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Brazil’s First Lady Brazil’s First Lady

Dilma Rousseff has taken over from Lula’s legacy, which has helped put an end to the Washington Consensus.

Nov 3, 2010 / Kenneth Rapoza

Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe

King Abdullah tries to broker an deal in Iraq, settle with the Taliban, solve the Fatah-Hamas divide and, yes, he's talking to Ahmadinejad, too.

Nov 2, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Briefing: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Afghanistan Briefing: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Afghanistan

"The US has basically already lost the war in Afghanistan," says Jeremy Scahill, just back from two weeks reporting unembedded in that country.

Nov 1, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV

The New American Isolationism The New American Isolationism

The cost of turning away from war's horrific realities.

Nov 1, 2010 / William J. Astore

IAEA Ex-Inspector Says Iran Is Bungling Its Nuke Program IAEA Ex-Inspector Says Iran Is Bungling Its Nuke Program

Still hawkish, IAEA's Heinonen says Iran's centrifuges aren't working well and that Tehran will face enormous difficulty if it decides to refine its uranium to weapons-grade qualit...

Nov 1, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

War in Yemen: CIA to Get Control of Special Forces, Drones? War in Yemen: CIA to Get Control of Special Forces, Drones?

War in Iraq, war in Afghanistan, possible attack on Iran—oh, what the heck, why not Yemen, too?

Nov 1, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Slacker Friday Surprise: The Return of LTC Bob Slacker Friday Surprise: The Return of LTC Bob

The J Street conflict, the life of a career professional military officer and the mail.

Oct 29, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Save Tariq Aziz! Save Tariq Aziz!

Killing the former foreign minister of Iraq, who was often a moderating voice, is an act of bloody revenge by Prime Minister Maliki's Dawa party, a group that tried to assassinate ...

Oct 29, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Paint it Blacker Paint it Blacker

Alterman and Reed respond to the critics, music reviews and the mail.

Oct 28, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Time for a Cease-Fire

Time for a Cease-Fire Time for a Cease-Fire

Can talks with the Taliban end the war in Afghanistan? If Obama wants to find out, then he must halt combat operations, night raids and drone attacks.

Oct 27, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors

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