Foreign Policy

Bush Amigo’s Para Pals Bush Amigo’s Para Pals

Revelations of Colombian government collusion with paramilitary thugs ought to put the damper on President Bush's Latin American tour.

Mar 12, 2007 / Liliana Segura

North Korea: Back to the Future North Korea: Back to the Future

Now that North Korea has joined the nuclear club, Bush is finally willing to negotiate. Can he try that with Iran?

Feb 28, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Collision Course With Iran Collision Course With Iran

Instead of using diplomacy to defuse nuclear tensions with Iran, the Bush Administration is seeking to bypass Congress and lay the groundwork for an attack.

Feb 27, 2007 / Dennis Kucinich

Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot Bush’s Somalia Strategy Enables an Ethiopian Despot

Washington is all too happy to overlook the undemocratic excesses of Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi, who has pledged his support for Bush's "war on terror."

Feb 15, 2007 / Feature / Paul Wachter

Blowback in Lebanon Blowback in Lebanon

One big and underreported reason for Lebanon's slide toward civil war is blowback from Iraq. Fearing the sectarian bloodbath in Iraq and Iran's growing regional influence, Lebanese...

Jan 31, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi

The Illogic of Empire The Illogic of Empire

Iraq is America's colonial war. Arguments for maintaining colonial rule in India are almost identical to the justifications offered for the continuing presence of US troops in Iraq...

Jan 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge

Zero and Infinity Zero and Infinity

Americans have become so sedated, obsessed and afraid, we are numb to the murders committed in our name.

Jan 11, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Destabilizing the Horn Destabilizing the Horn

Undeterred by blunders in Iraq, Bush opens another battlefront in Somalia.

Jan 4, 2007 / Salim Lone

Waltzing With Warlords Waltzing With Warlords

Five years after the United States ousted the Taliban, optimism about Afghanistan's future is evaporating. Three new books shed light on what went wrong.

Dec 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen

John Bolton’s Greatest Hits John Bolton’s Greatest Hits

Exactly how much damage did John Bolton do during his tenure at the United Nations? Let us count the ways.

Dec 6, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams

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