The Foreign Policy of Optimism
The power of positive thinking has often warped American foreign policy, as a new book by Barbara Ehrenreich suggests.
A New START
Beginnings and endings.
Review: ‘Stripping Bare the Body: Politics, Violence, War’
Danner’s work reveals misery, destruction, and violence but also provides critical analysis, and history of American foreign policy in the last quarter century.
Exceptional or Exceptionalism?
Even a groundbreaking president can’t escape history.
Crapshoot in Copenhagen
Gambling on global warming, antiwar escalation, Africa under the radar, and Honduran escalation in this week’s FPIF update.
Why Dubai?
Perhaps the sun is setting on the world’s most prominent example of hyper-capitalism.
Hitting the Brakes on Afghanistan
Because speeding up won’t get us anywhere we want to be.
Europe’s Wild East
There aren’t any cowboys, but the capitalist free-for-all attitude reigns supreme.
New Neighbors, New Economy
Here’s a solution to the dwindling workforces in developed countries.
Reading Ramadan in Istanbul
Turkey, India, and Iran: All are places where a new Muslim identity is growing.