Stories by John Tirman
John Tirman is Executive Director of MIT's Center for International Studies.
The warmongers who got us into Iraq are blaming everyone but themselves for the humanitarian disaster they created.
Posted on Jan 21, 2008
With troubles for the U.S. global position mounting, it is easy to say that the foreign policy process is not working well. But what are the sources of trouble, and how readily can they be fixed?
Posted on Sep 4, 2007
The hard right in the U.S. has tried to exploit the arrest of Middle East scholar Haleh Esfandiari to create a reason for America's conservatives to attack Iran.
Posted on May 26, 2007
In the face of severe contempt and intimidation, a sizable number of Americans saw the charade for what it was and rued the oncoming disaster of war.
Posted on Mar 13, 2007
The White House has always had a regional strategy to call on neighbors for help with the Iraq war, but that strategy -- like Iraq itself -- is in complete disrepair.
Posted on Jan 16, 2007
The distortions about the violence in Iraq persist even as the mayhem increases. Here are ten of the worst myths being spread in the media.
Posted on Nov 28, 2006
A researcher associated with a brand new mortality study is blunt to critics: 'Its accuracy is not an issue ... those who publicly dismiss the findings must offer an alternative.'
Posted on Oct 11, 2006
From the lack of body counts in Iraq, to drug wars to torture, the United States is making the world a worse place to live in.
Posted on Aug 15, 2006
The foiled bomb plot in the UK offers us and the Bush administration some pointers about the true nature of terrorism and its causes.
Posted on Aug 12, 2006
In the years since 9/11, our government's rabid fear of terrorists has led to cruel, disproportionate and foolish policies.
Posted on Jun 17, 2006
The Bush administration's comparison of the 'war on terror' to America's battle against totalitarianism falls wide of the mark.
Posted on Apr 17, 2006
The lockdown strategy has made America less safe. There's a better approach.
Posted on Mar 29, 2005
A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University does what the Bush-Cheney administration refuses to do: Estimate the number of Iraqis killed in the last 18 months.
Posted on Oct 30, 2004
Tariq Ramadan of Switzerland, one of the world's most important Muslim scholars, was invited to teach at the University of Notre Dame. Then he ran right into the USA Patriot Act.
Posted on Sep 1, 2004
In his first major foreign policy speech, Howard Dean revealed why he is the best Democratic alternative to Bush.
Posted on Dec 16, 2003
It's time to think more creatively about homeland security and apply some of the obvious lessons of 9/11.
Posted on Sep 9, 2003
The vision of a democratic oasis in the desert of Muslim despotism is appearing more and more a mirage.
Posted on Apr 10, 2003
This fractious debate, and the search for the weapons themselves, is a red herring--a diversion from the real reasons for war.
Posted on Feb 7, 2003
Bush's push for war in Iraq runs the risk of draining American global power suddenly and irrevocably.
Posted on Jan 17, 2003
The costs have been enormously expensive on many fronts, but the final dangerous outcome of the "war on terrorism" is the ascending chance of a war against Iraq.
Posted on Aug 29, 2002
If the 50-year history of U.S. policy in southwestern Asia teaches us anything, it is that aggressive military actions lead to destabilization of countries and the amplification of militant Islamic sentiment around the world. A must-read analysis.
Posted on Oct 24, 2001
Elections change history in unexpected ways. Even though George W. Bush will probably win this contests, the results for progressives may not be as obvious or as dire as they first seem.
Posted on Nov 7, 2000
