Nation Topics - Regime Changes | The Nation

As the Assad regime cracks down on protesters, it is waging a propaganda war on Syrians and stoking fears of a civil war.

While the US funds democratic reform projects in the post-Mubarak age, Egyptians are mistrustful of American meddling in their domestic affairs.

Will Obama follow Washington tradition by undermining the protests in the name of “stability”? Or will he practices what he preaches and stand with protesters?

Protesters in Egypt all agree on one thing: Mubarak must go.

The uprising in Egypt is a rare opportunity to support democracy without imperialism. Will Obama take the chance?

The revolution is far from over.

As a political marketing device, Bush's address was brilliant.

Right-wingers in Washington have begun preparing the ground for US
action, perhaps even war, against Iran.

Now that the regime of Saddam Hussein has been overthrown, the Bush
Administration, like a submarine that, having successfully sunk one
ship, resurfaces its periscope to find others, is looking

Bruce Cumings's book Parallax Visions: Making Sense of American-East Asian Relations has recently appeared in paperback (Duke) and contains an extended analysis of the first nuclear crisis with North Korea a decade ago.