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In the name of fighting drugs, the Obama administration has allied itself with a corrupt coup regime.

A war on Iran to stop its nuclear program would bring on a proliferation catastrophe.

Addressing the issue publicly for the first time, Israel’s leading novelist says an attack would set in motion a “nightmare."

Addressing the issue publicly for the first time, Israel’s leading novelist says an attack would set in motion a “nightmare."

It's past time for a speedy withdrawal of all UN soldiers from Haiti.

The administration constantly spoke of an “orderly transition,” unsure of how to support Egyptian demonstrators while not offending Mubarak. As Egypt’s example spreads throughout the region, Washington continues to watch history pass it by.

The choice of former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet to head the new United Nations agency for women may be the most important and smartest appointment Ban Ki-moon makes in his tenure as UN secretary-general.

As Israel wages an international battle for its legitimacy, a new book details the country’s secret alliance with South Africa’s apartheid regime.

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.

Forceful outside intervention is the only alternative to an unstable and dangerous status quo.