Pentagon Spending Spree
Throwing money at the military doesn’t buy us safety.
Asia’s Mad Arms Race
Asia is currently in the middle of an unprecedented arms race that is sharpening tensions in the region and competing with efforts to address poverty and growing inequality.
Scram!
As it graduates from college, Generation Y has a chance to become the Global Generation.
The Pentagon’s Obesity Problem
Instead of dieting together, the Pentagon is trying to keep our NATO allies fat and unhappy.
Epistle to the Ecotopians
Callenbach’s writing reflects upon the direction that America has moved, since he wrote Ecotopia several decades ago, and offers a pessimistic outlook for the capacity of humanity to survive in a self-sustaining and harmonious manner, however, he offers final suggestions about how Americans can embrace our decline, and live with such evolution.
Declaration of War
Republican firebrands want to set Romney’s agenda.
April 17: Global Day of Reckoning
The Global Day of Action on Military Spending, of course
The Foreign Policy President?
Has Obama had any significant progressive foreign policy successes?
The Costa Rica Consensus
In a recent speech at the Newseum, former Costa Rican president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias describes concrete ways of moving beyond our over-militarized world.
Letter from Kenya: An On-the-Ground Take on Kony 2012
The issues addressed and distorted in that video may seem like old news in the United States, but they are going to be pressing and current for many years to come for Uganda and its neighbors.
Why Kony 2012 Fails
The controversial video provides a Twitter-like view of Uganda, political history, and U.S. foreign policy.
To Israel, an Iranian Bomb Is a Hegemonic as Well as “Existential” Threat (Part Two)
Israel and the U.S. have painted Iran with such dark colors that should they decide not to attack it, they would have trouble explaining themselves.
Iran: Outgunned in the Gulf
Iran is so militarily disadvantaged compared to its opponents as to make its threat to close the entrance to the Persian Gulf almost farcical.
Letter from Okinawa
There is perhaps more common ground between Okinawans and Marines than either Washington or Tokyo imagines.
Un-Presidential Primaries
Despite the Santorum speed bump, it seems certain now that Mitt Romney will be the eventual nominee.