Obama Gives Major Middle East Speech—but Is the Region Still Listening? Obama Gives Major Middle East Speech—but Is the Region Still Listening?
The president’s address indicates clearly that the Obama administration has yet come to grips with the fact that the US no longer plays the central role in the Middle ...
May 19, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: Why Is Robert Gates Downplaying Pakistan’s Link to Osama bin Laden? Jeremy Scahill: Why Is Robert Gates Downplaying Pakistan’s Link to Osama bin Laden?
On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters that the Obama administration has no evidence that the Pakistani government knew Osama bin Laden was living within its b...
Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington) Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington)
How is the war going ten years later in Afghanistan? Take a look now and you could easily believe the news came from a previous year of the war.
May 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
One Day in Gaza One Day in Gaza
For most of an intense, three-hour conversation with a Hamas leader, three Jewish visitors were both comfortable and chutzpadik.
May 19, 2011 / Kathleen Peratis
Solving the Euro Crisis Solving the Euro Crisis
The bottom line on bailouts for Greece, Spain, Portugal and Ireland must be help, not punishment.
May 19, 2011 / Editorial / Mark Weisbrot
The Queen Comes to Ireland The Queen Comes to Ireland
The Irish government can bend for a British monarch, it seems, but it cannot apply the same rigid discipline to tax cheats and reckless investors.
May 18, 2011 / Jennifer O’Mahony
Jeremy Scahill: Inside Erik Prince’s United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army Jeremy Scahill: Inside Erik Prince’s United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
Why is Blackwater founder Erik Prince building a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates? The contracted guns will be much less involved in maintaining the peace than they...
May 18, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: Inside Erik Prince’s United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army Jeremy Scahill: Inside Erik Prince’s United Arab Emirates Mercenary Army
Why is Blackwater founder Erik Prince building a mercenary army for the United Arab Emirates? The contracted guns will be much less involved in maintaining the peace than they...
May 18, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
The Middle East Speech That Obama Ought to Give The Middle East Speech That Obama Ought to Give
Obama's Middle East policy has fallen apart. It's not too late to save it.
May 18, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran? Jeremy Scahill: Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Starting a Proxy War Against Iran?
Blackwater's Erik Prince is building an army of mercenaries for the United Arab Emirates. One that includes no Muslims. What is going on here?
May 17, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room