Israel May Escape War Crimes Charges
Despite massive violations of international law, difficulties abound in holding Israeli officials accountable.
Stimulus: One Percent for the Imagination
Sign this petition, sponsored by IPS and Split this Rock, urging Congress to allocate 1 percent of the stimulus package to the arts.
Somali Piracy and the International Response
Besides being unsustainable from a logistical standpoint, the heightened military response to the pirate attacks probably won’t work because it doesn’t address the root causes of this menace to maritime security.
Terrorists, Freedom Fighters, or Schlemiels? You Pick
With or without anticipation, Israeli policies helped shape the kinds of enemies that pledge to sacrifice their lives to fight the Jewish state.
Gaza: Laboratory for the Power-Hungry
The bloodshed in Gaza was a testing ground for dangerous hypotheses about far greater global political issues.
Strategic Dialogue: Somalia
Two different takes on the Somali pirates and next steps to bring peace and stability to the Horn of Africa.
What’s Next for Somalia
The Obama administration should take the issue of piracy seriously and engage Somalia now.
Somalia: Waiting for Obama
The piracy issue is overblown, and the Obama administration needs to bring all sides to the table to reach a political compromise.
Purple Hearts: A Cold-Blooded Decision
Veterans with PTSD aren’t getting medals, medical care, or even a modicum of respect.
GWOT’s End?
Even if Obama holds to his word on torture, closes Guantánamo within the year, applies the same yardstick to detainees at Bagram and in Iraq, and eliminates the Clinton-era policy on extraordinary rendition, the death of the “global war on terror,” as Mark Twain once said of his own prematurely published obituary, is greatly exaggerated.
Mandate for Change: Policies and Leadership for 2009 and Beyond
Mandate for Change offers a set of specific policy proposals for the incoming Obama administration on every major domestic and international topic, written specifically for the book by leading thinkers and activists in the field.
Bush, Obama, and the ‘Freedom Agenda’
President Obama is poised to continue the Bush administration’s “freedom agenda.” And that means scaled-up counter-insurgency.
Russia and Iran Get Strategic
The United States falls into a trap in assuming that Russia doesn’t want a nuclear- armed Iran.
Why Obama Should Meet With Morales
Rapprochement with Bolivia would signal to Latin America’s many skeptics that the Obama administration intends to forge a more constructive U.S. policy in the region.
Africa Policy Outlook 2009
Obama administration must overhaul U.S. policy toward Africa.
Unleash the Arts: 1 percent of the Stimulus Package
What will be the fate of the arts during this recession? The Institute for Policy Studies recently launched a petition calling for 1 percent of the stimulus package to be spent on the arts.
Is Mitchell Up to the Task?
Will George Mitchell break the deadlock in the Middle East or just support the status quo?
Postcard From…Banja Luka
A young Bosnian veteran makes art, not war.
Repudiate the Carter Doctrine
President Obama can make the Iraq War the last time U.S. soldiers shed blood for oil.
Gaza Under Siege
Gaza is now synonymous with carnage, rising death tolls, destroyed schools, and city streets slick with blood.
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