Let the People of Diego Garcia Return to their Homeland
After 40 years of exile and too many broken hearts, it’s long past time we let the Chagossians go home.
Rene Gonzalez of the Cuban 5 Speaks to the American People for the First Time at the National Press Club
Cuban national, now out of U.S. prison, speaks of his terrorism charges, false imprisonment at press conference to announce beginning of “Five Days for the Cuban 5” in Washington DC
This Week in OtherWords: May 29, 2013
Bob Lord points to the larger story behind Apple’s outrageous-without-being-illegal tax record.
The Dying Sahara: Jeremy Keenan’s Latest Book Reviewed
To beef up the U.S. military presence in Africa to provide security for oil and natural-gas sources, the U.S. needed to either amplify the terrorist threat to the region or fabricate one.
Who Could Have Imagined That President Obama Would Double-Down on Some of Bush’s Policies?
At least he doesn’t enjoy taking out terrorists like Bush did.
Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game?
There is no reason to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan, which all the parties recognize will not alter the final outcome a whit.
The New Politics of Inherited Advantage
In a tough economy with dwindling social supports, children of privilege have a bigger head start than ever.
Is the Drone Program Contracting — or Expanding?
To President Obama, drones are the answer to his foreign-policy prayers.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (5/24)
From mission creep to missileers asleep at the wheel.
Take Syria Seriously–And Stay Out
Why start another body count in a Middle East conflict with no direct relationship to U.S. security?
Yugoslavia: When a Country Actually Is Wiped Off the Map
For many the decomposition of Yugoslavia into its constituent republics in the early 1990s was anything but smooth.
Too Soon to Tell
Hope and history are sisters: one looks forward and one looks back, and they make the world spacious enough to move through freely.
This Week in OtherWords: May 22, 2013
Martha Burk weighs in on the military’s lackluster efforts to stop sexual assaults within the ranks.
Will the Jordanian Parliament Expel the Israeli Ambassador from Amman?
A resolution to that end may be just sound and fury.
The Hashimoto Controversy and Japan’s Failure to Come to Terms with its Past
The rise of Japan’s reactionary right suggests that the country has yet to come to terms with its actions in World War II.