Light among the Ruins
The Israeli peace movement is back and more diverse than ever.
Liberation Technology?
According to the Pentagon, the latest generation of landmine will liberate the military from all those messy civilian casualties that have so upset the international community.
One More Failed U.S. Environmental Policy
The United States is not just missing the boat on global warming. Washington’s policy on toxic chemicals is also, well, toxic.
Why We Need a UN Rapid Response
Talking Points for the Time-Crunched
Executive Excess 2006
Defense and oil executives cash in on conflict.
The Persistence of Illusion
The war in Lebanon was only the latest mirage to transfix the Middle East. To avoid catastrophe, the United States must dispense with the illusions that helped propel that war.
Food Aid or Band-aid?
Food aid is one way of addressing the global problem of hunger. But where should the food come from and how should it be delivered? John Rivera of Catholic Relief Services and FPIF’s Conn Hallinan square off.
Lebanon, Sudan: Who You Gonna Call?
How about kicking UN peacekeeping up a notch? A rapid response unit is needed now more than ever.
Bunch of Losers
All sides have claimed victory in the Lebanon conflict. They’re all wrong.
An Antidote to Info Vertigo
Now everyone can be as time-crunched and info-inundated as the average policymaker.
Lebanon Ceasefire
Talking Points for the Time-Crunched
Oil Pressure
When it comes to oil, the U.S. is bypassing democracy in Iraq.
If It Looks Like a Landmine, Smells Like a Landmine…
The Pentagon claims to have built a better landmine that targets soldiers and spares civilians. These two leaders of the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines say: Back to the drawing board.
Cuba, Misunderestimated
It’s time to let Americans go to Cuba, erode the embargo and open the island to cultural and political currents that might bring pleasant and democratic winds of change.
The United States, the UN, and the Lebanon Ceasefire
A shaky ceasefire is in place in Lebanon. Will ambiguities doom the agreement?
Iraq’s Sectarian Bloodshed "Made in the USA"
Iraqi Shia and Sunnis have lived in harmony for centuries, the U.S. changed that.
Hubris and Humanitarianism
Nation-building is a bloody affair. Just ask the Angles or the Visigoths.
How Washington Goaded Israel
Crippling Hezbollah was only the first stage in a U.S.-Israeli plan to remake the Middle East.
A Second Rebirth for East Timor?
Prodded in part by the Bush administration, the UN withdrew from East Timor too early. After several months of violence convulsed the island nation, the UN and the United States now have a second chance to get it right.
Islam’s Two Faces?
The United States, when it looks at Islam, suffers from a peculiar disorder of the eyes that perhaps only the great neurologist Oliver Sacks can properly diagnose. Where there is a great multiplicity of sects, beliefs, and approaches in Islam, the U.S. government has a stubborn double vision.
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