Rajan Menon
Rajan Menon is Spitzer Professor Emeritus at the Powell School of City College of New York and senior research fellow at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute for War and Peace Studies.
“Where’s our bomb?”
Trita Parsi talks with Rajan Menon about the “self-fulfilling prophecy” set in motion by Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran.
Beyond Moral Condemnation
Amid ongoing reporting and ethical outrage, we need context for the fight between Hamas and Israel—and how it shapes possibilities for peace.
Dispatch from Ukraine
As the war continues with no end in sight, the country’s ability to prevail at the front will depend on how badly the war damages life on the ground.
NATO and the Road Not Taken
Condemning Putin’s war must go hand in hand with imagining a more just security order.
Open Access Book: Conflict in Ukraine
Selected by The New York Times as one of the best reads for context on the current conflict, our book on the unwinding of the post–Cold War order is now available for all to read.
U.S. Politics is Failing Children
Everyone agrees that child poverty is a problem. Why are Democrats and Republicans so bad at addressing it?
We’re Not All In It Together
The deep, growing divisions in U.S. society have an outsize effect in determining who suffers from this pandemic—as well as how the government responds.
The President and the Blob
The barrage of attacks that followed Trump’s decision to reduce the U.S. military presence in Syria obscures the decades-long bankruptcy of the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
The Path Back from Hell
U.S. foreign policy disasters helped to fuel our current political crisis. But for a new approach to succeed, we must do more than point out past failures.
What Did Trump’s Strike Against Syria Actually Accomplish?
To understand Russian and U.S. strategies, you have to read between the lines.
What Is Putin’s Endgame?
Russiagate is causing more stress than glee for Putin, who always thought Hillary would win.
Something from Nothing — Forum Response
Afghanistan’s travails cannot be separated from circumstances in Pakistan.
