alternative: war. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Vladimir Putin Opens Russian ‘Military Disneyland’

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 16, 2015 The Russian president used the opening of Patriot Park to announce a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pig Shadow

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UNBelievable

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10 Myths About Iran — and Why They’re Dead Wrong

By Jasmin Ramsey, AlterNet Mar 10, 2012 Amid media reports on the possible approach of war, rhetoric demonizing the Iranian government is rampant, much of it untrue. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Can Obama Muzzle the Dogs of War?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 8, 2012 Unlike his irresponsible critics on the right, Obama cannot ignore the potential costs of another Mideast war, which could wreck fragile economies both here and abroad, increase the peril to U.S. troops in Afghanistan as well as throughout the region, and perhaps escalate into a global conflict of unpredictable scope. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )