Mumbai’s Casualties Mumbai’s Casualties
The grisly commuter train bombings in Mumbai on July 11 both endangered the India/Pakistan peace process and underscored its fragility.
Jul 27, 2006 / Editorial / Graham Usher
Anger in the Arab World Anger in the Arab World
At best, war in Gaza and Lebanon will weaken pro-American regimes without destroying Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran or Syria. At worst, it will plunge the region into catastrophe.
Jul 27, 2006 / Editorial / Rashid Khalidi
The Fractured Mideast The Fractured Mideast
Bush's Mideast strategy of inaction is a dangerous failure. He must act diplomatically to achieve a cease-fire, prisoner exchange and Israeli withdrawal from Arab lands.
Jul 27, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy Labor Pains of a Stillborn Foreign Policy
By saying that the Israel-Lebanon crisis simply represents the "birth pangs of a new Middle East," Condoleezza Rice underscored the Bush Administration's blindness to the disastrou...
Jul 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Take Back Our Country Take Back Our Country
Fighting words from a 98-year-old activist about the power of the people to demand peace and achieve peace justice in these troubled times.
Jul 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Elsie Fox
Nasrallah’s Game Nasrallah’s Game
To some observers, the attacks orchestrated by Sheik Sayed Hassan Nasrallah that detonated Israel's ruthless assault on Lebanon look like a death wish--but it's almost impossible t...
Jul 20, 2006 / Feature / Adam Shatz
The UN’s Mideast Mission The UN’s Mideast Mission
The United Nations can be a useful tool in settling the current crisis in Lebanon and Gaza, but only with US support. It is up to President Bush to get on the phone to Ehud Olmert ...
Jul 20, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Mumbai’s Other Casualty Mumbai’s Other Casualty
One week after bombs ripped through commuter trains in India's financial capital of Mumbai, the carnage has finally been tallied: 182 people killed and 900 injured.
Jul 19, 2006 / Feature / Graham Usher
Putin’s Foes Fall Flat at Summit Putin’s Foes Fall Flat at Summit
As Vladimir Putin played host to the G-8 summit, opposition groups from the right and left staged events that challenged Putin's authority and paraded their grievances to Western m...
Jul 19, 2006 / Feature / Anna G. Arutunyan
Open Mike, Closed Mind Open Mike, Closed Mind
Bush's boorish comments at the G-8 summit revealed more than his ignorance of the Mideast: His policies have made the US a helpless bystander as the entire region burns.
Jul 19, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer