The Bush Administration and Iran’s New President
Bush’s harsh words and threats seem awkward in a region where Washington’s closest allies (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Tunisia, and Jordan) hold utterly meaningless ballots.
The U.S. and Iran: Democracy, Terrorism, and Nuclear Weapons
In Iran, real political power rests with unelected military, economic, and right-wing ideologues, and in the June 25 runoff election, Iranian voters were forced to choose between two flawed candidates.
Bush Administration Stokes Dangerous Arms Race on Indian Subcontinent
New agreements with India weakens international arms control regime.
Fearful Symmetry: Washington and Pyongyang
In the fun house of mirrors in which contemporary global politics is enacted, a strange resemblance has developed between George W. Bush and Kim Jong Il and between their respective war parties.
The Other Looting
The focus of the occupation regime is more on emergency repairs than on a major rehabilitation of Iraq’s dilapidated and war-destroyed public infrastructure.
Hope out of Quagmire: Iraq and Peace Movement Opportunities
In the glow of the Iraq war’s initial military success, most American peace activists felt profoundly demoralized.
Solidarity and Student Protests in Iran
How is it possible to promote human rights and democracy in Iran without strengthening Washington’s drive to dominate the world in general and the Middle East in particular?
The U.S. and Latin America After 9-11 and Iraq
Most disturbingly, it is unilaterally waging war against its own Latin American “axis of evil”–the Colombian “narcoterrorists,” Cuba’s Fidel Castro, and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez–with little if no effort to take into account the concerns of Latin American
Reducing the Hazards from Stored Spent Power-Reactor Fuel in the United States
This 2003 report underscored the dangers posed by the practice of storing spent fuel on-site at nuclear power plants in the United States. It remains relevant today as Japanese engineers struggle to prevent a nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima, Japan.
New Supplemental Bill Will Make the World Safe for Oil, But Not Safe for Us
Just like during the cold war, the millions of dollars slated for our new allies in the war on terrorism have more to do with promoting American geostrategic interests than with protecting U.S. territory from external threats.
Nuclear War in South Asia
There is reason to believe nuclear capability may make the chances of war worse in South Asia.
Bush Plays Shell Game with African Lives
Intended to stave off the embarrassment of coming empty-handed to a summit trumpeted as focusing on Africa, the White House initiative is in fact a cynical move to derail more effective action against AIDS.
President Bush the Martyr
Last night’s long-awaited speech by President Bush was to set the pace for the Palestinians and Israelis to step back from the vicious and bloody cycle of violence that has gripped them for nearly two years.
Emergency Loya Jirga: Strength In Numbers?
Planners have to consider how to make the Loya Jirga fair and accessible to the country’s largely illiterate population, and keep it from becoming a platform for tribal, political, and ethnic violence.
America’s Nuclear End Game
As long as the U.S., China, Britain, France, Russia, and Israel have nuclear weapons, we will all live on the edge of the abyss.