Obama’s New Security Strategy: Real or Just Rhetoric? Obama’s New Security Strategy: Real or Just Rhetoric?
Emphasizing the importance of a strong economy, education and innovation at home, Obama still maintains that America is "at war" with an amorphous network of terrorists.
May 27, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The American Century Is So Over The American Century Is So Over
Obama’s rudderless foreign policy underscores America’s waning power.
May 27, 2010 / Dilip Hiro
Law-Free Zoning Law-Free Zoning
An appeals court ruling that foreigners held at Bagram can't challenge their detention gives the military an easy way to avoid legal review: send all detainees to Afghanistan, no m...
May 27, 2010 / David Cole
DoD Investigating Nine Cases of “Terrorism-Related Acts” by US Military and Contractors? DoD Investigating Nine Cases of “Terrorism-Related Acts” by US Military and Contractors?
The Pentagon's Inspector General won't comment on details of the investigations.
May 27, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Israel: Into Deeper Darkness Israel: Into Deeper Darkness
Border control is a fact of life for many human rights activists and political leaders. And it is a daily, humiliating reality for Palestinians and their relatives.
May 26, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Flawed Strategy and a Failed War in Afghanistan A Flawed Strategy and a Failed War in Afghanistan
Obama's strategy in Afghanistan lacks a clear, achievable mission, isn't in our national security interest and costs too much in treasure and lives.
May 26, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
US-Russian Relations in an Age of American Triumphalism: An Interview with Stephen F. Cohen US-Russian Relations in an Age of American Triumphalism: An Interview with Stephen F. Cohen
Russia scholar Stephen Cohen talks to the Journal of International Affairs about re-democratization and the modernization debate.
May 25, 2010 / Johan Kharabi
Pentagon Seeks Contractor to Move Weapons Through Pakistan/Afghanistan Pentagon Seeks Contractor to Move Weapons Through Pakistan/Afghanistan
The military's new contract solicitation suggests that private contractors are being used to get around the policy that the US does not conduct operations in Pakistan.
May 25, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Don’t Plan Vacation in Kabul Don’t Plan Vacation in Kabul
The State Department wants you to know that Afghanistan isn't safe.
May 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
General Petraeus’s Secret Ops General Petraeus’s Secret Ops
If Obama knew about Petraeus's order to expand Special Ops in the Middle East and Asia, then he is a dangerous militarist. If he didn't know, he's a feckless incompetent. Take...
May 25, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss