Postcard From…Beijing
February 6, 2009 | China is investing heavily in alternative energy, but its coal-powered power plants are still enlarging its carbon footprint.
Articles by John Feffer
Obama: Cut Arms Exports
February 6, 2009 | If the new president is serious about diplomacy, he needs to cut back on the huge number of weapons that the United States is dumping on the world market.
What Saudi Arabia Should Do
February 5, 2009 | The United States should call on Saudi Arabia to push the Taliban and other fundamentalists in a more moderate direction.
Un-Gagging Women’s Human Rights
February 5, 2009 | The "global gag rule" is gone. Now it's time to move on to the rest of the global reproductive health agenda.
Our Pirates and Theirs
February 3, 2009 | Why are more than a dozen of the world's navies converging on Somalia to battle pirates there instead of sailing into New York to capture the Wall Street pirates?
Strategic Dialogue: Somalia
January 28, 2009 | Two different takes on the Somali pirates and next steps to bring peace and stability to the Horn of Africa.
What’s Next for Somalia
January 28, 2009 | The Obama administration should take the issue of piracy seriously and engage Somalia now.
Somalia: Waiting for Obama
January 28, 2009 | The piracy issue is overblown, and the Obama administration needs to bring all sides to the table to reach a political compromise.
Purple Hearts: A Cold-Blooded Decision
January 28, 2009 | Veterans with PTSD aren't getting medals, medical care, or even a modicum of respect.
GWOT’s End?
January 28, 2009 | Even if Obama holds to his word on torture, closes Guantánamo within the year, applies the same yardstick to detainees at Bagram and in Iraq, and eliminates the Clinton-era policy on extraordinary rendition, the death of the "global war on terror," as Mark Twain once said of his own prematurely published obituary, is greatly exaggerated.