The Lost Cause in Afghanistan: Do We Just Say ‘Oops’? The Lost Cause in Afghanistan: Do We Just Say ‘Oops’?
It’s time to ask hard questions about why the U.S. still hasn’t learned its lesson on nation building abroad.
Oct 17, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
After the Euphoria: On the Arab Uprisings After the Euphoria: On the Arab Uprisings
What are the new rules of the political game in the Middle East? Nobody knows, but Marc Lynch’s The Arab Uprising is a useful guide.
Oct 16, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Cockburn
The Cuban Missile Crisis and Ownership of the World The Cuban Missile Crisis and Ownership of the World
Though the Cuban Missile Crisis was fifty years ago, imperial America and the threat of nuclear war remains.
Oct 16, 2012 / Noam Chomsky
Paul Ryan: Dick Cheney With a Smile Paul Ryan: Dick Cheney With a Smile
Dick Cheney says: “I worship the ground that Paul Ryan walks on.” No wonder. They’re foreign-policy twins.
Oct 15, 2012 / John Nichols
How Low Can Honduras Go? How Low Can Honduras Go?
The coup government's brutal campaign against the opposition elicits barely a peep of criticism from the United States.
Oct 12, 2012 / Dana Frank
Biden and Ryan: The Foreign Policy Gap Biden and Ryan: The Foreign Policy Gap
Ryan's flailing fearmongering at last night's debate will likely fall flat with war-weary voters.
Oct 12, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Don’t expect either Obama or Romney to ask any of these questions.
Oct 11, 2012 / Peter Van Buren
Will Paul Ryan Raise a Bloody Al Qaeda Flag? Will Paul Ryan Raise a Bloody Al Qaeda Flag?
Al Qaeda is nearly gone, and the war in Afghanistan is nearly over.
Oct 11, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts
Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spews happy talk at a NATO meeting.
Oct 10, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview
The GOP candidate’s necon foreign policy would move America backwards.
Oct 9, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel