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Bob Dreyfuss

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Robert Dreyfuss

Bob Dreyfuss

Contributing Editor

Robert Dreyfuss, a Nation contributing editor, is an investigative journalist specializing in politics and national security. He is the author of Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam and is a frequent contributor to Rolling Stone, The American Prospect and Mother Jones.

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On the American left, there's no consensus about how to respond to China's emergence. Confront China or accommodate? Slam China with tariffs or invite it to build in the US? And what about human rights? Robert Dreyfuss talks to progressives about what the country's rapid rise means for the Chinese—and for Americans.

China must do two things at once: continue to industrialize while sharply limiting carbon emissions. Will its newfound focus on renewable energy technology be enough?

A dirty little secret is that virtually no one thinks sanctions can work as intended.

 Despite signs that Iraqis are disenchanted with sectarian politics, the electorate's votes still broke sharply along communal lines.

Obama has conducted two major reviews of Afghan policy; Karzai's new intractability calls for a third.

Tonight, President Obama will address the nation to discuss the drawdown of US combat forces in Iraq. In February, Robert Dreyfuss reported on the specter of civil conflict and the possibility of the outbreak of a civil war—which still looms.

Elements of a responsible withdrawal.

Can the United States and Iran negotiate an end to the nuclear standoff?

Blogs

Will Obama finally seek a cease-fire in Syria's civil war?
Obama, facing defeat in Congress, gets nicely outmaneuvered by Moscow.
Don’t expect a limited strike.
Why not get Russia and Iran involved in a cease-fire and UN plan instead?
Is President Obama planning to assassinate President Assad of Syria?
The president's decision to bomb Syria makes no strategic sense whatsoever, and it will lots of people for no reason at all.
There are choices beyond war, and they start with a cease-fire and diplomacy.
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