How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East
A look at America’s "singular achievement" in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Greater Middle East.
Jul 21, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Obama’s Bush-League World Obama’s Bush-League World
Is the Obama national security team a pilotless drone?
Jul 12, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama The Militarized Surrealism of Barack Obama
In Obama's Afghanistan speech, signs of the Great American Unraveling.
Jun 30, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Nine War Words That Define Our World Nine War Words That Define Our World
Nine common terms associated with our present wars that probably don’t mean what you think they mean.
Jun 23, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears 100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears
When it comes to terrorism, Americans are officially considered 100 percent scared, and so 100 percent in need of protection.
Jun 9, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex Post-Legal America and the National Security Complex
In terms of what used to be called “foreign policy,” and more recently “national security,” the United States is now a post-legal society.
May 31, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington) Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington)
How is the war going ten years later in Afghanistan? Take a look now and you could easily believe the news came from a previous year of the war.
May 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Osama bin Laden’s American Legacy Osama bin Laden’s American Legacy
In every way that matters, bin Laden will fight on, barring a major policy shift in Afghanistan, and it’s we who will ensure that he remains on the battlefield of the glo...
May 5, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
China as Number One: Don’t Bet Your Bottom Dollar China as Number One: Don’t Bet Your Bottom Dollar
Back before 9/11, China was, of course, the favored future über-enemy of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and all those neocons who signed onto the Project for the New Ame...
May 2, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
The American Empire Derailed The American Empire Derailed
How often do empires end well, really? They live vampirically by feeding off others until, sooner or later, they begin to feed on themselves, to suck their own blood, to hollo...
Apr 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt