Future of Post-war Iraq Divides Bush Administration
February 18, 2003 | Neoconservatives and realists within the administration are battling over the future of a post-invasion Iraq.
Articles by Jim Lobe
Specter of Lebanon Haunts Iraq Occupation Plans
January 31, 2003 | What happened in Lebanon 20 years ago may tell us a lot about the hopes, fears, and delusions of U.S. policymakers about what could happen in Iraq.
Africa Activists Denounce Bush’s “Malign Neglect”
January 29, 2003 | U.S. disregard for Africa has become malignant, with increasingly deadly consequences for Africa.
Pump Up the Pentagon, Hawks Tell Bush
January 28, 2003 | While public opinion polls show that most of the U.S. public is concerned about the economy, hawks in the Bush administration see another problem as more urgent: the Pentagon is poor.
Talking Turkey About Iraq: Democracy and Double-Talk
December 1, 2002 | The new Turkish government, led by the moderately Islamist Justice and Development Party, finds itself almost quite literally between Iraq and a hard place.
The Arrogance of Power
September 1, 2002 | Former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee J. William Fulbright's observations and warnings appear deeply relevant to the United States under George W. Bush, particularly in the wake of the publication last week of the administration's sweeping National Security Strategy of the United States of America and its request that Congress authorize a war resolution arguably as broad and as unilateral as the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution approved in the early stages of the Vietnam War.
Afghanistan Quagmire
September 1, 2002 | Afghanistan is beginning to look like a quagmire rather than a victory, with echoes of the confusion and uncertainty and persistent bloodshedding of Vietnam.
Unilateralist Path Scored as Self-Defeating
July 1, 2002 | Some call the present era one of U.S. hegemony. Others, especially in Europe, call it empire.
Sudan: Growing Pressure for Harder Line Against Khartoum
July 1, 2002 | "The window of opportunity for peace in Sudan is beginning to close," according to the report.