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...
May 19, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Obama’s Speech: Democracy in the Middle East Makes America Safe Obama’s Speech: Democracy in the Middle East Makes America Safe
A democratic Middle East makes America more safe, says Nation contributor Melissa Harris-Perry.
May 19, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Obama’s Speech: Democracy in the Middle East Makes America Safe Obama’s Speech: Democracy in the Middle East Makes America Safe
A democratic Middle East makes America more safe, says Nation contributor Melissa Harris-Perry.
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