Foreign Policy

Kuwait Fuse Set for March 8? Kuwait Fuse Set for March 8?

"The power of tweeting Kuwaitis should not be undestimated.'

Feb 21, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Kristof’s Wrong: Anti-Americanism Will Gain in Revolts Kristof’s Wrong: Anti-Americanism Will Gain in Revolts

Decades of anti-US feelings, along with growing Islamism, will drastically change the region's tenor.

Feb 21, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

The End of Qaddafi? The End of Qaddafi?

Hundreds are dead as rebels seize several Libyan cities and besiege capital.

Feb 21, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution

Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution Where Hunger Goes: On the Green Revolution

Nick Cullather’s The Hungry World teaches us that US agricultural assistance in Asia during the cold war was a Green Counterrevolution.

Feb 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

Letter From Herzliya, Neocon Woodstock Letter From Herzliya, Neocon Woodstock

The annual gathering of Israeli and American policy elites was supposed to focus on Iran. Then the Egyptian revolution scrambled Israeli conservatives’ worldview.

Feb 14, 2011 / Matthew Duss

The Secret History of the Muslim Brotherhood The Secret History of the Muslim Brotherhood

What, exactly, is the Brotherhood? How strong is it inside Egypt?

Feb 11, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

A Bright Bipartisan Future on Civil Liberties? A Bright Bipartisan Future on Civil Liberties?

Lately, when the term “bipartisan compromise” is tossed around, it tends to mean that Democrats are giving in to the Republican position on issues, or that women's righ...

Feb 10, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

For Democracy in Egypt

For Democracy in Egypt For Democracy in Egypt

Will Obama follow Washington tradition by undermining the protests in the name of “stability”? Or will he practices what he preaches and stand with protesters?

Feb 10, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors

Fighting for Liberation in Tahrir Square

Fighting for Liberation in Tahrir Square Fighting for Liberation in Tahrir Square

Protesters in Egypt all agree on one thing: Mubarak must go.

Feb 10, 2011 / Editorial / Anand Gopal

Discomfited by Democracy

Discomfited by Democracy Discomfited by Democracy

The uprising in Egypt is a rare opportunity to support democracy without imperialism. Will Obama take the chance?

Feb 10, 2011 / Editorial / Chris Hayes

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