The U.S. and the World (Editors' Introduction)
The 2008 election, more than any election in decades, will turn on questions of foreign policy and national security.
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Mike Davis on the California fires, Helena Cobban on Hamas and Hezbollah, Oona A. Hathaway on international law.
Articles
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Undebated Challenges
Sherle R. Schwenninger : As America became mired in Iraq, the rest of the world moved on. Yet neither political party seems ready to face the fundamental economic, environmental and geopolitical changes.
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Avoiding the Toughness Trap
William D. Hartung : Candidates should rethink their commitment to outmoded security tools and veiled nuclear threats against nonnuclear states.
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The Iranian Challenge
Trita Parsi : To change Iran's behavior, we must first change our own.
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Combating Muslim Extremism
Juan Cole : American politicians should stop implying that Muslim nations and individuals are more dangerous than any other group of human beings. They should also stop calling their religion "fascist."
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Facing Hamas and Hezbollah
Helena Cobban : US diplomacy in the Middle East has been held hostage by a refusal to engage with these two popular movements.
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Jobs, Justice and Democracy
Afshin Molavi : Mideast policy must include development.
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Relearning the Art of Diplomacy
Anatol Lieven : Most candidates have no idea what it involves.
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Why We Need International Law
Oona A. Hathaway : It's time to undo the damage and reaffirm America's historical commitment to international law.
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The Great Debate of 2008
Jerry W. Sanders : The time is right for a Great Debate on America's purpose and place in the world. But neither Republicans nor Democrats seem up to the task.
Letters
Editorials & Comment
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People Burn Here
Mike Davis : Illegal immigrants are the invisible victims of the California wildfires.
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Say No to Africom
Danny Glover & Nicole C. Lee : With little Congressional scrutiny and nary a whimper of protest, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Noted.
: Phony FEMA press conference, France v. Rumsfeld, Stephen Colbert and remembering Randall Forsberg.
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False Prophets
Patricia J. Williams : James Watson continues his long and well-documented history of baselessly biologizing social stereotypes.
Reviews
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The View From Jantar Mantar
Basharat Peer : The contradictions of parliamentary democracy in India have been a constant source of struggle and rich debate.
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Playtime
Mark Polizzotti : The Surrealist dissident Raymond Queneau turned his writings into a lab for his experiments, and the results are still exhilarating.
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News From Nowhere
Jeff Chang : Hip-hop star M.I.A. broadcasts the sound of those with one foot in the First World and the other in the global South.
Columns
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DEADLINE POET
The Nicest Republican
Calvin Trillin : Huckabee wins the prize for "Mr. Congeniality" hands down...whatever else you might say about him.
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BEAT THE DEVIL
Du Côté de Chez Madame Defarge
Alexander Cockburn : These days, even London and Paris seem a bit like North Korea.
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SUBJECT TO DEBATE
David Horowitz, Feminist?
Katha Pollitt : The oppression of Muslim women is a major theme among the Islamofascistly aware. If only they felt the same about other women on earth.
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LOOKOUT
Rapture Rescue 911: Disaster Response for the Chosen
Naomi Klein : Gone are the days of equal protection. Intense natural disasters like the California wildfires are being met with a new model: privatized disaster response.
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Turn the Beat Around: When Teens Rule the Game
From running a recording studio to organizing shows to raising money, the Ann Arbor-based Neutral Zone has been more successful at developing youth leadership than any other teen organization in the country.
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Blue Tide In Kentucky--and Virginia
Bob Moser : Democrats gained steam in Tuesday's off-year elections, making it even more obvious that two significant Southern states are up for grabs in 2008.
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Environmentalism With a Social Conscience
Joliange Wright : At the eighteenth annual Bioneers Conference, environmentalists and social activists are creating alliances that allow the poor to share the promise of a greening America.
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The Colbert Rapport
Larry Bogad : Like other prank campaigns, Stephen Colbert's bid for President promised brilliant satire. It's a shame he's called it quits.
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Our Man in Pakistan
Robert Scheer : Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Thanks, George.
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Who Lost Pakistan?
Tom Engelhardt : How often can the Bush Administration be caught off guard by the consequences of its own actions? Endlessly, it seems.
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Cracking the Code
Thom Hartmann : How can the left be as adept as the right-wing spin machine at communicating its political agenda? Learn how to use the tools.
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Preparing for the Inevitable
Donald Cohen : The San Diego wildfires should prompt political candidates to address the fact that communities across America are ill-equipped to deal with natural and unnatural disasters.
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San Francisco No Longer Sweat-Free
Tom Hayden : The city has backed away from its longstanding commitment to avoid procuring city workers' garments from offshore sweatshops.
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The Gap: New Frontiers in Child Abuse
Barbara Ehrenreich : The Gap has been caught selling garments made by child slaves in India. It's enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket.
Cover by Gene Case & Stephen Kling/Avenging Angels
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