Stories by Ian Williams
Ian Williams writes on the United Nations for AlterNet. His work has appeared in Foreign Policy in Focus, the Nation and Salon. He is also the author of Rum: A Social and Sociable History of the Real Spirit of 1776.
Ian Williams argues that progressives should not allow Bush's misappropriation of humanitarian intervention to force them to abandon a principle that is both moral and urgently required.
John R. MacArthur counters that liberals have long been lobbying for interventions that would override international law.
Posted on Aug 4, 2003, Source: In These Times
The usual self-destruct techniques employed by both sides of the interminable Mideast struggle are being ignored so far by a U.S. president who might just be mean and stubborn enough to intimidate Ariel Sharon.
Posted on Jun 17, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The same members of the Security Council who opposed the war rolled over to support the U.N. resolution that legalizes the occupation of Iraq.
Posted on May 22, 2003, Source: Globalvision News Network
The Bush foreign policy has made the emerging creation of a non-American, if not anti-American, military alliance almost inevitable.
Posted on May 13, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The Bush administration's refusal to allow U.N. involvement in Iraq's reconstruction is a symptom of its dangerous inability to differentiate between reality and ideology.
Posted on Apr 29, 2003, Source: AlterNet
While Syria is undoubtedly the prime candidate for the next "war of liberation," the lasting effect of Iraq will be rapid and widespread nuclear proliferation.
Posted on Apr 9, 2003, Source: AlterNet
A fan of Israeli military might who is set to profit off post-war weapons sales, arms huckster and unilateralist hawk Jay Garner is a typically crass Bush appointee.
Posted on Mar 31, 2003, Source: AlterNet
This war for democracy is supported by nations banded by fear and coercion -- and opposed by most of the citizens of our so-called allies.
Posted on Mar 25, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The British prime minister may appear to be a slavish adherent to Washington's dictates, but he is in fact a man of misplaced conviction.
Posted on Mar 16, 2003, Source: AlterNet
With Iraq invasion foreordained, US-backed resolution has France and others seeking face-saving exit strategies.
Posted on Feb 27, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Opposing sides of the Iraq debate see the French as either immoral cowards or paragons of global virtue. History shows that they are both right.
Posted on Feb 25, 2003, Source: Global Vision News Network
Despite the cool reception to Powell's speech, European nations may well deliver a U.N. resolution authorizing an attack on Iraq just after Valentine's Day.
Posted on Feb 6, 2003, Source: Globalvision News Network
The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council who sit in judgment on Iraq happen to own the world's largest quantities of nuclear weapons--and have not shown the slightest inclination to disarm.
Posted on Feb 3, 2003, Source: Globalvision News Network
Bush's speech has allies jumping on board the military juggernaut bearing down on Iraq. The president's fake conversion to multilateralism seems to have worked a little too well.
Posted on Sep 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Meet Jesse Helms' political heir: John Bolton, Undersecretary of State and right-wing warrior extraordinaire.
Posted on May 30, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The U.S. has mounted a systematic campaign to oust top United Nations officials opposed to the war on terrorism.
Posted on May 9, 2002, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus
The bloody campaign against the Palestinians is in keeping with the Israeli Prime Minister's checkered history. But why is the White House participating in his vendetta?
Posted on Apr 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The American plan to topple Saddam Hussain has found little support around the world -- with the lone exception of Britain. Maybe what hawks on both sides of the Atlantic really need is a reality check.
Posted on Mar 28, 2002, Source: AlterNet
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