A World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet’s Sole Superpower A World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet’s Sole Superpower
The greater Middle East’s greatest rebuff to Uncle Sam.
Sep 30, 2013 / Dilip Hiro
What Rouhani Said What Rouhani Said
The new Iranian president, who won big in June’s election, has a mandate to proceed with a deal.
Sep 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iraq Warns the US: ‘Don’t Arm the Syrian Rebels’ Iraq Warns the US: ‘Don’t Arm the Syrian Rebels’
Vast carnage in Iraq as Syrian spillover threatens to reignite Iraq’s own civil war.
Sep 26, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bragging Rights Bragging Rights
Eight exceptional(ly dumb) American achievements of the twenty-first century.
Sep 26, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
How Bashar al-Assad Destroyed My Country How Bashar al-Assad Destroyed My Country
Before there was a civil war and before Syria became the world’s chessboard, there was a peaceful uprising for freedom and dignity.
Sep 25, 2013 / Omar Ghabra
Reading Obama’s Iran Speech Reading Obama’s Iran Speech
President Obama’s speech at the UN reflected extraordinary shifts in global politics and the possibility of a new approach to US-Iran relations.
Sep 25, 2013 / Phyllis Bennis
Obama Gives Wide-Ranging Endorsement of US Interventionism in UN Speech Obama Gives Wide-Ranging Endorsement of US Interventionism in UN Speech
There are plenty of reasons to intervene, including oil, and we’ll do so, says Obama.
Sep 24, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Destroying the Right to Be Left Alone Destroying the Right to Be Left Alone
The NSA isn’t the only government agency exploiting technology to make privacy obsolete.
Sep 23, 2013 / Christopher Calabrese and Matthew Harwood
Reflections on the Kenya Terror Attack Reflections on the Kenya Terror Attack
The reports I’ve seen describe Nairobi’s Westgate mall as upscale, but that’s not the whole story, and not how I remember it.
Sep 23, 2013 / Karen Rothmyer
Can Israel Wreck US-Iran Talks? Can Israel Wreck US-Iran Talks?
Iran’s new president arrives in New York seeking talks.
Sep 23, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss