Foreign Policy

Jeremy Scahill: Libya Could Be Unstable for a Long Time Jeremy Scahill: Libya Could Be Unstable for a Long Time

Following the liberation of Libya from the reign of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi, how does the future look for the country, and how does the fall of Qaddafi reflect on President Obama&r...

Aug 24, 2011 / Press Room

Republican Presidential Candidates Refuse to Credit Obama on Libya

Republican Presidential Candidates Refuse to Credit Obama on Libya Republican Presidential Candidates Refuse to Credit Obama on Libya

Some Republican presidential candidates are pretending Qaddafi's ouster isn't happening. Others are pretending Obama had nothing to do with it. And then there's Mitt Romney. 

Aug 24, 2011 / Ben Adler

A New Middle East

A New Middle East A New Middle East

The protesters who have filled the streets of Arab cities for months now are demanding democracy and open government, and an end to the corruption and brutal humiliations of autocr...

Aug 24, 2011 / The Editors

Obama’s NATO War for Oil in Libya Obama’s NATO War for Oil in Libya

Don’t believe for one moment that the US backing for Libya’s opposition was about freedom.

Aug 23, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Big Oil Moving Back Into Libya Big Oil Moving Back Into Libya

Right on schedule, the multinationals follow the rebels into Tripoli.

Aug 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Fall of Qaddafi

The Fall of Qaddafi The Fall of Qaddafi

Not exactly an earthshaking event, and no great victory for NATO.

Aug 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

Iran in Gray, Not Black and White Iran in Gray, Not Black and White

It's time to end the vitriol over Iran. But in a presidential year, that’s not likely.

Aug 18, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

George W. Obama? Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency George W. Obama? Symptoms of the Bush-Obama Presidency

Is it too soon to speak of the Bush-Obama presidency? A look at Obama's perpetuation of Bush's economic and national security policies. 

Aug 18, 2011 / David Bromwich

Has the Pentagon’s Post-9/11 Spending Spree Made Us Safer? Has the Pentagon’s Post-9/11 Spending Spree Made Us Safer?

The US has spent nearly $8 trillion on national security since 9/11. Do you feel any safer?

Aug 16, 2011 / Chris Hellman

Inside Kenya’s Overflowing Refugee Camps

Inside Kenya’s Overflowing Refugee Camps Inside Kenya’s Overflowing Refugee Camps

The famine in Somalia was not simply sparked by nature but by disastrous foreign interventions that are now impeding aid.

Aug 15, 2011 / Lauren Sutherland

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