Nick Turse

Nick Turse is the managing editor of TomDispatch and a fellow at the Nation Institute. An award-winning investigative journalist, he has written for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Nation, and is a contributing writer for the Intercept. His latest book is Next Time They’ll Come to Count the Dead: War and Survival in South Sudan.

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Obama’s Scramble for Africa

By Nick Turse July 13, 2012

Secret wars, secret bases, and the Pentagon’s “new spice route” in Africa.

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The New Obama Doctrine, A Six-Point Plan for Global War

By Nick Turse June 15, 2012

Civilian soldiers, drones, and cyber attacks are just a few elements of the Obama formula for contemporary war.

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The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare

By Nick Turse January 16, 2012

What 70 downed drones tell us about the new American way of war.

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The Drone That Fell From the Sky

By Nick Turse December 21, 2011

What a busted robot airplane tells us about the American Empire in 2012 and beyond.

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Did the Pentagon Help Strangle the Arab Spring?

By Nick Turse December 13, 2011

Uncovering the military’s secret military.