Central Asia Between Competition and Cooperation
Are China and the United States playing a new great game in Central Asia or do the two powers have more in common in the region than even they currently realize?
Public Must Say "No" to War in Iran
The Bush administration and its supporters in Congress are lying about an Iranian “threat.”
Beware Empires in Decline
Common sense says that Washington wont attack Tehran. But columnist Michael Klare questions whether common sense is guiding Bush administration policy.
Oil or Atoms?
In the upcoming U.S. elections, will voters be eyeing the price of gas or the gathering storm over Iran?
War or Rumors of War?
Is Washington planning to attack Iran or just bluffing? Columnist Frida Berrigan reads between the lines of the latest U.S. preparations.
Negotiating and Looking Tough: The Mirrored Policies of the U.S. and Iran
While September was a hopeful month for those interested in the de-escalation of tensions between the Unites States and Iran, neither country has yet developed the desire or will to resolve the outstanding issues that exist between them.
U.S. War on Iran – a possibility?
UFPJ Talking Points #45: Threats of a U.S. attack on Iran continue.
Bush at the UN: Annotated
At the UN, George W. Bush praised democracy and diplomacy in the Middle East. Stephen Zunes gives you the real story.
Roh v. W
The more intriguing reason for Roh’s meager welcome in Washington is how President Bush’s own personal preferences shape American media reporting.
Now It’s Personal
All too often, we leave the field open for the administration to occupy the mental bandwidth of the population with the faces and stories that it wants to promote.
Liberation Technology?
According to the Pentagon, the latest generation of landmine will liberate the military from all those messy civilian casualties that have so upset the international community.
The Persistence of Illusion
The war in Lebanon was only the latest mirage to transfix the Middle East. To avoid catastrophe, the United States must dispense with the illusions that helped propel that war.
Bunch of Losers
All sides have claimed victory in the Lebanon conflict. They’re all wrong.
An Antidote to Info Vertigo
Now everyone can be as time-crunched and info-inundated as the average policymaker.
Hubris and Humanitarianism
Nation-building is a bloody affair. Just ask the Angles or the Visigoths.