Foreign Policy

Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo

Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo Obama: Walk Your Talk on Guantánamo

As the hunger strike approaches its 100th day on May 17, 100 prisoners are refusing food.

May 1, 2013 / The Editors

Obama’s Choice: Diplomacy or War in Syria

Obama’s Choice: Diplomacy or War in Syria Obama’s Choice: Diplomacy or War in Syria

Polls show Americans overwhelmingly oppose US action in Syria, 62-24.

May 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

With Friends Like These: On Pakistan

With Friends Like These: On Pakistan With Friends Like These: On Pakistan

Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.

Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti

Letters Letters

Korea seen clearly, the poop on the pipeline, a blast of fresh arctic air, Jared Diamond, Anthony Lewis again

Apr 30, 2013 / Our Readers and Stephen Wertheim

Stay Out of Syria! Part II

Stay Out of Syria! Part II Stay Out of Syria! Part II

The New York Times blows the cover off the Syrian rebel movement.

Apr 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Obama: Stay Out of Syria!

Obama: Stay Out of Syria! Obama: Stay Out of Syria!

The answer is diplomacy, not war.

Apr 26, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy) The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

Mira Nair's latest film includes a character who's a journalist and CIA agent. Is this responsible filmmaking?

Apr 24, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

Terror in Texas

Terror in Texas Terror in Texas

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Apr 24, 2013 / Richard Kim

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

That’s the unanimous conclusion of a nonpartisan task force. It should teach us not to overreact to the Boston bombings.

Apr 24, 2013 / David Cole

Wanted: US-Russia Deal on Syria

Wanted: US-Russia Deal on Syria Wanted: US-Russia Deal on Syria

It’s a tough one, but it ought to John Kerry’s top priority.

Apr 24, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

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