World

Iran Shoots at US Drone Iran Shoots at US Drone

A near-miss, in many senses of the word.

Nov 9, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

China Matters China Matters

The other great world power is having a leadership contest, too.

Nov 8, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Beyond Bayonets and Battleships

Beyond Bayonets and Battleships Beyond Bayonets and Battleships

The future of US global power is in space warfare. 

Nov 8, 2012 / Alfred W. McCoy

Totalitarianism, Famine and Us Totalitarianism, Famine and Us

Have histories of famines caused by totalitarianism become a distraction to the new politics of hunger?

Nov 7, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones? Jeremy Scahill: In Obama’s Second Term, Will Democrats Challenge Drones?

After last night's re-election, progressives wonder if the US is in for four more years of extrajudicial killings. 

Nov 7, 2012 / Press Room

Why Does Mitt Romney Want to Bomb Iran? Why Does Mitt Romney Want to Bomb Iran?

The one key way in which Romney's foreign policy differs from Obama's.

Nov 5, 2012 / Jeremiah Goulka

Foreign Policy: What’s at Stake Foreign Policy: What’s at Stake

Despite the list of Obama's foreign policy failures, there's no question that Romney's cabinet of neconservative war hawks would be even worse. 

Nov 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Don’t Forget Haiti Don’t Forget Haiti

Impoverished Haiti was pummeled by Hurricane Sandy’s devastating trajectory before she hit our shores.

Nov 2, 2012 / Peter Rothberg

At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along

At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along

Regardless of who wins on November 6, there are no signs that either Romney or Obama will act to dismantle the lawless military commissions created after 9/11.

Oct 31, 2012 / John Knefel

The NGO Republic of Haiti The NGO Republic of Haiti

How the international relief effort after the 2010 earthquake excluded Haitians from their own recovery.

Oct 31, 2012 / Feature / Kathie Klarreich and Linda Polman

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