Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes Bush Jumps the Gun With Preemptive Strikes
President Bush's recently announced strategic global doctrine, which for the first time justifies a preemptive US strike against any regime thought to possess weapons of mass des...
Sep 26, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Afghanistan Imperiled Afghanistan Imperiled
Extremist forces are making a comeback as American attention turns to Iraq.
Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Ahmed Rashid
Domestic Terror Domestic Terror
When several soldiers killed their wives, an old problem was suddenly news.
Sep 26, 2002 / Feature / Catherine Lutz and Jon Elliston
A Greener Germany A Greener Germany
In the future, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and his Social Democrats will have reason to treat their junior coalition partner, the Greens, with more respect.
Sep 25, 2002 / Paul Hockenos
An Open Letter to the Members of Congress An Open Letter to the Members of Congress
On the eve of the October 2002 vote to authorize the overthrow the government of Iraq by military force, a plea to members of Congress to reject Bush's pre-emptive war went unh...
Sep 25, 2002 / The Editors
Police Academy in the Alps Police Academy in the Alps
The tax-supported Marshall Center offers more fun and games than war games.
Sep 19, 2002 / Feature / Ken Silverstein
A Dangerous Game A Dangerous Game
One year later, September 11 has certainly lived up to the early claim of being a transformative moment, at least for Americans.
Sep 19, 2002 / Richard Falk
What’s Working In Your Town? What’s Working In Your Town?
We're trying to survey all the many good ideas being tried outside the range of the Beltway pundits. So tell us about any local, state or municipal initiative in your area that you...
Sep 19, 2002 / The Nation
Gujarat’s Gendered Violence Gujarat’s Gendered Violence
Women's bodies were central battlegrounds in the worst bout of Hindu-Muslim bloodletting to grip India in over ten years, in the western Indian state of Gujarat beginning on Fe...
Sep 16, 2002 / Feature / Ruth Baldwin
No Case for War No Case for War
Why now? Why, one year after September 11, is the Bush Administration attempting to overthrow decades of precedents and precepts of international law, along with the best tradi...
Sep 12, 2002 / The Editors