Posted on: Sep 23, 2012, Source: Inter Press Service
The militant group Mujahedeen-e-Khalq is no longer on the State Department terrorist list, thanks in part to a high-profile lobbying campaign waged by former U.S. officials.
Posted on: Apr 27, 2012, Source: Inter Press Service
Critics of the Obama administration's decision to escalate drone strikes in Yemen say it could wind up strengthening Al Qaeda in the country and poison Yemeni opinion of the US.
For the second year in a row, U.S. President Barack Obama has waived a Congressionally-mandated ban on military aid for four countries that use child soldiers.
Why publicize information that's been public for months? Might it have something to do with the fact that Afghanistan is the longest war in U.S. history?
Late last week, Congress cleared legislation that would raise the level of U.S. non-military aid to Islamabad over the next five years to an annual rate of 1.5 billion dollars.
Despite Condi Rice's talk of a "Sunni Crescent," a large poll conducted across the Middle East shows that 80 percent of Arabs consider Israel and the U.S. the two biggest external threats to their security. Six percent cited Iran.
North Korea's claim that it conducted a nuclear test has neoconservatives making public calls for the most radical policies available to the U.S. establishment.
Whether Thursday's bombings in London will erode public support for Bush remains to be seen. But growing pessimism about the Iraq war makes him more vulnerable than ever.
Posted on: Mar 7, 2005, Source: Inter Press Service
John Bolton is a man best known for sabotaging international treaties and alienating entire nations. That's why he's been picked to be our ambassador to the United Nations.
The departure of undersecretary of defense – and hardliner – Doug Feith suggests that the administration is shedding its more radical edges. Is neocon influence waning?
The architects of Bush's foreign policy have a new 'checklist' of tasks for the Bush second term. It includes taking on not only the 'axis of evil,' but also 'Old Europe' and China.
