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Hillary Clinton's Disdain for International Law -- Part II

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. December 2, 2008.
What alarms most international observers is Clinton's penchant for military solutions.

Hillary Clinton's Disdain for International Law -- Change We Can Believe In?

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. December 1, 2008.
Hillary Clinton is our new Secretary of State -- will she continue the United States' hypocrisy on human rights and the rule of law?

Obama's Security Team: Hillary Is the Biggest Question Mark

Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. December 1, 2008.
Critics weigh in on Obama's foreign policy picks.

Challenges Hillary Clinton Would Face as the Next Secretary of State

Michele Wucker, Women's Media Center. November 28, 2008.
Clinton's task abroad would be much like the one she and Obama just faced: to turn an adversarial relationship into an alliance.

Powerless Palin: Get Ready for One Uncomfortable Debate

Patricia DeGennaro, The Women's Media Center. October 1, 2008.
Photo-ops with a few nations' leaders does not make up for Palin's ignorance on basic world affairs.

The First Debate: Will Candidates Discuss Women's Welfare Along with the World's and Wall Street's?

Serra Sippel, RH Reality Check. September 26, 2008.
Bailing out Wall Street while ignoring the global health needs of mothers and children is both a critical foreign policy and economic issue.

Insanity Round-up: Setting Fires the World Over

Joshua Holland, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 19, 2008.
Quick hits you might have missed.

Did McCain Just Reject Spain as an Ally?

Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo AlterNet: Video. September 18, 2008.
McCain's gaffe on identifying the Prime Minister of Spain.

A Second Cold War with Russia? Not Likely

Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch. September 15, 2008.
It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it.

Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain

Robert Greenwald, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. September 6, 2008.
From Friday's episode of Meet the Bloggers

Five Reasons the World Wants Obama

Melinda Brouwer, AlterNet. September 1, 2008.
Global public opinion data shows a clear Obama trend across much of planet Earth.

An Ex-Beauty Queen for VP: Political Risk or Political Genius?

Heather Gehlert, AlterNet. August 30, 2008.
Sarah Palin may be more of a threat to Obama than Democrats are recognizing. Dismissing her would be just as dangerous as dismissing women voters.

What a McCain Victory Could Mean: No Money for Health Care and the End of Our Volunteer Army

Robert Parry, Consortium News. August 28, 2008.
The price tag for John McCain's war lust would mean virtually every other national priority would be short-changed or neglected.

Corporate Media Focuses on DNC as the World Burns

dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. August 27, 2008.
Russia, Georgia, Afghanistan, and Pakistan are in turmoil, but the corporate media reports only on the DNC.

Andrew Bacevich: Hard Truths About America Gone Astray

Paul Rosenberg, Bill Moyers Journal AlterNet: Video. August 19, 2008.
From Bill Moyers Journal.

McCain's Top Foreign Policy Adviser Paid Big $$$ by Georgia

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. August 13, 2008.
Randy Scheunemann is a DC lobbyist who has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from Georgia. He also works for John McCain.

Afghanistan: The Other Illegal War

Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. August 1, 2008.
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was every bit as illegal as the invasion of Iraq. Why, then, do so many Americans see it as justifiable?

Is Obama Betraying His Promise of Change?

Robert Scheer, Truthdig. July 23, 2008.
Like McCain, Obama seems to embrace the fundamental irrationality of Bush's "war on terror."

McCain in 2003: 'We Can Muddle Through in Afghanistan'

Jon Soltz, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 18, 2008.
It's foreign policy plans like this that got us to where we are today.

U.S. Media Continue to Black Out Iranian Diplomatic Overtures

Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. July 16, 2008.
Also: is the Bush administration considering the first diplomatic outpost in Iran in nearly 30 years?

Unfiltered, Unedited: Obama's Big Foreign Policy Speech

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Election 2008. July 15, 2008.
In case you missed it ....

It's Time to Fix Bush's AIDS Policy

Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check. July 10, 2008.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is tangled in ideological restrictions. Fixing the legislation would save millions more lives.

As Bush's Neoceonservative Approach Crumbles, Allies Step Into the Breach

Jim Lobe, Khody Akhavi, May 26, 2008.
Engagement -- known as "appeasement" in the neo-conservative lexicon -- is bursting out all over the Middle East.

Biden Blasts McCain on Iran Mistakes

Ali Frick, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. May 21, 2008.
Sen. Biden blasted John McCain for his lack of knowledge on Iran and his low regard of the American people.

Are We Ready for a New Policy on Cuba?

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2008.
In a speech in Miami, John McCain is preparing to attack Sen. Obama for suggesting a new approach toward Cuba.

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