Unconventional Wisdom: Scorching the Budget
The rhetoric around the budget and the debt ceiling simply can’t get any hotter without melting down the country.
The Dual Failure of Night Raids and Drones
The military thinks it has a winning combination, but night raids and drones are actually helping to lose the war in Afghanistan.
Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up: Uprising Interviews Saul Landau
This new documentary weighs the convictions of the Cuban 5 against the crimes of anti-Castro Cubans, and examines the historical context that motivated all parties.
Norway: The Enemy Within
The Oslo terrorist took aim at multiculturalism, not Muslims.
Breivik’s Qutb
Every political extremist has his own mentor whose writings he uses to rationalize his attacks.
The Ideology that Drives the Republican Party
The Republicans are scared of the world, and this drives their anti-government mania.
July 26 Marks the 58th Anniversary of the Onset of the Cuban Revolution
The film by Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Saul Landau, “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up,” featuring Landau, Danny Glover and Fidel Castro (at age 84), shows how the U.S.-backed violence against Cuba has continued for decades and our government’s unusual obsession with Fidel Castro has led to the unjust conviction of the Cuban 5.
Review: The Wars of Afghanistan
The Obama administration can still learn from the errors of its predecessors in Afghanistan.
Seeing No Evil In The Congo
The United States and its allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played a significant role in the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century.
Obama’s Expanded Militarism
The new face of state violence is the drone moving silently through the slum.
Third Prize: You’re Fired
President Obama is trying to sell free trade agreements as win-win deals. The problem is that most people will only win dubious prizes.
Obama’s Bush-League World: Is the Obama National Security Team a Pilotless Drone?
And here’s the saddest thing: the Bush administration’s most extreme ideas when it comes to Global War On Terror are now the humdrum norm of Obama administration policies — and hardly anyone thinks it’s worth a comment.
Israel and the Futility of Attacking Iran: Interview with Abolghasem Bayyenat
What makes Iran’s nuclear program controversial is Iran’s political identity as a state or who Iran is or what it stands for.
Is China’s String of Pearls Real?
China is modernizing its navy, but is it really about to build a network of overseas bases?
Visiting Gerardo of the Cuban Five Once Again
A chronicle of a visit to the Cuban Five agent in a California prison shows tight security and endless longing for justice.