Ian Welsh, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. December 2, 2008. The American doctrine that it's ok to bomb other countries if you invoke the word "terrorism" is a very dangerous one.
Laura Carlsen, Foreign Policy in Focus. November 19, 2008. The election of Barack Obama has been heralded as proof that the United States has finally broken through the racial barrier.
Tariq Ali, Tomdispatch.com. September 18, 2008. The Bush administration in its waning months seems intent on a slo-mo launching of a third war in the border regions of Pakistan.
William O. Beeman, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 8, 2008. The United States may not have the international support it needs for an act of aggression against the theocratic state.
Scott Ritter, Truthdig. July 15, 2008. Iran’s recent missile test should remove all doubt that an attack by either the United States or Israel would be a terrible mistake.
Rep. Jim McDermott, AlterNet. June 23, 2008. Israel recently conducted a major military exercise in what many military analysts see as training for a possible strike against Iran.
Michael Schwartz, Tomdispatch.com. May 27, 2008. Because of the Iraqis, the glorious sounding Global War on Terror has been transformed into an endless, hopeless actual war
Raj Bandyopadhyay, Open Magazine. May 12, 2008. As an Indian studying in the U.S., I have been subjected to the sexual hang-ups of two cultures. This is not a good recipe for getting laid.
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. March 18, 2008. Forbes' latest list of billionaires reveals a global concentration of wealth that has reached truly staggering proportions.
Amitabh Pal, The Progressive. March 12, 2008. A report accuses China of understating its military spending, which is a whopping one-fifteenth of the United States' defense budget.
Richard Gott, AlterNet. March 8, 2008. The deaths of two senior FARC leaders will stymie the peace process and any hope for release for FARC's hostages.
Trita Parsi, IPS News. January 10, 2008. A read of Mideast countries suggests that the current state of no-war, no-peace between the U.S. and Iran is a major cause of the tension.
Nomi Prins, The Women's International Perspective. December 30, 2007. The U.S. has the most prisoners and the highest jailing rate of any country -- the insanity must stop.
Isabella Kenfield, International Relations Center. March 12, 2007. Brazil is the global leader in ethanol exports and the U.S. is Brazil's biggest importer. But many fear that what appears to be an economic panacea may be a social and ecological disaster.
