U.S. Under Attack: Implications for Muslims Everywhere
If Muslims are responsible for the attack on America, then Muslims as never before will be in desperate need of American protection.
Foreign Policy Shift: The Terrible Trade-Offs
It appears that foreign governments will be rewarded or punished by whether or not they become part of the U.S.-led war against terrorism.
The Folly of the U.S. Boycott
The U.S. is now officially among the few countries in the world not formally committed to the fight against racism.
How the War Against Terrorism Could Escalate
Ever since hijacked aircraft smashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, the White House and the Pentagon have been devising a menu of retaliatory strikes against those deemed responsible.
What Bin Laden and Global Warming Have in Common
Global warming is an example of an environmental issue that is perhaps not as obviously vital to national interests as terrorism, but which–like terrorism–has the potential to affect the entire world and not just the United States.
Asking “Why”
I think its almost impossible for us in this country to conceive of what would drive people to this state of rage.
Israel: A Failing Experiment
Today, Israel must choose between continuing an illegal occupation and preserving the self-defined nature of the State of Israel itself.
Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
Not a shot has been fired–yet–at Afghanistan’s Taliban, but the country’s beleaguered population already is paying a heavy price for the ruling militia’s pariah status as host to alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden.
Don’t Bomb Afghanistan
If there is any logic to the terrorists’ madness, it is to have the U.S. over-react and turn large segments of the Islamic world against the West. To launch a major military operation against Afghanistan would play right into Osama bin Laden’s hands.
The Argentine Crisis as Coup de Grace?
The U.S. needs to resume its original Bretton Woods perspective.
The IMF and Argentina’s Spiraling Crisis
The policies of the IMF are not only backed by the U.S. government and its allies, but also by powerful elites in low-income countries. Yet the economic case for change is overwhelming
Central Asia: On the Periphery of New Global War
The Bush administration looks to Central Asia for support in Afghanistan
Bin Laden and Mandela: Yesterday’s Freedom Fighters, Today’s Terrorist?
Did we make a monster out of Bin Laden?
Shelve Plan for Missile Defense
It would be premature at this point for anyone to come forward with a grand blueprint for America’s future defense posture.
U.S. Policy on the UN Conference Wrong
The U.S. could have made a strong, positive impression by sending its African-American Secretary of State, a descendent of slaves, and making a forceful stand against racism. Instead, it chose to send a low-level delegation.