Armageddon at the Top of the World: *Not*! Armageddon at the Top of the World: *Not*!
Paranoia over the Pashtuns along the Afghan border isn't unique to Washington, just to empire. The British had a case of it 100 years ago.
Iran’s Next Supreme Leader? Iran’s Next Supreme Leader?
A top candidate to replace the ailing Khamenei is both a clerical traditionalist and a modernizer.
Jul 23, 2009 / Feature / Babak Sarfaraz
Clinton Comes to India Clinton Comes to India
On her first trip to India, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got some promises and some pushback on climate change and nuclear weapons.
Jul 21, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Honoring Natalia Estemirova Honoring Natalia Estemirova
A tribute to a top human rights activist murdered in the troubled Russian republic of Chechnya.
Jul 18, 2009 / Human Rights Watch
Free Gaza–and Palestine Free Gaza–and Palestine
Last month the Israeli Navy seized a boat attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to blockaded Gaza and arrested its passengers, and received little international criticism.
Jul 17, 2009 / Feature / Huwaida Arraf
Afghanistan Is Based on Lies and Illusions Afghanistan Is Based on Lies and Illusions
The new film The Fixer, featuring The Nation's Christian Parenti, captures some edgy, fearful truths about the war in Afghanistan.
Jul 16, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ann Jones
‘Let Me Be Clear’ ‘Let Me Be Clear’
Obama's speech in Ghana neglected to mention structural barriers to African prosperity.
Jul 15, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Lost Years: On Haiti The Lost Years: On Haiti
The mutating tensions and alliances of postoccupation Haiti.
Jul 15, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell
So Far From God, So Close to Wall St. So Far From God, So Close to Wall St.
Mexico's troubles illustrate the destructive effects of NAFTA's neoliberal economics.
Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump? Will Iraq Be a Global Gas Pump?
Is Iraq finally fated to become what it was going to be anyway, even before the chaos and catastrophe set in: a giant gas pump for an energy-starved planet?
Jul 14, 2009 / Feature / Michael T. Klare