The Rockets’ Red Glare in Israel The Rockets’ Red Glare in Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Gaza has stoked a fever pitch of hard-line nationalism.
Nov 21, 2012 / Jesse Rosenfeld
Israel’s War on Gaza Israel’s War on Gaza
As with Operation Cast Lead, Washington is directly complicit—and this time, Israel can argue it’s merely channeling US drone assassination policy.
Nov 20, 2012 / Phyllis Bennis
Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests Even the IMF Agrees with Europe’s Anti-Austerity Protests
You know you’re in trouble when the master of structural adjustment says enough is enough.
Nov 20, 2012 / Andy Robinson
Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded Broadwell and Petraeus—Embedded
If the director of the CIA and a Reserve intelligence officer can’t even conduct a decent affair, what does that say about the institution that groomed them?
Nov 20, 2012 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Edward Luttwack’’s The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Wertheim
Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro’s LBJ Chicken Wire and Telephone Calls: On Robert Caro’s LBJ
In The Passage of Power, Robert Caro shows that LBJ’s brilliance as a politician lay not in his idealism but his opportunism.
Nov 20, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
Mohamed Morsi in the Middle Mohamed Morsi in the Middle
The newly elected Egyptian president, at the center of cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, is under heavy domestic and international pressure from all sides.
Nov 20, 2012 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
The Problem With Hamas The Problem With Hamas
Killing Hamas’s military leader is the latest in a long line of murders that has radicalized Palestinians. But maybe that's the point.
Nov 20, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
An Obit for General Petraeus An Obit for General Petraeus
Most media has lauded Petraeus for his military success. But his true strength was as a P.R. prodigy.
Nov 20, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Petraeus Packs Up Petraeus Packs Up
Droney the predator drone doesn't understand sex scandals.
Nov 20, 2012 / Tom Tomorrow