John Gershman is a Clinical Associate Professor of Public Service, Associate Director of NYU’s Global MPH Program, and Director of Undergraduate Programs at Wagner. Previously he was the Director of the Global Affairs Program at the International Relations Center and the Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus.
Had Marla Ruzicka not died, she would be busy visiting survivors of the fifty people found dead in the Tigris River.
The level of trust in the U.S. military seems to have crashed–big time.
If you want to understand the antagonism between Beijing and Tokyo, you have to start in Washington and, in particular, Washington State.
The unequivocal French rejection of the new European Constitution anticipates the turbulence ahead in much of Europe.
In the run-up to the June 6 Baath Party Congress, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad is torn by competing forces.
September 8, 2005 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the arrival of U.S. soldiers on the Korean peninsula to accept the surrender of Japanese forces.
The strong criticisms of Iran’s domestic politics that have been expressed by the President and his spokesmen are being beamed into Iran more vigorously than ever before.
The recently concluded Tenth Regional Congress of the Syrian Baath Party marks a watershed in the presidency of Bashar al-Asad.
The torture scandal rocking the U.S. and British militaries in the “war on terror” is shocking because of the serious breaches of international law involved.
The U.S.-China-India triangle.
Next steps on North Korea.
Clearly the time to think about negotiations and reconstruction in Nepal is before the shooting stops.
The costs of the Indian-U.S. nuclear deal to India.
Will the parliamentary elections deepen democracy in Afghanistan?
Some elements of the American left have committed a grievous error, both morally and strategically, in their failure to enthusiastically support the momentous pro-democracy movement in the Ukraine.
Hurricane Katrina reveals distorted security priorties and additional costs of the occupation of Iraq.
The Bush administration’s shaping of the new Iraqi constitution.
Contradictions in U.S.-China relations and a way forward.
Bombings in Egypt expose weaknesses in U.S. counterterrorism policies.
Labor’s foreign policy and the split in the AFL-CIO.