Obama’s Latin America Policy: Renewal or Further Decline? Obama’s Latin America Policy: Renewal or Further Decline?
Obama's tour of Latin America will highlight how the US’s domestic multiple crises are hamstringing its ability to implement effective diplomacy.
Mar 16, 2011 / The Notion / Greg Grandin
After State Dept. Aide Condemns Abuse of Pvt. Manning, Administration ‘Shoots the Messenger’ After State Dept. Aide Condemns Abuse of Pvt. Manning, Administration ‘Shoots the Messenger’
Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley decries Department of Defense's mistratement of WikiLeaks suspect Pvt. Bradley Manning. Obama sides with Defense Department and Crowley re...
Mar 14, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya
Germany shoots down Libya no-fly zone, as neocons ask Obama to bomb Qaddafi's forces.
Mar 14, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Scotland Yard: The Jamaican-British Encounter Scotland Yard: The Jamaican-British Encounter
An essay adapted from the forthcoming The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica.
Mar 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ian Thomson
Will the World Recognize the Libyan Opposition? Will the World Recognize the Libyan Opposition?
That could trump the stalemate, delegitimize Qaddafi and provide a legal basis for the United Nations to welcome a new Libyan government into the world community.
Mar 10, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Hands Off Libya! Hands Off Libya!
Obama's under lots of pressure to topple Qaddafi, and NATO meets tomorrow.
Mar 9, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Should the US Intervene in Libya? Should the US Intervene in Libya?
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Cohen on Russia Today talk about whether the US should take action in Libya.
Mar 8, 2011 / Video / Russia Today
Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate Slide Show: 100 Days of WikiLeaks’s Cablegate
On November 28th of last year, WikiLeaks began releasing their massive cache of classified correspondence cables to and from US diplomats around the world, an unprecedented publica…
Mar 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Turkey Ready to Host Taliban Talks Turkey Ready to Host Taliban Talks
The Turks and Afghans are talking about setting up an official venue in Turkey for negotiating a political settlement in Afghanistan.
Mar 3, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Collapse of the Old Oil Order The Collapse of the Old Oil Order
Whatever the outcome of the protests, uprisings and rebellions now sweeping the Middle East, one thing is guaranteed: the world of oil will be permanently transformed.
Mar 3, 2011 / Michael T. Klare