Foreign Policy

Letter From Poland Letter From Poland

Bush has managed to puncture Poles' image of America as essentially good.

Sep 16, 2004 / Feature / David Ost

Security for Sale Security for Sale

This article is adapted from Sifry and Watzman's just-published Is That a Politician in Your Pocket? Washington on $2 Million a Day.

Sep 16, 2004 / Micah L. Sifry and Nancy Watzman

Agents of Influence Agents of Influence

Did Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel, run a covert program with operatives in high-level US government positions to influence the Bush Administration's decision to go t...

Sep 16, 2004 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Suggestion as America Begins Preparations for The Next Olympics A Suggestion as America Begins Preparations for The Next Olympics

We might provoke less violent demonstrations
If we invaded slightly fewer nations.

Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Middle Man The Middle Man

Over the century that followed the Napoleonic wars, the Ottoman Empire contracted and eventually disappeared from the map.

Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower

The Lost Steps The Lost Steps

American policy-makers may be divided into two schools of thought on the Arab-Israeli conflict: the evenhanded and the Israel-first.

Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Avi Shlaim

Venezuela: The Gang’s All Here! Venezuela: The Gang’s All Here!

You can set your watch by it.

Jun 24, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Two, Three, Many Iraqs Two, Three, Many Iraqs

With the recent US setbacks and scandals in Iraq, you'd think the White House would abandon the President's aggressive, unilateralist military policy--the "Bush Doctrine"--and se...

Jun 17, 2004 / Michael T. Klare

Interview With Middle East Scholar Avi Shlaim Interview With Middle East Scholar Avi Shlaim

"The cycle of violence is likely to continue."

Jun 16, 2004 / Feature / Don Atapattu

Former Bush (41) and Reagan Officials Say Bush (43) Must Go Former Bush (41) and Reagan Officials Say Bush (43) Must Go

these old hands are taking a stand against the most arrogant and incompetent foreign policy in their lifetimes.

Jun 16, 2004 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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