A Multipolar Moment?
Will Obama’s multilateral resolve turn to stone or will his administration truly remap U.S. global relations?
What’s the Matter with China?
The problem isn’t just with China. Even after the election of Barack Obama, many are left wondering: What’s the matter with us?
Our Pirates and Theirs
Why are more than a dozen of the world’s navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?
Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, or Schlemiels? You Pick
With or without anticipation, Israeli policies helped shape the kinds of enemies that pledge to sacrifice their lives to fight the Jewish state.
GWOT’s End?
Even if Obama holds to his word on torture, closes Guantánamo within the year, applies the same yardstick to detainees at Bagram and in Iraq, and eliminates the Clinton-era policy on extraordinary rendition, the death of the “global war on terror,” as Mark Twain once said of his own prematurely published obituary, is greatly exaggerated.
Reason for War?
The world witnessed another lopsided war in which Israel delivered a deadly round of rockets and bombs into civilian neighborhoods in Gaza.
Gaza: Israel, Washington to Blame
President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to restore America’s image in the world. He should start by elevating peace and justice in the Middle East over war and occupation.
Response to Poverty and Empire: Denial
The presidential campaign demonstrated the contemporary versions of institutionalized denial.
Obama Faces Economic Disaster
The new president will inherit the financial meltdown that has begun to reach beyond the “developed” countries and into Russia, Korea and Brazil.