Foreign Policy

Rebuilding Afghanistan Rebuilding Afghanistan

After twenty-one tension-filled days of raucous speeches, poetry readings, threats, bribery and walkouts, Afghanistan's loya jirga, held to endorse a new Constitution for Afghani...

Jan 8, 2004 / Ahmed Rashid

US to Hussein: WMD A-OK US to Hussein: WMD A-OK

New documents detail how Rumsfeld and Reagan let Iraq know it was just fine to keep using chemical weapons against Iran and the Kurds.

Dec 30, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam

The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...

Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Syria, US Torture Center Syria, US Torture Center

Travel agents booking international flights may have to issue a new warning to their customers: Changing planes in the United States could be hazardous to your health.

Nov 13, 2003 / David Cole

Protest Postcards Protest Postcards

Nation interns march in New York City and Washington, DC.

Oct 28, 2003 / The Nation

Loose Cannon Loose Cannon

He's an intriguing moral bellwether, Nathaniel Heatwole.

Oct 23, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Reflections on Geopolitics Reflections on Geopolitics

It seemed like such a good idea. Oh, when did it begin to sour, And start to be no fun to be The last remaining superpower?

Oct 2, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity

The President claims he is doing everything he can to protect us. But he's not.

Sep 4, 2003 / Feature / David Corn

Handmaid in Babylon: The UN’s Decline and Fall Handmaid in Babylon: The UN’s Decline and Fall

"One has to be careful," said United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan in late August, "not to confuse the UN with the US." If the Secretary General had taken his own advice...

Aug 28, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Meet the Prime WMD Fabricator Meet the Prime WMD Fabricator

Week after week Bush and his people have been getting pounded by newly emboldened Democrats and liberal pundits for having exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein and hi...

Jul 31, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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