‘Palestinians’ without ‘Palestine’
Netanyahu’s recent speech in favor of a Palestinian state contained several contradictory elements that cleverly undermined its central message.
Netanyahu’s recent speech in favor of a Palestinian state contained several contradictory elements that cleverly undermined its central message.
The United States could learn a lot from Russia’s patient and persistent engagement with Iran described in detail in Persian Dreams, a new book by a State Department analyst.
China and the United States should definitely be talking more about economic and environmental issues. But they also need to talk about reducing their military spending and avoiding a new cold war.
Sparing the many odiferous details, here are three particularly bad aspects that have to be addressed.
The Obama administration boycotted the UN conference on racism and missed a golden opportunity.
How skill at devising and executing foreign policy could lay the foundation for a mature and mutually beneficial relationship between the United States and Iran.
The Nation announces the winner of its “Name our Epoch!” contest.
You know you are in a perilous time when the optimist and pessimist agree.
Syria learned yet again with the recent helicopter attack, when it comes to relations with Washington, no good deed goes unpunished.
The financial crisis highlights the United States’ increasing dependence on militarism.
The United States’ “rimland strategy” highlights the ambiguity of its relationship with China.
Politics is much like physics, columnist Conn Hallinan argues: for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction. And NATO is generating just such a reaction.
A military threat to the United States? An economic powerhouse? More likely a Potemkin Village.
New leaders in Australia and South Korea could mean a shift in geopolitical weight in Asia.
Australia charts a brand new foreign policy.