The Bush administration is undermining the logic of deterrence–previously used to make weapons of mass destruction unthinkable in wartime due to certain retaliation–and making the use of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction all the more likely.
Slouching Toward Johannesburg: U.S. is a Long Way from Sustainability
For America’s allies, the new Bush Doctrine of attacking people before they attack us, known as “first strike,” is another example of a bull-in-a-china shop approach to world affairs.
The United Nations will hold the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), an international conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, ostensibly to create a new model of sustainable development that integrates economic development, social justice, a
There are people of good will on both sides, people not blinded by the illusion that violence solves everything.
” This is a “betrayal of capitalism” in which the “most fundamental principles of our market system were being flouted.”
Freezing military aid to Israel would send a message that committing human rights violations is unacceptable.
At a time when the petropolitics of the Bush administration seem to reign supreme, the rights of peoples affected by the global hunt for oil have received an important boost.
Some call the present era one of U.S. hegemony. Others, especially in Europe, call it empire.
The dynamics of the system of deregulated, finance-driven global capitalism are the central problem of the current economy.
At one level there is a kind of donor fatigue, at another there are concerns about security in the country.
This week’s official inauguration of the African Union (AU), which replaces the moribund Organization of African Unity (OAU), was held amid predictable fanfare.
No one knows how big the problem of clandestine trafficking in radioactive materials is.
Sharon and Bush as war mongers
Most liberal commentators seemed to agree that Bush was merely the paperback edition of an American president.