On the Eve of Obama’s Middle East Speech
President Obama has the chance to completely retool U.S. policy in the Middle East in the context of the Arab Spring – but it doesn’t look likely that he will.
Palestine: the Logical Locus of Les Onzards
Palestine, centrally significant to the Arab world, stands every chance of being the locus of the democracy movement.
War Gets Easier All the Time
Nowadays decisions on war can quickly become back page stuff.
Libya: It’s All about the Oil
When there’s no oil, there’s no intervention.
Gulf of Mistrust: Iran and the Gulf Protests
The Gulf regimes are using the threat of Iran as an excuse to crack down on democratic protests — and the United States is going along.
The Economics of the Arab Spring
Economic grievances are galvanizing the Arab street to attempt to redraw the political landscape
Torturers? Who, Us?
It’s time President Obama stopped protecting our war criminals.
No Moral Consistency in Obama’s Middle East Policy
In Libya, the U.S. lead role in the military intervention has proved that its advertised intentions and actions clash with reality on the ground.
Is It Palestine’s Turn?
What do the Middle-Eastern protests mean for Palestine?
‘Stability’ a Fig Leaf for Dictatorship
Hillary Clinton speaks highly of democracy in the abstract but quickly loses enthusiasm as the reality approaches.
Humanitarian Intervention in Libya?
The international community should consider humanitarian intervention in Libya only after a thorough assessment of means and ends.
The Arab Revolutions and the Democratic Imagination
Will activists in the Arab world bring about a new stage of democracy?
Phyllis Bennis on Libya and No-Fly Zones
As violence escalates in Libya, Phyllis Bennis comments on the choices facing the West, the historical record of how No-Fly zones really work, and why this is not all about oil.
The Age of Activism
We must fight hard in our Age of Activism to construct a new political entity: the activist state. If we fail, we will slip, inexorably, into an Age of Apocalypse.
Let’s Stay out of Libya
Why is it that going to war is the only issue politicians can agree on?