Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates? Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates?
With Blackwater's top deputies indicted on federal charges and the company up for sale, rumors are swirling that Prince is preparing to bolt to a country with no extradition treaty...
Jun 15, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace
It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...
Jun 14, 2010 / John Nichols
Pax Ottomanica? Pax Ottomanica?
How Turkey is chasing China to become the next big thing.
Jun 14, 2010 / John Feffer
Shill, Baby, Shill Shill, Baby, Shill
How BP’s disarmingly charming ten-year-long ad campaign helped get us into this mess.
Jun 14, 2010 / Leslie Savan
In the Shadow of the Serengeti In the Shadow of the Serengeti
In order to make room for its thriving ecotourism industry, Tanzania is violently forcing villagers off their land.
Jun 11, 2010 / Marc Perelman
Kandahar? Kandahar? What’s Kandahar? Kandahar? Kandahar? What’s Kandahar?
Marja was a flop, and now the United States is postponing its vaunted expedition into Kandahar, the offensive that the military said would be the decisive turning point in the war....
Jun 11, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘At Least Under Apartheid…’: South Africa as the World Cup Kicks Off ‘At Least Under Apartheid…’: South Africa as the World Cup Kicks Off
The excitement that accompanies the start of the World Cup shouldn't blind us to the dramatic inequality in the country, and FIFA's heavy hand in the preparations.
Jun 10, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Iran’s Green Movement: One Year Later Iran’s Green Movement: One Year Later
How Israel’s Gaza blockade and Washington’s sanctions policy helped keep the hardliners in power.
Jun 10, 2010 / Juan Cole
Next Week in Jerusalem? Next Week in Jerusalem?
To break through the impasse in the Middle East, Obama must go to Jerusalem.
Jun 9, 2010 / Kai Bird
The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement The Boycott Divestment Sanctions Movement
BDS has become a key battleground in the struggle over the future of Israel/Palestine.
Jun 9, 2010 / Feature / Adam Horowitz and Philip Weiss