The Crisis in Pakistan The Crisis in Pakistan
Here's a choice for would be foreign policy makers: is the solution to the current crisis in Pakistan (a) a comprehensive Pakistan-India accord, with full Iranian and Russian supp...
Aug 1, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iraq on the Edge Iraq on the Edge
While everyone's looking at Iraq's effect on American politics -- and whether or not John McCain and Barack Obama are converging on a policy that combines a flexible timetable wit...
Jul 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Maliki the Thug Maliki the Thug
The current Iraqi prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, is in the news lately over his endorsement of Barack Obama's plan for withdrawing troops on a sixteen-month timetable, but yeste...
Jul 24, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Back in the USSR Back in the USSR
Two news items this week underline the cost of the Bush Administration's bungling anti-Russia policy. Both relate to Russian activity in its old stomping ground in America's Latin...
Jul 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Flash! Bin Laden Calls Iraq “Distraction” Flash! Bin Laden Calls Iraq “Distraction”
Osama bin Laden, the leader-in-hiding of Al Qaeda, announced today that his organization was shifting resources from Iraq to Afghanistan. "Iraq is not the central front in the Wa...
Jul 20, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Spies Cash In Spies Cash In
There's a brouhaha developing over the latest U.S. intelligence community funding bill, but it's not the right one. The fuss is over the effort by the House intelligence committee...
Jul 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Maliki’s Balancing Act Maliki’s Balancing Act
There's a rumor going around that Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is feeling his oats, flexing his muscle, and displaying a newfound confidence that has allowed him to challe...
Jul 15, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe The Ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe
There's no defense for the ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe. But US policy in connection with those two problematic nations is running into a buzzsaw. In both cases, the United Stat...
Jul 14, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Giving Neocons the Fingar Giving Neocons the Fingar
Yesterday afternoon, as guests balanced buffet lunches on their knees, one of America's top intelligence official made some provocative and fascinating comments about the current ...
Jul 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Missile Tests and Bluster from Iran Missile Tests and Bluster from Iran
Iran is in the news again today, with reports that it has test-fired missiles with a range of 1,200 miles. "Our hands are always on the trigger and our missiles are ready for laun...
Jul 9, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss