Despite Failing War, Obama and Petraeus Form Alliance Despite Failing War, Obama and Petraeus Form Alliance
General Petraeus, who opposes a rapid pullout of troops from Afghanistan, has worked himself into the good graces of Obama. What does this mean for the Obama adminstration's path i...
Sep 21, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry Useless Sanctions on China: Robert Reich Says ‘Forget It,’ Better to Rebuild American Industry
More and more, as the economic crisis continues and unemployment stays high, many politicians, labor officials and economists want to blame China and worse, take it out on Ch...
Sep 19, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Will Obama Slam China and Russia with Sanctions over Iran? Will Obama Slam China and Russia with Sanctions over Iran?
Reuel Gerecht and Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation of Defense for Democracies want Obama to confront China and Russia over doing business with Iran. Robert Dreyfuss argues that sanc...
Sep 17, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act Neocons, AFL-CIO Both Blast China: Want Obama to Act
In different ways, both the neocons and the unions are demanding that the Obama administration take strong action to punish, isolate and sanction China.
Sep 16, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Other Side of the New American Foundation: The Afghan ‘War of Necessity’ The Other Side of the New American Foundation: The Afghan ‘War of Necessity’
A former Cheney aide Michael Waltz blasts Obama at a New America Foundation forum, following the Foundation's recent internal disagreement over the war in Afghanistan.
Sep 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Afghanistan Study Group Challenges US Strategy, With Flawed but Useful Report The Afghanistan Study Group Challenges US Strategy, With Flawed but Useful Report
Will the "Team B"–style approach open the debate over the Afghan war, in which the establishment has largely closed ranks in support of a failing strategy?
Sep 10, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Against Counterinsurgency Against Counterinsurgency
The recently released report of the Afghanistan Study Group affirms The Nation's long-held belief that American military disengagement in Afghanistan, combined with a new diplomati...
Sep 9, 2010 / The Editors
Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC
Will Abbas declare Palestine an independent state if talks fail? And if so, how would Obama react?
Sep 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Unstable Iraq May Draw Obama Back to War Unstable Iraq May Draw Obama Back to War
President Obama has pledged to get the rest of US forces out of Iraq in 2011. But Iraq is still unstable and politically explosive, and it is increasingly in Iran's orbit. All that...
Sep 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Pakistan: A Global Flood Pakistan: A Global Flood
Pundits are pushing aid to Pakistan because it's good PR. Does anyone really think that if US helicopters drop water bottles in the south of Pakistan it will cancel the hatred for ...
Aug 26, 2010 / Jonathan Schell