Lawless in Gaza Lawless in Gaza
The latest bloodshed in Gaza and Lebanon demonstrates that there will be no end of violence until Israel agrees to negotiate with the democratically elected Palestinian leadership.
Jul 14, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
Empire as a Way of Life Empire as a Way of Life
Two new histories of British imperial rule in India take the narrow view. In fact, the scandal of empire can be isolated neither to Europe nor to the past.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Linda Colley
From Imperialism to Empire From Imperialism to Empire
The crises faced by Bush signal not only the errors of his Administration but the end of imperialism itself--and the emergence of new, more dangerous forces.
Jul 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Michael Hardt
Mexico’s Tiger Stirs Mexico’s Tiger Stirs
A recount of disputed ballots in the contested presidential election is the surest way to strengthen Mexico's fledgling democratic institutions and forestall potential political an...
Jul 13, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors
The US Military Descends on Paraguay The US Military Descends on Paraguay
The US "war on terror" now extends to an unlikely frontier in Paraguay, where farmers are caught in the crossfire and human rights groups are skeptical of the threat posed by Islam...
Jul 12, 2006 / Feature / Benjamin Dangl
Channeling Nixon Channeling Nixon
If Tricky Dick could tame the grizzled Mao, then certainly Bush could butter up Kim Jong Il with some of that frat boy charm. Who knows, Dearest Leader might even join Bush's shaky...
Jul 12, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Mexico’s Fractured Electoral Landscape Mexico’s Fractured Electoral Landscape
The disputed presidential election has fractured Mexico's political landscape, pitting leftists against conservatives and the affluent against an indignant Indian and mestizo under...
The New American Cold War The New American Cold War
The cold war never really ended: Russia's continuing instability and weapons of mass destruction, combined with Washington's triumphalist foreign policies and US/NATO military buil...
Jul 10, 2006 / Video / Stephen F. Cohen
Watada, the War and the Law Watada, the War and the Law
Bolstered by a Supreme Court ruling that rebuked the Bush Administration's excessive exercise of power, Lieut. Ehren Watada's pending court-martial could help restore the rule of l...
Jul 10, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
The American Political Tradition The American Political Tradition
American foreign policy is shaped by a myth of national righteousness. In two new books, Peter Beinart abuses history to suggest liberals embrace this myth, while Stephen Kinzer us...
Jul 10, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich