Who’s Watching the Ivory Coast — and Why?
Are democracy and human rights the only U.S. motives for CIV’s stability? Continue Reading
Month: January 2011
The Daily Talking Points
News and views on U.S.-Iran relations for January 15-18: The Wall Street Journal: In his weekly column, neoconservative Bret Stephens acknowledges that the Stuxnet virus appears to have done serious damage to Iran’s nuclear program but, “As of last November,… Continue Reading
Noam Sheizaf: Avigdor Lieberman is the Most Powerful Politician in Israel and the Peace Process is Dead
On the latest machinations that reinforce the far right in Israel and doom the peace process, we think Noam Sheizaf’s analysis is very helpful. Noam’s most recent post, reproduced below, was originally published on +972–an invaluable resource for any readers… Continue Reading
From Military-Industrial Complex to Permanent War State
By Gareth Porter Fifty years after Dwight D. Eisenhower’s January 17, 1961 speech on the “military-industrial complex”, that threat has morphed into a far more powerful and sinister force than Eisenhower could have imagined. It has become a “Permanent War… Continue Reading
Tomgram: Stephan Salisbury, The Right Wing of Killing
Extremist Killing Is as American as Apple Pie Murders Grow on the Far Right Four Decades After Martin Luther King By Stephan Salisbury Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com The landscape of America is littered with bodies. They’ve been gunned down in… Continue Reading