Why International Law Matters Why International Law Matters
Pre-emptive war flagrantly contradicts the UN's legal framework.
Feb 20, 2003 / Feature / Richard Falk
Powell’s UN Presentation Powell’s UN Presentation
Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation wasn't likely to win over anyone not already on his side.
Feb 5, 2003 / Editorial / Phyllis Bennis
Undermining the UN Undermining the UN
The long-awaited January 27 report of United Nations inspection chiefs Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, as anticipated, did not include a clear-cut finding of success and readi...
Jan 30, 2003 / Editorial / Phyllis Bennis
Rising Opposition to War Rising Opposition to War
At a press conference on January 20, only two days after thousands of Americans marched in cities and towns across the nation to oppose going to war with Iraq, Defense Secretar...
Jan 23, 2003 / Editorial / The Editors
Christian Soldiers on the March Christian Soldiers on the March
Bush's handpicked delegates disrupt global conferences on women's rights.
Jan 16, 2003 / Feature / Jennifer Block
Show-and-Tell Time Show-and-Tell Time
For a brief moment one could almost believe that the US march toward war with Iraq had paused.
Dec 12, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
The US Caged–For Now The US Caged–For Now
Alfred Hitchcock was fond of McGuffins--meaningless plot devices on which the characters obsess while the real, gruesome story moves on elsewhere.
Dec 5, 2002 / Editorial / Ian Williams
Inspections: The White House Fallback Position Inspections: The White House Fallback Position
If nothing shows in spyplane pics And Blix finds nothing in the sticks, That still won't put us in a fix. We'll blame it on Iraqi tricks,
Nov 26, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letter to America Letter to America
Resentment of US policies is growing.
Nov 26, 2002 / Feature / Jürgen Habermas
The Humanitarian Temptation The Humanitarian Temptation
In 2000, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan posed a question to the Millennium Summit of the UN: "If humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on s...
Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams