Armed Conflicts

The Reckoning in Iraq The Reckoning in Iraq

Emerging from their meeting in Belfast the day before US forces announced Baghdad had fallen, George W.

Apr 10, 2003 / The Editors

Unfit to Be King Unfit to Be King

He might have the toughest detail this war has to offer.

Apr 10, 2003 / Geoffrey Gray

Why International Law Matters Why International Law Matters

Pre-emptive war flagrantly contradicts the UN's legal framework.

Feb 20, 2003 / Feature / Richard Falk

War Against Iraq: The Context War Against Iraq: The Context

The terrorism war begins to sag. The perpetrator we were meant to bag Remains at large, and wartime fervor fades. Then Bush and all his hawkish White House aides Drop sanctio...

Sep 5, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The New Bush Doctrine The New Bush Doctrine

Fighting terrorism requires new thinking but not a US imperial role.

Jun 27, 2002 / Feature / Richard Falk

War on Iraq Is Wrong War on Iraq Is Wrong

If the Bush Administration has its way, Iraq will be the first test of its new doctrine of pre-emption. To adopt such a destabilizing strategy is profoundly contrary to our interes...

Jun 20, 2002 / The Editors

The Battle of Algiers The Battle of Algiers

A new memoir stirs long-suppressed memories of the “war without a name.”

May 31, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Adam Shatz

The Gift of Time The Gift of Time

The case for abolition of nuclear weapons.

Feb 2, 1998 / Jonathan Schell

Mythologizing the Bomb

Mythologizing the Bomb Mythologizing the Bomb

The beauty of the atomic scientists' calculations hid from them the truly Faustian contract they scratched their names to.

Aug 14, 1995 / E.L. Doctorow

Gore Vidal

Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire

“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”

Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal

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