Standing Up for Democracy in Ecuador
The uprising in Ecuador that occurred on September 30 shook the world and sparked a debate about the reason for the unrest.
The Spectacle of the Disappeared
Translating a play usually involves only translating the source text’s language while retaining details of periods, characters, names, settings, etc.
U.S. Scrambles to Save Peace Talks
With a key Arab League meeting delayed until Friday, the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is scrambling to keep one-month-old direct Israeli- Palestinian peace talks alive.
The War Addicts
Sometimes it’s the little things in the big stories that catch your eye.
Rekindling China-Japan Conflict: The Senkaku/Diaoyutai Islands Clash
On September 7 an incident occurred in which a Chinese trawler tried to shake off a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat that pursued it to investigate illegal operations at sea fifteen kilometers from Kubajima of the Senkaku Islands of Okinawa prefecture.
MDGs: How Far We’ve Come and What Still Has to be Done
A mother cradles her newborn baby girl, with joy where there might have been grief.
2010: Year of the Nini
If Time magazine had any inkling of sense, it would name the Nini the person of the year for 2010.
Another War in Lebanon? Not Likely
Israel is focused on Iran. But the Obama administration should not ignore the few voices inside Israel that want escalation against Hezbollah.
War and DIplomacy – Part II: A Way Out of Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a crossroads of civilizations and an almost bewilderingly complicated place.
U.S. Still Top Arms Supplier to South as Record Sale to Saudis Pends
Despite an unusual dip in global weapons sales in 2009, the United States retained its spot as the world’s top arms supplier of developing countries, according to an authoritative new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
The American Way of War Quiz: This Was The War Month That Was (Believe It or Not)
Yes, it would be funny if it weren’t so grim. After all, when it comes to squandering money and resources in strange and distant places (or even here at home), you can count on the practitioners of American-style war to be wildly over the top.
Dodging World Bank Schizophrenia: The Looting of Africa Continues?
The continent’s own elites, together with the West and now China, are still making Africans progressively poorer, thanks to the extraction of raw materials.
Pollution Knows No Borders
Mexico, Canada and the United States have serious problems with the emission of diverse pollutants.
The US-Japan ‘Alliance’, Okinawa, and Three Looming Elections
World attention through the early months of 2010 focused on the tiny hamlet of Henoko in Northern Okinawa as Prime Minister Hatoyama struggled to find a way to meet his (and the Democratic Party of Japan’s) electoral commitment to see that no substitute for the existing Futenma Marine Air Station be constructed in Okinawa.
Obama Fighting on all Fronts
United States President Barack Obama will try this week to underline his progress in extricating the US from the morass his predecessor’s “war on terror” in the Greater Middle East.