Foreign Policy

GOP’s Adventures in Foreign Policy Land GOP’s Adventures in Foreign Policy Land

Less than impressive were the GOP hopefuls on the world outside our borders. But, at least, less hawkish than might have been.

Oct 19, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Stephen Cohen: Will a Putin Presidency Be Good for Russia? Stephen Cohen: Will a Putin Presidency Be Good for Russia?

Why does the mainstream media assume that a Putin presidency would have a detrimental effect on both the Russian people and American diplomacy?

Oct 18, 2011 / Press Room

America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases America’s Secret Empire of Drone Bases

Meet the secret bases that make up the backbone of a new American robotic way of war.

Oct 17, 2011 / Nick Turse

Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Deadly Bomb Blast in Somalia Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Deadly Bomb Blast in Somalia

Al-Shabab is the direct product of America's short-sighted and invasive foreign policy and American involvement in Somalia has benefitted the radical groups it has set out to defea...

Oct 5, 2011 / Press Room

Comeuppance of a Superpower: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Decline of the West Comeuppance of a Superpower: Neoliberal Capitalism and the Decline of the West

The proverbial bogeymen of our world—Osama, Saddam, Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad—are clearly meant to act like so many mini-black holes absorbing all our fears.  But they won’t save t...

Sep 26, 2011 / Pepe Escobar

10 Reasons Why the UN Occupation of Haiti Must End 10 Reasons Why the UN Occupation of Haiti Must End

It's past time for a speedy withdrawal of all UN soldiers from Haiti.

Sep 26, 2011 / Greg Grandin and Keane Bhatt

As the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears As the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears

Israel’s expansion project in the West Bank and Jerusalem is ensuring that the “nation” that the UN might grant membership will be each day a little smaller, a li...

Sep 22, 2011 / Sandy Tolan

Obama’s UN Debacle Obama’s UN Debacle

The White House capitulates to the Israel Lobby and its GOP annex.

Sep 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Rick Perry Plays to Right-Wing Fantasy That Obama Opposes Israel

Rick Perry Plays to Right-Wing Fantasy That Obama Opposes Israel Rick Perry Plays to Right-Wing Fantasy That Obama Opposes Israel

The Texas Governor addressed pro-Israel activists in New York, telling them he would be a stauncher ally than President Obama.

Sep 20, 2011 / Ben Adler

Scamming Washington Scamming Washington

Don't be embarrassed that you answered that email from that "Nigerian princess"—over the past decade, the US government has been suckered into much bigger scams.

Sep 20, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

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