Star Wars II: Don’t Delay It, Kill It
President Clinton’s September 1st decision to delay deployment of the Pentagon’s proposed National Missile Defense (NMD) system is an example of good policy and good politics.
Real Reform at the UN
Despite years of UN-bashing in Washington, the global organization remains one of the most popular institutions among U.S. voters.
Campaign 2000: Why is Military Spending Not an Issue?
The U.S. must recognize that preventive actions — diplomacy, contributing to global economic development, promoting political and religious freedom — that get to the root causes of conflict are the long-term paths to global peace and stability.
And the Next President of… Texas
One progressive’s recount of the Republican National Convention.
Camp David II: Clinton Should Pressure Israel, As Carter Did
It is highly unlikely that the upcoming summit between the United States, Israel, and Palestine at Camp David will the kind of positive results that came from the 1978 summit between the United States, Israel, and Egypt.
Ross Gelbspan on Global Warming
What is news is that the heating of our atmosphere has propelled our climate into a new state of instability.
A World Awash in Weaponry
Late last month, President Clinton announced the Defense Trade Security Initiative, the most significant loosening of arms-export controls since the end of the Cold War.
U.S. Policy Toward Jerusalem: Clinton’s Shift To The Right
The problem with Clinton’s view of Jerusalem is ultimately not a bias towards Israel, but a direct challenge to the authority of the United Nations and some of the most basic tenets of international law.
Moderate or Militant: Will the Real Dick Cheney Please Stand Up?
Before we can gauge how Cheney might perform as vice president, we will need a much more vigorous and detailed foreign policy debate than either Al Gore or George Bush have offered thus far.
The U.S. Must Pressure Israel to Compromise
As the Clinton Administration pushes for a high-level resumption of final status talks between Israelis and Palestinians, we are again hearing the mantra that both sides need to compromise, both sides cannot have everything they want and other familiar ex
Assad’s Mixed Legacy
The desire to maintain a course independent of overbearing Western influence, the insistence on having the Golan returned and a desire to maintain greater social equality than found elsewhere in the Arab world goes far beyond the late president.
Money Talks: The Implications of U.S. Budget Priorities
The military captures almost one-half of the entire federal discretionary budget–money for everything the government does from the FBI to Head Start, excluding only mandatory spending, primarily interest on the national debt and entitlements like Social Security and Medicare.
Corporate Welfare and Foreign Policy
FPIF Corporate Welfare Package