Foreign Policy

Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads

Conservatives are complaining that sometimes President Obama reads intelligence briefings instead of getting them in person. How did George W. Bush handle it? 

Sep 14, 2012 / Ben Adler

Neoconjobs Neoconjobs

The Obama administration's quiet reponse to a 2010 bombing in Georgia contrasts with the macho foreign policy vision Mitt demonstrated with his response to riots in the Arab world ...

Sep 13, 2012 / Eric Alterman

Romney’s Fatal Libya Blunder Romney’s Fatal Libya Blunder

Can you imagine this man in the White House?

Sep 13, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety

Republicans should call their chairman out for intentionally creating a false impression after the death of the US ambassador to Libya. 

Sep 12, 2012 / John Nichols

Romney’s Libya Comments Kowtow to Anti-Muslim Bigots Romney’s Libya Comments Kowtow to Anti-Muslim Bigots

Romney’s shocking remarks ought to disqualify him from the Oval Office.

Sep 12, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Protecting Torturers, Prosecuting Whistleblowers Protecting Torturers, Prosecuting Whistleblowers

While CIA agents that tortured and killed prisoners go unpunished, whistleblower John Kiriakou faces up to forty-five years in prison. 

Sep 11, 2012 / Peter Van Buren

Dumb and Dumber Dumb and Dumber

Obama’s “Smart Power’ foreign policy not smart at all.

Sep 6, 2012 / John Feffer

Will Lebanon Be Sucked Into the Syrian Vortex? Will Lebanon Be Sucked Into the Syrian Vortex?

There have been some clashes, but so far, the Lebanese—especially Hezbollah—have shown remarkable restraint.

Sep 5, 2012 / Graham Usher

Afghanistan’s Base Bonanza Afghanistan’s Base Bonanza

Total tops Iraq at that war’s height.

Sep 4, 2012 / Nick Turse

Pariahs’ Progress: On Isolationism

Pariahs’ Progress: On Isolationism Pariahs’ Progress: On Isolationism

For Christopher McKnight Nichols, isolationists were cultural cosmopolitans who distrusted the impact of empire.

Aug 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Lears

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