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Could settlement and peace both come before
Young Bush finds a position on the war?

The Kosovo settlement negotiated by the G-8 countries is cause for relief but not celebration.

This spring, two important chapters in the surprising story of Israeli gay and lesbian politics concluded.

Only the most dedicated spinmaster at the White House would have the audacity to claim victory as the outcome of the NATO war, especially at this stage.

In a sign of mounting opposition to the Clinton Administration's
war policies, more than a thousand people participated in a five-hour
teach-in on May 23 in Los Angeles.

I'm no fan of the International Criminal Tribunal, for the reasons
Doug Lummis outlined in these pages on September 26, 1994, concluding
reasonably enough that such a tribunal was designed to fu

One of the notable achievements of the indictment issued on May 24 by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia--beyond fixing individual responsibility for Serbia's brut

People concerned about the US-led NATO war against Yugoslavia find much to reflect upon in the Vietnam experience.

On May 10, as tens of thousands of students rallied here for the third day of government-approved protests against NATO's bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, magazine editor Cao Jiahe was

Blogs

Afghanistan is talking to the Taliban again, but there's no sign that President Obama wants any part of it.

May 20, 2010

Sure, we have an international mission to secure Afghanistan, but what does it say when a suicide bomber can drive 1,600 pounds of explosives into a NATO convoy?

May 19, 2010

As a historian and activist on the subject of the atomic bombing of Japan, I was relieved to watch the HBO series conclude two days ago with an unusually non-triumphal treatment of the subject. And here's why that still matters.

May 18, 2010

Katrina vanden Heuvel argues that Arizona’s immigration law will further marginalize the already male, pale and stale Republican Party.

May 18, 2010

A painful reminder of how long the debacle has dragged on. Newspaper editorials failed for years to advocate a phased U.S. withdrawal, and there was no "Cronkite moment" coming from TV. In fact, the first MSM legend to come out for a pullout was an unlikely advocate.

May 17, 2010

Stuart Eizenstat was a power player in the Clinton and Carter administrations. Now he's a lobbyist for George W Bush's favorite mercenary company.

May 14, 2010

Nation Contributing Editor Christian Parenti talks about Obama’s lack of planning when it comes to Af-Pak.

May 14, 2010

A new report suggests that the interrogation facility is run by a little-known unit of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

May 14, 2010

The United States, foolishly, is trying to undercut what might be the best hope for avoiding sanctions, confrontation and war with Iran.

May 14, 2010

The top commander in Afghanistan, who's spent his career in the shadow world of special ops, revealed little, but it was still fascinating.

May 13, 2010
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