Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking Afghanistan: Talks with Taliban Underway; Obama Shifts Course to Back Negotiations; Haqqani Forces, Too, Start Talking
Finally, after ten years, a light at the end of the tunnel.
Oct 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq United States, Iran Vie for Influence in Iraq
Seven months after Iraq's parliamentary election, there’s the first glimmer of a chance that an Iraqi government coalition might be within reach.
Oct 5, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Lieberman, Graham: Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran
Lieberman gives Obama a deadline of the end of 2010 before he has to take the military option, yes, "off the table."
Oct 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Crisis in Pakistan: Possible Army Coup in Works, as US and Pakistan Clash Crisis in Pakistan: Possible Army Coup in Works, as US and Pakistan Clash
Playing its trump card, Pakistan has shut down a supply route for NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Oct 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Petraeus Cites Karzai-Taliban Peace Talks, While American Troops Escalate War Petraeus Cites Karzai-Taliban Peace Talks, While American Troops Escalate War
US forces step up bombing of Pakistan and threaten cross-border ground attacks, and launch offensive in three districts around Kandahar
Sep 28, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice Fatima Bhutto’s Search for Justice
Fatima Bhutto, standing where her father was killed by police in Pakistan, on how her memoir was the only way to seek justice for the violence done to her family.
Sep 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Cyberwar Against Iran: Is Obama Already at War with Tehran? Cyberwar Against Iran: Is Obama Already at War with Tehran?
Reports that a computer virus in Iran is state-sponsored may signal that the United States is already attacking Iran.
Sep 27, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
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