Obama Misses the Boat on Foreign Policy in SOTU
By Amitabh Pal, January 26, 2011 On Middle East democracy, free trade, and Afghanistan-Pakistan, Obama resorted to spin.read more
View ArticleWe need a new foreign policy for Egypt — and the U.S.
By Ghada Hashem Talhami, February 15, 2011 Only when the United States finally embarks on accurately counting its gains and losses in the Middle East will there be a realization of the high price that...
View ArticleWith bin Laden dead, the U.S. should change its policy
By Bill Fletcher Jr., May 11, 2011 The killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden provides an opportunity for the United States to make a much-needed change in its policy toward Afghanistan and...
View ArticleElliott Abrams and Bernard Lewis Tutor Paul Ryan
By Amitabh Pal, August 16, 2012 Ryan’s stances on foreign policy issues oscillate between reckless and clueless.read more
View ArticleRomney’s Foreign Policy Speech: All War All the Time
By Matthew Rothschild, October 8, 2012 If you’ve been pining away for the Cold War or for the reckless Bush-Cheney foreign policy, then Mitt Romney’s your guy. By Matthew Rothschildread more
View ArticleForeign Policy Consensus in Obama-Romney Debate Depressing
By Amitabh Pal, October 23, 2012 Both candidates tried to outflank each other on the right.read more
View ArticleRomney's Extremist Foreign Policy
By Amitabh Pal, November 1, 2012 There is substantial evidence that he’s going to tack sharply to the right if he gets elected. Exhibit number one is his scary coterie of foreign policy gurus,...
View ArticleKerry Would Continue Status Quo as Secretary of State
By Amitabh Pal, November 9, 2012 His vote for the Iraq War exemplified a major characteristic of Kerry: a general reticence to take political risks.read more
View ArticleObama’s Burma Visit a Huge Gamble
By Amitabh Pal, November 13, 2012 The opening to Burma is part of an effort to isolate China.read more
View ArticleFilipino Climate Negotiator Goes on Hunger Strike
By AFP, Nov. 11, 2013 Climate rep. tells fellow UN delegates he will not eat until deal is struck.read more
View ArticleThe Forgotten Meaning of Veterans Day
By Stephen C. Webster, Nov. 11, 2013 What ever happened to giving peace a chance?read more
View Article'J Street' Pushes Congress to Give Peace a Chance
By Amitabh Pal, Nov. 14, 2013 Why J Street is optimistic about the peace process.read more
View ArticleGrammy Winner Records Guantanamo Bay Music Video
By Stephen C. Webster, Nov. 18, 2013 Esperanza Spalding sings for justice as the Senate prepares indefinite detention debate.read more
View ArticleSupreme Court Refuses to Hear NSA Challenge
By AFP, Nov. 18, 2013 Justices offer no explanation for denying challenge to surveillance dragnet.read more
View Article'The Island President' Must Be Seen to Be Believed
By Amitabh Pal, Nov. 19, 2013 I watched a documentary over the weekend that is more timely now than ever.read more
View ArticleRough Trade: Using Secrecy to Screw Democracy
By Ian Murphy, Nov. 19, 2013 The latest corporate bid for global hegemony is here.read more
View ArticleMore Ways the U.S. Phone Dragnet Violates the Law
By Marcy Wheeler, Nov. 20, 2013 America's phone dragnet has some big problems in addition to the obvious constitutional one.read more
View ArticleDeal Could Keep Troops in Afghanistan Through 2024
By AFP, Nov. 21, 2013 Pact would ensure legal safeguards for U.S. presence 'until the end of 2024 and beyond.'read more
View ArticleRicher Nations Are Wrecking the Climate Talks
By Amitabh Pal, Nov. 21, 2013 The global climate change talks in Warsaw are unraveling—and it’s the West’s fault.read more
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