The Energy Wars Heat Up The Energy Wars Heat Up
Six recent clashes and conflicts on a planet heading into energy overdrive.
May 10, 2012 / Michael T. Klare
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Why Is NATO Necessary? Why Is NATO Necessary?
We should shrink the alliance’s budget and ambitions and focus on the greatest threat to the West: economic crisis.
May 9, 2012 / The Editors
Europe Rejects Austerity Europe Rejects Austerity
The financial crunch has broken the illusion of stability, exposing a deeper crisis of representation.
May 9, 2012 / Maria Margaronis
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Can the Euro Avert Collapse? Can the Euro Avert Collapse?
As politicians dither, the threat of default spreads from Greece to Spain and Italy.
May 9, 2012 / Andy Robinson
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Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier
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International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya
Has the ICC struck a blow against impunity or heightened tensions—or both?
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Karen Rothmyer
Grand Flattery: The Yale Grand Strategy Seminar Grand Flattery: The Yale Grand Strategy Seminar
Why are Yale and other top universities teaching a Grand Strategy seminar if the conditions that seemed to call for grand strategizing no longer exist?
May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney and Stephen Wertheim
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An Enduring Condition: On War Time An Enduring Condition: On War Time
For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.
May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Maass
Hillary Clinton, Obama and the Chen Saga Hillary Clinton, Obama and the Chen Saga
The unneeded crisis that almost derailed US-China relations.
May 9, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Drone Summit and Why the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner Wasn’t Funny The Drone Summit and Why the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner Wasn’t Funny
At the first International Drone Summit, advocates call for transparency and an end to the US policies that rain terror from the sky.
May 8, 2012 / Loren Fogel