Reframing the Debate on Missile Defenses
President Bush and his Republican colleagues should be congratulated for their call to end our vulnerability to nuclear weapons and to reach beyond cold war policies. The key question is: how should we end this vulnerability.
Palestine in Durban: Sideshow or Main Event?
The signs here frame the debate in sharp terms: On the one hand “Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism,” on the other “Zionism = Apartheid.”
Bonn and Genoa: A Tale of Two Cities and Two Movements
Genoa and Bonn, taken together, portray the Janus face of globalization.
Bush-Cheney Energy Plan Bears Watching
Assuming the Cheney task force gets its wishes, it is anyone’s guess how much of the resulting energy will warm American homes or fuel SUV expeditions to the mall.
Justice for Some: The Geopolitical Reality of Impunity
The likely conviction of Milosevic will remain only a partial victory as long as the United States opposes the establishment of an International Criminal Court.
The Resurgence of Violence in Guatemala
Guatemala’s increasing violence highlights the failure of the peace process, but it also raises the question of whether Guatemala is moving toward neofascism.
Policy Recommendations for Indonesia: Upside Down, They Look Good
America is still looking mainly for military allies in Southeast Asia–as if the cold war never ended. This is the central message of a new report issued this month by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) on what the Bush administration should be doing
Kashmir at the Summit
All sorts of proposals about a final settlement on Kashmir are being floated, but what is going to work?
Mixed Signals on Missile Defense
On Saturday, July 14th the Pentagon conducted the fourth intercept test of the National Missile Defense (NMD) system.
The U.S. as Global Outcast: Growing Anti-Americanism
The growth of anti-Americanism is obvious not just in the Middle East and other third world conflict areas, but even within Western European countries long considered to be among America’s strongest allies.