Playing Games with Iran
Negotiators are talking with Iran. Hardliners want to bomb. What’s the next move in this game with Iran?
The Theology of American Empire
Ira Chernus writes that Americans crave a foreign policy based on moral conviction. Neoconservatives have offered one version. The left must provide a different one.
Art as Jujitsu
War grabs the headlines, and anti-war art grabs our attention. They do so with some of the same tools: guns, bombs, and body counts.
The Taiwan of Europe
According to the compromise proposal of UN special envoy Martti Ahtisaari, the international community was to grant “supervised independence” to Kosovo, the largely Albanian enclave in southern Serbia.
The End of Supreme Command
The Bush administration has discredited civilian control of the military. The consequences are potentially disastrous.
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.
At War with Syria and Iran: The Neo-Cons May Get Their Wish
Sounding a similar note, the neocons push for war again.