Waltzing With Warlords Waltzing With Warlords
Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.
Dec 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen
John Bolton’s Greatest Hits John Bolton’s Greatest Hits
Exactly how much damage did John Bolton do during his tenure at the United Nations? Let us count the ways.
Dec 6, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
The Business of America The Business of America
The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba
The Case for Engagement The Case for Engagement
If US officials stopped their saber-rattling over Iran's nuclear ambitions and began to negotiate directly, they would have an eye-opening experience.
Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Scott Ritter
What’s Left of Reform What’s Left of Reform
As Iran and the United States trade insults and America presses for Iranians to rise up, educators, students and women's rights groups may pay the greatest cost.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Negar Azimi
Who’s Running Afghan Policy? Who’s Running Afghan Policy?
Even if the United States has the will to do the hard work necessary to rebuild Afghanistan, there are few signs that senior Administration officials are engaged.
Oct 16, 2006 / Feature / David Corn
Fidel Lives Fidel Lives
Few Americans, especially those in government, know much about Cuba. And nowhere is that more evident than in the coverage of Fidel Castro's illness and the transition of power.
Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Ned Sublette
Driving While Muslim Driving While Muslim
As the hunt for homegrown terrorists sympathetic to Hezbollah intensifies, the Muslims of Dearborn, Michigan are losing their trust in American justice.
Sep 21, 2006 / Editorial / Spencer Ackerman
Debating Security Debating Security
The alleged British terror plot contrasts with the fruits of Bush's "war on terror": civil war in Iraq, an empowered Iran and Arab hatred. Let us instead seek security through dipl...
Aug 24, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Groundhog Day Groundhog Day
From all official statements so far, the August 10 terror plot uncovered in Britain was the biggest thing since 9/11. But then again, perhaps it wasn't. It's not too early to ask t...
Aug 18, 2006 / Feature / James K. Galbraith