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Al Qaeda Hung Bin Laden Out to Dry

Posted on: May 11, 2012, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Are Nuclear Weapons Really a "Big Sin" to Iran's Supreme Leader?

Posted on: Apr 20, 2012, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Right-Wingers Distort Obama's Missile Defense Comments

Posted on: Mar 30, 2012, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus

Low Tax Rates for the Rich Harm Not Only the Economy, But Defense

Posted on: Feb 17, 2012, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

To Whatever Extent Libya Is a Victory, It's a Defeat for Nuclear Nonproliferation

Posted on: Sep 9, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Obama Moves to the Right on Nukes

Posted on: Aug 5, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

What? A National Park Dedicated to the Horrors of Nuclear War?

Posted on: Jul 29, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

What Does Lowballing the Number of Dead Iraqi Civilians Tell Us About Ourselves?

Posted on: Jul 22, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Will Iraqi Commandos Trained by U.S. Be Turned Into Another Republican Guard?

Posted on: Jul 15, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Are We Going to Have to Be Cut Open Before Getting on an Airplane Now?

Posted on: Jul 8, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

In Afghanistan, "Light at the End of the Tunnel" Has Lost Its Luster

Posted on: Jun 24, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Horror Stories from Protests Driving a Wedge Between Syria and its Allies

Posted on: Jun 17, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Israel and Iran: Partners in Plausible Nuclear Deniability

Posted on: Jun 10, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Fukushima Be Damned, Federal Court Brushes Off Seismic Nuke Risks in U.S.

Posted on: May 27, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

Fukushima Keeps Spewing Poison

Posted on: May 20, 2011, Source: Foreign Policy in Focus\' Focal Points Blog

After OBL Raid, Pakistan Fears U.S. Will Grab Nukes -- What if We Tried?

Posted on: May 14, 2011, Source: FPIF Focal Points

Experts say the outcomes would be disastrous.

Tea Party Republicans Go Over the Cliff in Opposing Nuclear Arms Treaty Their Traditional Allies Want

Posted on: Dec 1, 2010, Source: AlterNet

Jon Kyl and other Republican senators opposing New START are bucking the national defense establishment to which traditionally they've been joined at the hip.

Getting to Zero: A Future of No Nukes and a Death-Free Definition of National Interest

Posted on: Oct 17, 2009, Source: The Faster Times

"Slowly but surely, not only the United States, but much of the world, seems to be walking back the number of deaths it accepts in the interest of national defense."

Oprah: the Un-Hillary

Posted on: Dec 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet

In contrast to Hillary, Oprah, whatever her flaws, is endowed with a bounty of humanity.

Is the Iran NIE a Trojan Horse?

Posted on: Dec 6, 2007, Source: Scholars and Rogues

Russ Wellen: "Rather than adjusting policy on Iran in accordance to the reality-check provided by the NIE, the President moved the goal post on Iran."

The Administration Is Coming at Iran from Every Which Way

Posted on: Sep 15, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Russ Wellen: Nuclear weapons is just one among many reasons the US seeks to attack Iran.

Fear Mongering On Iran, Bush Warns of "Nuclear Holocaust"

Posted on: Aug 29, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Russ Wellen: Iran may be a once and future threat, but Al Qaeda is a clear and present danger.

Cheney Itches For a War With Iran

Posted on: Aug 13, 2007, Source: AlterNet

Russ Wellen: Cheney & Co. are using the introduction of nukes into the discussion as a flash-bang grenade with which to distract us.