Nation Topics - Lebanon | The Nation

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

When it comes to subjecting resource-rich, developing countries to American military power, President Obama is in the process of outdoing his predecessor.

The Palestinian liberation struggle was “the rock that was thrown in the still water.”

Powerful politicians and think tankers are using the nuclear issue to foment hysteria.

When it comes to US foreign policy and the Muslim world, it’s as if we remain fixed in the eleventh century in a perpetual battle of “us” against “them.”

Christopher Nolan's Inception; Todd Solondz's Life During Wartime; Samuel Maoz's Lebanon

Did liberal principles or sectarian impulses mobilize Lebanon's "Cedar Revolution" to protest against the Syrian regime?

Washington hawks have put the kibosh on Barack Obama's ambassadorial appointment to Syria, further fueling skepticism in the Arab world about the "new beginning" he promised in Cairo last year.

How Israel’s Gaza blockade and Washington’s sanctions policy helped keep the hardliners in power.