Robert Dreyfuss

Contributing Writer

Robert Dreyfuss is a contributing writer for Mother Jones, and covers national security for Rolling Stone. His work has appeared in The Nation, The New Republic, and The American Prospect.

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What Is the Muslim Brotherhood, and Will It Take Over Egypt?

The basics on the group that has Glenn Beck going batshit.

Fri Feb. 11, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Where Theories of Warfare Go to Die

Obama, Petraeus, and the Cult of COIN in Afghanistan.

Mon Jun. 28, 2010 11:42 AM PDT

Is AIPAC Still the Chosen One?

Is the preeminent Israel lobby group's Washington dominance fading?

September/October 2009 Issue

Your Tax Dollars at War

During the 1980s, Washington funneled $3 billion to Afghanistan's anti-Soviet jihadis. Decades later, the blowback continues.

May/June 2009

Mr. Karzai's Neighborhood

It’ll take a village to stabilize Afghanistan.

May/June 2009

Obama's Great Afghanistan Gamble

17,000 more troops can't win the war in Afghanistan. So what's the exit strategy?

May/June 2009

The Freeman Affair

The controversy over Charles W. Freeman could be the Israel lobby's Waterloo.

Mon Mar. 16, 2009 9:57 AM PDT

Obama's Iran Problem

Why Obama might bomb Iran.

January/February 2009 Issue

Post-U.S. Scenarios: The Bad, the Worse, and the Ugly

Scenarios for a post-occupation Iraq

Thu Oct. 18, 2007 12:00 AM PDT

Next We Take Tehran: Iran and the Agenda of Empire

The confrontation with Iran has very little to do with nukes?and a lot with the agenda of empire

July/August 2006 Issue

Permanent War: The Iraqi Insurgency and Us

Dealing with Realities in Iraq and Washington

Mon Jun. 19, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

Robert Dreyfuss on Cutting and Running in Baghdad

The "D" word?as in "defeat"?could be with us for a while.

Thu Apr. 6, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

Cold War, Holy Warrior

Ike was president. Washington was desperate for Arab allies. Enter an Islamist ideologue with an invitation to the White House and a plan for global jihad.

January/February 2006 Issue

Like John Murtha, Republican Rep. Walter Jones Came to Hate a War He Once Loved

From freedom fries to Marine funerals, a Southern Republican?s road to Damascus.

January/February 2006 Issue

Political Islam vs. Democracy

The Bush Administration's Deadly Waltz with Shiite Theocrats in Iraq and Muslim Brotherhood Fanatics in Syria, Egypt, and Elsewhere

Tue Nov. 29, 2005 1:00 AM PST

The Lie Factory

A Mother Jones Special Investigation: The inside story of how the Bush administration pushed disinformation and bogus intelligence and led the nation to war.

January/February 2004

Flashback to 2003: How the Government Built a Massive Intelligence Network to Spy on Terrorists -- and Everyday Americans

From FBI and CIA headquarters to small-town police departments, the government is building a massive intelligence network designed to spy on terrorists -- and on everyday Americans.

July/August 2003 Issue

Hawks in Washington Constructed a Strategy for U.S. Control of Persian Gulf Oil 30 Years Ago. Now It's Happening

Three decades ago, in the throes of the energy crisis, Washington's hawks conceived of a strategy for US control of the Persian Gulf's oil. Now, with the same strategists firmly in control of the White House, the Bush administration is playing out their script for global dominance.

March/April 2003 Issue

The Phantom Menace

Could terrorists attack the United States with weapons of mass destruction? Highly unlikely, say defense experts. So why is the Clinton administration spending billions to foil a most improbable threat?

September/October 2000 Issue

Apocalypse Still

Twenty-five years after the war ended, millions of Vietnamese continue to suffer the toxic consequences of America's most devastating chemical weapon -- Agent Orange.

January/February 2000 Issue

Big Tobacco Rides East in Search of New Profits

With a squinting cowboy, cute cigarette girls, an American allure, and a poorly funded opposition

January/February 1999 Issue

Paycheck Protection Racket

The GOP is using a plan developed by the Christian right to cripple labor

May/June 1998 Issue

Left Out In The Cold

Monte Overacre left the CIA. But he could never leave the Cold War.

January/February 1998 Issue

The end of Social Security as we know it?

Bet on this: no matter who wins the election, Social Security will be on the table in 1997.

November/December 1996 Issue

Uzi does it

Elected to be the NRA's point man in Congress, he worked to kill the assault weapons ban.

September/October 1996 Issue

Christian soldier

He has backing from Omaha insurance giants and the Christian right, but his rocky divorce threatens both.

September/October 1996 Issue

"Good Morning Gun Lobby!"

The NRA's theme for the '96 election is "family values." But under patriarch Neal Knox, the NRA's own family is torn by hidden conflict.

July/August 1996 Issue

Just the facts
July/August 1996 Issue

Tobacco Enemy Number One

Gingrich calls Kessler "a bully and a thug." Dole has pledged to fire him. When you look behind these attacks, says one top FDA official, "you will see the tobacco industry."

May/June 1996 Issue

Joe Camel's Tracks

The FDA can prove tobacco companies put cigarettes where kids are likely to be.

May/June 1996 Issue

The War in the States

Tobacco's Current Strategy: Use state politicians to pre-empt local smoking controls

May/June 1996 Issue

The War in the States (cont'd)

A win? Hiding behind retail groups and misleading laws. A loss? Getting caught doing it.

May/June 1996 Issue

Roll Over and Die
January/February 1996 Issue

He Who Has the Gold Rules
January/February 1996 Issue

He Who Has the Gold Rules
January/February 1996 Issue