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Richard Falk

Richard Falk is professor emeritus of international law and practice at Princeton University. His latest book is The Costs of War: International Law, the UN, and World Order After Iraq.

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2006

  • Questionable Verdict

    November 6, 2006

    Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Administration's illegal war in Iraq. As the milestones pile up, so do the bodies.

  • Gone Nuclear: How the World Lost Its Way

    October 10, 2006

    As the world reacts to news of North Korea's underground nuclear test, a crucial anniversary is observed: Twenty years ago at the Reykjavik Summit, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev outlined a vision for a non-nuclear world. What went wrong? In this Nation forum, four experts from the nonproliferation movement discuss how to put disarmament back on the world's agenda.

  • The UN After Lebanon

    September 18, 2006

    The UN's mixed record on the war in Lebanon proves we should lower our expectations of what it can meaningfully achieve.

  • The Circle of Responsibility

    June 13, 2006

  • Storm Clouds Over Iran

    January 26, 2006

    The confrontation with Iran is a wakeup call to states that possess nuclear weapons: In a world of nuclear apartheid, multilateral disarmament is the only course of action that can succeed.

2005

  • Gaza Illusions

    August 25, 2005 Subscribe

    Disengagement represents a dangerous step backward in the struggle to find a just peace for Israelis and Palestinians and leaves many core issues unresolved.

  • The World Speaks on Iraq

    July 14, 2005 Subscribe

    Never before has a war aroused this level of protest on a global scale--first to prevent it, then to condemn its conduct.

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