Bomb-Iran Week Turns Syrious
Despite indications that direct military involvement in Syria would be unwise, strong supporters of Israel like John McCain have called for the U.S military to bomb the country, in addition to Iran.
Kim Jong-il and the Normalization of Japan-North Korea Relations
Despite the recent change in North Korea’s leadership, it is important that talks resume between Pyongyang and Japan.
The Bitter Taste of Brazil’s World Cup
With two years to go before the World Cup in Brazil, already people are questioning the massive evictions caused by the Cup’s enormous infrastructure projects and the legal privileges that must be conceded to the all-powerful FIFA, which has set itself up as a kind of super-state capable of imposing its own laws and special tribunals.
Remotely Piloted War
How Drone War Became The American Way of Life
Risks for Dark-Skinned Libyans
Libya’s rampant acts of racism against dark-skinned Libyan civilians must be brought to the attention of the international community, who must address the problem and hold Libya accountable.
Egypt’s other revolution: Modernizing the military-industrial complex
Planners in the Egyptian military want to boost the old defense-industrial complex by cultivating new smaller scale projects that partner the Egyptian armed forces with a diverse portfolio of second- and third-tier foreign defense manufacturers.
Obama Requests Slightly Higher Aid Levels for 2013
President Obama’s new budget requests an increase in State Department funding, but simultaneously decreases funds vital for humanitarian, health, and other aid groups.
Henoko and the U.S. Military: A History of Dependence and Resistance
The presence of military bases in Japan has been a strong cause of unrest and outspoken frustation.
“Bilateralizing” Relations between Peru and Venezuela
Due to mutual interest, several Andean countries like Peru have entered into cooperative energy resource–or “bilateral”–talks with Venezuela.
Offshore Everywhere
How Drones, Special Operations Forces, and the U.S. Navy Plan to End National Sovereignty As We Know It
Bipartisan Strategy Takes Shape To Close Overseas U.S. Bases
Within America, there exists a wide-spread outcry to call attention to the expense of military bases abroad–an issue which has the ability to receive support from both the right and the left.
Steer clear of this climate ‘Ponzi scheme’
Africa can do better than invest faith and state resources in yet another Ponzi scheme — the “privatisation of the air.”
In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran.
Some Truth and Justice for Rwanda at Last
Who shot down President Habyarimana’s plane, triggering the 1994 genocide? A report by two French judges has definitively resolved one of the controversial mysteries of the late 20th century. Gerry Caplan considers the implications in the light also of the extradition of alleged genocidaire Leon Mugesera.
Tone Deaf US Foreign Policy Announcements Create New Provocations in Asia
The powers in control of US public policy and their far-flung global allies appear to have learned nothing from the extraordinary opportunity we lost for a more peaceful world at the Cold War’s end.