Stories by William O. Beeman
New sanctions make Congress look tough, but they also provide cover for unpopular economic measures the Iranian government desperately wants to enact.
Posted on Sep 29, 2009, Source: New America Media
That the conflict between Israel and Hamas is a proxy war with Iran is a myth that has grown up during the Bush administration.
Posted on Jan 6, 2009, Source: New America Media
The United States may not have the international support it needs for an act of aggression against the theocratic state.
Posted on Sep 8, 2008, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
The U.S. military is recruiting anthros to help navigate Iraqi culture -- not everyone is happy about it.
Posted on Apr 5, 2008, Source: Le Monde diplomatique
Like it not, there is no single, clear biological, psychological or cultural definition of "male" and "female.
Posted on Feb 5, 2004, Source: Pacific News Service
Fight in shrine town manages to insult all Iraqis and create new 'martyrs.'
Posted on Dec 2, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
As the situation in Iraq deteriorates, President Bush has outlined a grand vision for democracy in the Middle East. But the U.S. will have to change tactics quickly if legitimate elected bodies are to rule in Iraq.
Posted on Nov 13, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The assassination of an important Shi'a leader signals the first shot in an Iraqi civil war that experts warned would ensue if Saddam were removed without careful planning.
Posted on Aug 29, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The Bush administration is turning up the heat on Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program, but any evidence for such a program is scant.
Posted on Jul 1, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The war in Iraq was sold to the U.S. public in ways that resonate with Americans' moral views about violence. With those rationales falling apart, you can hear the tide of public opinion turning.
Posted on Jun 12, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The U.S. invasion lifted the veil on the real face of power in Iraq, an enormous Shiite Muslim bloc which is spread across the Middle East.
Posted on May 21, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
The choice of target in the Riyadh bombings reveals a group more concerned with ousting the Saudi royal family and not connected to Bin Laden.
Posted on May 15, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
From "creative destruction" to "total war," the guiding beliefs of the most aggressive foreign policymakers in the Bush administration may originate in the works of an influential yet rarely seen neoconservative.
Posted on May 8, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
With the removal of the Baathist regime, a whole host of would-be leaders has bubbled to the surface in Iraq, representing a mix of conflicting allegiances and ideologies.
Posted on Apr 24, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix has been virtually ignored by the U.S. press lately, but he's been far from silent.
Posted on Apr 17, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
Iranians look east to Afghanistan and west to Iraq and feel trapped. How we will they react?
Posted on Apr 10, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
While their ties to Iran have long troubled the United States, as Iraq's majority religion Shi'ite Muslims must be given a real stake in the country's reconstruction.
Posted on Apr 8, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
Rosy prognostications of a quick and painless war have evaporated in the face of Iraqi resistance. Predictions about the discovery of weapons of mass destruction may prove just as empty.
Posted on Mar 27, 2003, Source: Pacific News Service
Experts on Iran and the Kurds dread the aftermath of a U.S. invasion of Iraq, which they say would destabilize the entire region.
Posted on Sep 25, 2002, Source: Pacific News Service
Now that Bush has finally recognized the need for U.S. involvement in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, he needs to take the next important step: commit peacekeeping forces to enforce the peace.
Posted on Apr 8, 2002, Source: Pacific News Service
During the 100th anniversary of Margaret Mead's death, Americans would do well to consult the anthropologist's prescient observations of U.S. culture during wartime.
Posted on Dec 3, 2001, Source: Pacific News Service
The media is pointing fingers at Osama bin Laden, but the causes of his anger are rarely discussed. Here is why he and his followers hate the U.S. so violently.
Posted on Sep 12, 2001, Source: Pacific News Service
