In a nuclear exchange, “give me liberty or give me death” means much more death than our founding fathers could have imagined.
Give Me Liberty or Give Me — the Extinction of the Human Race?
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War & Peace
How to Convince a State That Thinks It Wants Nuclear Weapons That It Really Doesn’t
Plenty of options exist for diverting states from acquiring nuclear weapons. But an understanding of why states feel the need for them is required first.
When Nuclear Terrorism Isn’t Terrorism
The danger that a state might attempt to smuggle nuclear weapons onto U.S. soil as if it were a terrorist group only adds to the urgent need for disarmament.
The US-Japan ‘Alliance’, Okinawa, and Three Looming Elections
World attention through the early months of 2010 focused on the tiny hamlet of Henoko in Northern Okinawa as Prime Minister Hatoyama struggled to find a way to meet his (and the Democratic Party of Japan’s) electoral commitment to see that no substitute for the existing Futenma Marine Air Station be constructed in Okinawa. Confronted by adamantine pressures from the US government, and surrounded by uncooperative (some would say even traitorous) bureaucrats who insisted there was no other way but to submit to the US-Japan agreement to construct a new base negotiated by the former LDP government.
Bacevich Held Over Another Week!
By habitually responding to threats with the military instead of diplomacy, the U.S. makes itself weaker, not stronger.
Repackaging Assassination
Greetings from Yemen. It’s been a year since I corresponded directly with you. Perhaps you remember my 2009 memo in which I recommended outsourcing our assassinations – er, sorry, our “targeted killings” – to China. I suggested that China would do a better job of it than Blackwater. I never received a reply from you. I trust that this memo had nothing to do with my transfer from Shanghai to Sana’a. Don’t get me wrong. It’s good to be in the thick of things here in Yemen. But I sometimes miss pork dumplings as well as reliable electricity and running water.
Biden Embraces Myth That Surge Turned Iraq Into Good War
Willful ignorance about the real history of the Iraq War helps the Democratic foreign policy leadership uphold the narrative that the U.S. belongs in Muslim countries.
What if the United States Deployed a Nuclear Drone?
Can U.S. plans to arm drones with nuclear warheads in the 60s come to fruition today?
Obama Fighting on all Fronts
Tuesday evening’s prime-time television address marking the withdrawal of all US “combat” troops from Iraq, as well as the following day’s formal launch here of direct talks between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, will be hailed by the administration as key advances in restoring some stability to the world’s most volatile region.
Obama’s Failing Middle East Policy
Only fifteen months after his historic Cairo speech, there are alarming signs that President Obama’s new engagement policy with the Middle East may soon find its place in history’s dustbin. The Obama administration’s withdrawal announcement of US “combat” troops from Iraq by the end of August is nothing more than a PR campaign to rename the occupation.