US Killings in Yemen: Good Politics at Home, But a Quagmire Abroad US Killings in Yemen: Good Politics at Home, But a Quagmire Abroad
Even Barack Obama knows that the political necessity to prove that he is tough on terror can have dangerous consequences for American security and his standing throughout the wor...
Oct 4, 2011 / Tom Hayden
Why 2012 Will Shake Up Asia and the World Why 2012 Will Shake Up Asia and the World
Can Washington move from Pacific power to Pacific partner?
Oct 4, 2011 / John Feffer
New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom
Injectable hormonal birth control can double a woman's risk of contracting HIV from her partner, even as it prevents pregnancy. Condoms are still the best way to prevent both ...
Oct 4, 2011 / Dana Goldstein
Chickening Out in Iraq: How Your Tax Dollars Financed ‘Reconstruction’ Madness in the Middle East Chickening Out in Iraq: How Your Tax Dollars Financed ‘Reconstruction’ Madness in the Middle East
State Department employee Peter Van Buren was sent to Iraq to help rebuild it. The result was an exercise in Murphy's Law.
Oct 3, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans
While Rick Perry hails the president's authorization of the killing of two Americans in Yemen, Paul rejects “assassinating American citizens without charges.”
Oct 1, 2011 / John Nichols
Assassinating Awlaki: Obama Can Kill Anyone He Wants To Assassinating Awlaki: Obama Can Kill Anyone He Wants To
Eliminating bad guys from the sky, even American citizens, confuses national security with a R-rated video game.
Sep 30, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mahmoud Abbas’s High-Stakes UN Gamble Mahmoud Abbas’s High-Stakes UN Gamble
The Palestinian leader’s defiance of Washington was applauded in Ramallah. But his diplomatic daring has little chance of success without a unified national strategy that dra...
Sep 28, 2011 / Graham Usher
After Deng: On China’s Transformation After Deng: On China’s Transformation
Is Deng Xiaoping’s legacy of modernization without political reform one that no contemporary Chinese official can control?
Sep 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Kurlantzick
For State Department Employees, Freedom Isn’t Free For State Department Employees, Freedom Isn’t Free
Peter Van Buren is a State Department employee—who might get fired for disseminating public information about WikiLeaks online.
Sep 27, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
Hugh Grant’s Awfully Big Adventure Hugh Grant’s Awfully Big Adventure
At the Labour Party conference, a whiff of Hollywood glamor helps Britain's anti-hacking campaigners keep their spirits up—and MPs on their toes.
Sep 27, 2011 / D.D. Guttenplan